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Dedicated or Shared Hosting?
Deciding which to get should be easy. If you’re getting a lot of traffic as your site is getting popular, you need a dedicated hosting solution. If you have a lot of dynamic php content that hogs memory and bandwidth, you need to be hosted separately. Or if you can’t afford any level of downtime that might be caused by one of the sites you are sharing with, then you need a dedicated server.
A good shared hosting service is about $10 a month, while a dedicated service starts at around $70. If you’re running a commercial site that generates revenues for you, don’t get cheap. You will need more flexibility and control, greater bandwidth and resources in a dedicated solution than you can ever get otherwise. Just as a WebRec Webbhotell in Sweden says, dedicated server is mostly for solutions that can’t afford to loose uptime because other shared hosting users crash the whole server with crappy scripts. Speed and uptime is the most important dedicated advantages.