Dedicated Servers vs. Virtual Servers

Every website must be hosted somewhere, so if you are looking to host your website, the second question would be, what kind of hosting do you need? Since there are many different types of hosting, this articles is to give you a brief overview of dedicated servers and virtual servers.

The two most popular web hosting services are virtual shared and dedicated. The main different between both is that on virtual shared you are sharing the server resources with many other customers on the same server. As opposed to dedicated hosting, where the server is entirely yours and you have much greater control over your resources.
If you are looking to host a small website, not crucial to your business or personal interest, shared hosting might be a good option for you. If you need to make sure your website has 100% uptime and that you can control all the options and features of it, dedicated hosting servers are the solution.