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Web hosting comparison: The Cloud (or load balanced server cluster)

Web hosting comparison: The Cloud (or load balanced server cluster)

If you’ve travelled through the forest of shared hosting, passed the doorstep of VPS and even scaled the castle walls of dedicated servers but still haven’t defeated your hosting dragon, then maybe you need a load balanced server cluster system.  The marketing speak way of referring to this is THE CLOUD.  This article builds on […]

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Web hosting comparison: Dedicated server hosting

Web hosting comparison: Dedicated server hosting

In my ongoing analogy, a dedicated server would be a lot like a house or independent building.  This article builds on my web hosting comparison.  Getting a dedicated server is the first hosting option that doesn’t share a resource (strictly speaking, they all share resources, such as network bandwidth and electricity, but in the case […]

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Web hosting comparison: VPS hosting

Web hosting comparison: VPS hosting

VPS hosting corresponds to renting or buying an apartment or condo.  This articles builds on the web hosting comparison article.  VPS hosting is still shared hosting, but there is more isolation and finer control over how you use the resources that are available to you.  These plans generally range from $20 to$200, depending on how […]

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Web hosting comparison: shared hosting

Web hosting comparison: shared hosting

Shared web hosting corresponds to staying in a motel or hotel.  This article builds on the web hosting comparison article.  Shared hosting might have different names at different hosting companies, but a quick and easy way to know if your in this category is that the cost will generally range in price from FREE to […]

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