How do you know when to make the switch to dedicated?

Skipper · #1 (**permalink**) 07-03-10, 08:02

My bandwidth needs have always been met with shared hosting, so I'm not really in the market for a dedicated server. However, I've recently seen some significant growth in my traffic, so here's my question: at what point does it become necessary to go dedicated?

carl owen · #2 (**permalink**) 07-05-10, 19:14

Well, if it's only about the bandwidth, you can upgrade to a VPS as a VPS is offered with more bandwidth in comparison to a shared hosting plan and offers most of the features a Dedicated Server does, however, if you would like to have some applications installed on your server and full control over the hardware i.e. the capability to upgrade the hardware at any point of time for more resources and better performance, you can choose a Dedicated Server :D

Please feel free to post if you have any further questions.

Skipper · #3 (**permalink**) 07-07-10, 12:43

Oh, okay. I don't really have any reason to mess with the hardware or applications, so the VPS option you mentioned would probably work fine for me.

carl owen · #4 (**permalink**) 07-07-10, 16:21

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Originally Posted by Skipper

Oh, okay. I don't really have any reason to mess with the hardware or applications, so the VPS option you mentioned would probably work fine for me.

Right. If you need more resources in future or if you wish to host some heavy applications, you can always upgrade to a Dedicated Server. Make sure you choose a hosting provider who allows you to upgrade your VPS whenever you wish to do that

All the best!!