(4776,3,'2014-01-24 15:56:48','2014-01-24 20:56:48','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4765\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS Hosting vs Shared Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear:both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />If your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 15:56:48','2014-01-24 20:56:48','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4777,3,'2014-01-24 15:57:01','2014-01-24 20:57:01','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4765\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS Hosting vs Shared Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear:both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" /><h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 15:57:01','2014-01-24 20:57:01','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4778,3,'2014-01-24 16:04:00','2014-01-24 21:04:00','','vps-vs-dedicated-hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','vps-vs-dedicated-hosting-2','','','2014-01-24 16:04:00','2014-01-24 21:04:00','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4779,3,'2014-01-24 16:04:16','2014-01-24 21:04:16','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear:both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" /><h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:04:16','2014-01-24 21:04:16','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4780,1,'2014-01-24 17:26:39','2014-01-24 22:26:39','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4809\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared1.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The All Out Battle of VPS vs Shared Hosting</h3>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Before you make your final hosting decision, it’s important to look at the differences between VPS and shared hosting. Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.</p>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.[/one_half][one_half_last]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way. This is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.[/one_half_last]\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4832\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"vps vs shared hosting chart\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared-hosting-chart.png\" width=\"920\" height=\"368\" />\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $5 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $50 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. However, before you make the decision, you may want to compare VPS hosting to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Shared Hosting','','publish','open','closed','','vps-vs-shared-hosting','','','2014-02-26 17:54:43','2014-02-26 22:54:43','',0,'http://itxdesign.com/?page_id=4780',0,'page','',0),(4811,3,'2014-01-24 17:26:39','2014-01-24 22:26:39','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4809\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared1.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>The All Out Battle of VPS vs Shared Hosting</h3>\r\nBefore you make your final hosting decision, it’s important to look at the differences between VPS and shared hosting. Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way.\r\n\r\nThis is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.\r\n\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $3 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $10 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. However, before you make the decision, you may want to compare VPS hosting to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Shared Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4780-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 17:26:39','2014-01-24 22:26:39','',4780,'http://itxdesign.com/4780-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4781,3,'2014-01-24 16:28:46','2014-01-24 21:28:46','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear:both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" /><h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:28:46','2014-01-24 21:28:46','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4796,3,'2014-01-24 16:56:00','2014-01-24 21:56:00','','dedicated-hosting2','','inherit','open','closed','','dedicated-hosting2','','','2014-01-24 16:56:00','2014-01-24 21:56:00','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4797,3,'2014-01-24 16:56:01','2014-01-24 21:56:01','','shared-hosting2','','inherit','open','closed','','shared-hosting2','','','2014-01-24 16:56:01','2014-01-24 21:56:01','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4798,3,'2014-01-24 16:56:02','2014-01-24 21:56:02','','vps-hosting2','','inherit','open','closed','','vps-hosting2-3','','','2014-01-24 16:56:02','2014-01-24 21:56:02','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4786,3,'2014-01-24 16:46:31','2014-01-24 21:46:31','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear:both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" /><h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting1.jpg\" style=\"border:0;\" alt=\"shared web hosting\" width=\"313\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4784\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting1.jpg\" style=\"border:0;\" alt=\"VPS Web Hosting\" width=\"314\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4785\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting.jpg\" style=\"border:0;\" alt=\"dedicated server hosting\" width=\"313\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4783\" /></a>\r\n','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:46:31','2014-01-24 21:46:31','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4787,3,'2014-01-24 16:47:07','2014-01-24 21:47:07','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear:both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" /><h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting1.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" alt=\"shared web hosting\" width=\"313\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4784\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting1.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" alt=\"VPS Web Hosting\" width=\"314\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4785\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" alt=\"dedicated server hosting\" width=\"313\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4783\" /></a>\r\n','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:47:07','2014-01-24 21:47:07','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4790,3,'2014-01-24 16:48:45','2014-01-24 21:48:45','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4784\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"shared web hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting1.jpg\" width=\"282\" height=\"270\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4785\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"VPS Web Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting1.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"270\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4783\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated server hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting.jpg\" width=\"282\" height=\"270\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:48:45','2014-01-24 21:48:45','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4788,3,'2014-01-24 16:47:36','2014-01-24 21:47:36','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear:both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" /><h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting1.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0; margin: 8px -2px;\" alt=\"shared web hosting\" width=\"313\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4784\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting1.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0; margin: 8px -2px;\" alt=\"VPS Web Hosting\" width=\"314\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4785\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0; margin: 8px -2px;\" alt=\"dedicated server hosting\" width=\"313\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4783\" /></a>\r\n','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:47:36','2014-01-24 21:47:36','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4789,3,'2014-01-24 16:47:53','2014-01-24 21:47:53','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear:both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" /><h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting1.