Does anyone have experience hosting on a dedicated server? I'd love to hear anyone's reason for going with a dedicated server and how it went or why you wouldn't use one.

Thank you!

Ilya
http://www.eboundhost.com

Hi, depending on what dedicated server provider you go with, your results will vary of course... But generally, a site would decide to go with a dedicated server if:

1. Their site exceeds the space or bandwidth limits of shared hosting
2. If their site is very CPU-intensive and it would slow down a shared server
3. If they wish to be isolated and not share a server with anyone (i.e. for data security or other reasons)

Of course, by moving to a dedicated server your costs increase significantly (servers usually start at $100/month and go up), but you also have the use of the full hard drive (usually 60 GB+ of disk space) and hundreds or thousands of GB's/month...

We have had experience with FastServers.net, EV1Servers.net, The Planet, and about a half dozen other data centers. If you have specific questions you'd like to know more about, please let me know!

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That's helpful information, thank you.

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Sure, glad to help!

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