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What is bandwidth, and how do you know how much you need for your website? According to www.techterms.com, “Bandwidth refers to how much data you can send through a network or modem connection. It is usually measured in bits per second, or ‘bps.’ You can think of bandwidth as a highway with cars travelling on it. The highway is the network connection and the cars are the data. The wider the highway, the more cars can travel on it at one time. Therefore more cars can get to their destinations faster. The same principle applies to computer data -- the more bandwidth, the more information that can be transferred within a given amount of time.” As far as the novice webmaster is concerned, when it comes to bandwidth, more is definitely better. |
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If you’re new to the game of finding the best web hosting provider for your site, you may be overwhelmed by the choices available to you. Should you spend extra money on the theory of “you get what you pay for”? Should you try to save money on your web hosting so that you can spend more elsewhere in your budget? The truth is somewhere in between. If you do some basic research, you can find a reasonably priced web hosting company that will provide you with everything you need to successfully run your website. Here are the four qualities you need to look into when choosing your web host. |
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If you want to have an online business and you’re just starting out, you need to know what to go for and what to avoid when choosing a reliable web hosting company. Sometimes the category of “what to avoid” is the more important category. Perhaps you can learn from a few web hosting nightmares culled from various Internet sites. |
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Managed web hosting is a little bit like buying a car where all the scheduled maintenance is included in the cost of the car. With managed web hosting, you get a dedicated server that comes with extensive technical support and maintenance services. In contrast, unmanaged dedicated web hosting provides clients with their own servers, but the clients are responsible for maintenance duties. As you might imagine, managed hosting costs more than unmanaged hosting. |
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Web hosting providers run the gamut from free hosting (as long as you don’t mind plenty of ads on your site) to expensive, privately owned servers that cost several thousand dollars once hardware and technical support are factored in. If you’re a beginner looking to host a personal site, then free web hosting might work for you, as long as you’re not picky about the types of ads that appear, and you don’t mind having a less prestigious web address. |
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When looking for a Dedicated Server for your website/s you will need to select different hardware for it. One of the most important thing (specially for database driven websites) will be fast and reliable storage system and understanding what is RAID and how it works will be very helpful. |
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Selecting a dedicated server will likely not be the most difficult decision that you make for your online business, but it does take some research to ensure that you choose the best server for your site. A dedicated server is a host that is completely dedicated to your website. The server is basically rented by you for your site and has its own processor as well as its own RAM, bandwidth and hard drive. |
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It is exciting preparing your online business website. At some point during the preparation process, you will have to decide where to host it so that it can be accessed across the World Wide Web. If your online business has its own servers then you will probably store the web pages there. However most online businesses depend on web hosting companies to handle the tasks of storing web pages and making them available to web browsers across the world. And there are numerous web hosting companies. How do you choose the right one? Let's consider a few points in making that decision. |
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When you first begin your choice of a web hosting company, you may find that virtually all hosting packages seem very affordable. Keep in mind however, that price is definitely not the only aspect that you should consider. It is vitally important that you also take into consideration the reliability and specific features that the hosting company offers. |
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