Why virtual servers can be better than dedicated servers
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by: Brigette Federico
Dedicated servers used to be the best you could get in terms of servers for hosting your websites. Dedicated servers were servers that were exclusive to you. They were machines set aside for your own use and you could access them via RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) in order to configure them, install software, manage users and FTP accounts and set up web hosting accounts.
The main drawback with dedicated servers, however, is their inflexibility. Due to the fact that they are essentially self contained pieces of hardware, should they need any maintenance work performed on them your website(s) would have to be offline in the interim. Dedicated servers are also difficult to upgrade, and many web hosting companies refuse to upgrade their dedicated servers at all. This means that should you decide that you need more processing power or more RAM, you would need to take out a new hosting package and then migrate all of your websites and data from your old server to your new one. This process can be very impractical and time consuming.
With virtual dedicated servers from VirtualServers you don�t have this problem. As the servers are virtual, their resources can be increased or decreased as and when you need them via the control panel. This allows you to increase your own server space or processing power yourself when you require it, without any downtime experienced by your server.
Virtual dedicated servers still offer you some of the same benefits of dedicated servers, but without the specific drawbacks.
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