How to choose a Dedicated Hosting service

You will have to decide on whether or not to choose shared hosting or dedicated hosting.Alternative terms for shared hosting are virtual and mass hosting, however, the term "shared hosting" is generally the most common. It refers to a hosting service which is shared with other websites when looking at your various options regarding a dedicated host, it truly pays to ask just the right questions.

If not, you will quite possible end up with a relatively poor solution which may really act as a chokehold on the future growth of your online enterprise. so the question is, how do you actually go about finding the ideal dedicated host for your particular needs? How do you find that one with the optimal setup and top-notch support in order to keep them dedicated to your own business? For one thing, take a close look at the control panel technology.

Do they use Microsoft active directory combined with a backend network which will allow for an enterprise level solution that is fully scalable to your particular needs. Or do they use Cpanel or Vdeck? Does the host provide plenty of disk space and bandwidth, unlimited SQL databases, SharePoint portals, and access to DotNetPanel control panel that allows them to manage all their resources from a single location?

How many add on domains may you have per account? How many Ip addresses are you allowed to have? Does the firm in question provide managed dedicated servers, value servers, single multi core CPU servers or Enterprise servers which include dual multi core processors? Is the package at all flexible so that you do not have to spend extra money for resources at a later date. Remember that many host can hit you with hidden fees later so make sure that everything is agreed upon ahead of time. In other words, do they charge for individual features or do they put them all together in one hosting package?

Also do not forget about the importance of your traffic stats. Do they provides statistics on all website usage activities, such as exactly how visitors reach a site, where they go and what they do within your websites, from which page they exit your website, and when they return. Does their software work with Windows, Linux and BSD? Also check on their customer support. Is their support over the telephone, by online form or by email? If it is by telephone, which is optimal, how many hours a day are they available. Call them randomly to make sure they actually pick up the telephone when they say they will before you sign any type of contract.

Note that that if they claim that they offer 24 hour support your call may often be answered by someone in Asia and communication could be a bit of an issue. These tech support guys from India and Malaysia may be just as smart as their American counterparts but they may not be able to understand all of the little nuances of your speech. It is just the way it is and it has happened to me a few times. I In this case I generally have to wait until normal working hours to converse with someone who understands all of the details of what I am saying. And of course you should have them catalog all of the technical services they offer to maintain the server and get at least a 99 percent uptime.

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