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0; margin: 8px -4px;\" alt=\"shared web hosting\" width=\"313\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4784\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting1.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0; margin: 8px -4px;\" alt=\"VPS Web Hosting\" width=\"314\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4785\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting.jpg\" style=\"border:0;padding:0; margin: 8px -4px;\" alt=\"dedicated server hosting\" width=\"313\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4783\" /></a>\r\n','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:47:53','2014-01-24 21:47:53','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4794,3,'2014-01-24 16:54:21','2014-01-24 21:54:21','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting1.jpg\" alt=\"shared hosting\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4792\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting1.jpg\" alt=\"vps hosting\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4793\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting1.jpg\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4791\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:54:21','2014-01-24 21:54:21','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4795,3,'2014-01-24 16:55:06','2014-01-24 21:55:06','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting1.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"258\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting1.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"258\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting1.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"258\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:55:06','2014-01-24 21:55:06','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4799,3,'2014-01-24 16:57:25','2014-01-24 21:57:25','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:57:25','2014-01-24 21:57:25','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4800,3,'2014-01-24 16:58:08','2014-01-24 21:58:08','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:58:08','2014-01-24 21:58:08','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4801,3,'2014-01-24 16:58:29','2014-01-24 21:58:29','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 10px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:58:29','2014-01-24 21:58:29','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4802,3,'2014-01-24 16:58:38','2014-01-24 21:58:38','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 16:58:38','2014-01-24 21:58:38','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4803,3,'2014-01-24 17:16:42','2014-01-24 22:16:42','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n\r\n<h3>Comparing Affordable VPS Hosting to Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThere used to be a huge gap between shared hosting and dedicated hosting. It used to be that if you could not afford to spend at least $150 a month for hosting you had to use shared hosting for your website or blog. However, affordable VPS hosting changed all that and filled in the gap perfectly. So, how does it compare to dedicated hosting?\r\nDedicated hosting gives you the entire server and this is going to be a more secure type of hosting than VPS hosting. Yes it’s more secure than shared hosting, but you are still on the same server as other hosting accounts. This still leaves you more vulnerable than if you were renting or owned the entire server.\r\nThe biggest difference between dedicated and VPS hosting is found within the price. If you want to rent the smallest server from a hosting company, it will cost you around $140 a month. That is enough to get a very large VPS package, but if you do reach this point with your affordable VPS hosting, it may be time to think about upgrading to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 17:16:42','2014-01-24 22:16:42','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4804,1,'2014-01-24 17:20:30','2014-01-24 22:20:30','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well. In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it. With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4837\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting vs dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting-vs-dedicated-server-chart.png\" width=\"920\" height=\"368\" />\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs. The speed of your site can also affect your search engine rankings - if your page loads slow, your rankings will suffer. Moz.com recently did a rest of 2,000 keywords and plotted their search engine rankings in correlation to the \"time to first byte\", which is how long it takes before your page starts to load.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4821\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"702\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4821 \" alt=\"time to first byte\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ttfb.png\" width=\"702\" height=\"357\" /> Source: <a href=\"http://moz.com/blog/how-website-speed-actually-impacts-search-ranking\">Moz.com</a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting. Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" />\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','publish','open','closed','','shared-vs-dedicated-hosting','','','2014-02-26 17:54:53','2014-02-26 22:54:53','',0,'http://itxdesign.com/?page_id=4804',0,'page','',0),(4805,3,'2014-01-24 17:19:54','2014-01-24 22:19:54','','shared-vs-dedicated','','inherit','open','closed','','shared-vs-dedicated','','','2014-01-24 17:19:54','2014-01-24 22:19:54','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4806,3,'2014-01-24 17:20:30','2014-01-24 22:20:30','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is Shared Website Hosting?</h3>\r\n\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.\r\n\r\n<strong>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 17:20:30','2014-01-24 22:20:30','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4807,3,'2014-01-24 17:20:50','2014-01-24 22:20:50','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is Shared Website Hosting?</h3>\r\n\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.\r\n\r\n<strong>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-24 17:20:50','2014-01-24 22:20:50','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4809,3,'2014-01-24 17:21:40','2014-01-24 22:21:40','','vps-vs-shared','','inherit','open','closed','','vps-vs-shared-2','','','2014-01-24 17:21:40','2014-01-24 22:21:40','',0,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4911,1,'2014-01-27 09:13:43','2014-01-27 14:13:43','<strong><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1812\" alt=\"low-cost-sign\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/low-cost-sign.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"168\" />What is Low Cost Dedicated Hosting?</strong>\r\nMost of the hosting that is dedicated is not low cost <a title=\"itx dedicated servers\" href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">dedicated hosting</a>. However, there are some hosting companies that will offer dedicated hosting for a very cheap price. Should you use one of these companies or should you avoid them and use a more expensive type of dedicated hosting? There are many things to consider before answering this question.\r\n\r\nYou need to look at what you are getting for your money. If you have ever used shared hosting and had to contact the support of your hosting company, then you know how much of a pain this can be. With dedicated hosting you have a larger need for support and you have to choose a company that is well-known for providing top notch support and service.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you have to consider is what type of company are you working with? Do they specialize in dedicated hosting or are they just offering it as an option? This is something to be concerned about because if they don\'t have many other dedicated accounts, then they may not care all that much about yours. You simply need the best and they don\'t always have low cost dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Advantages of Low Cost Dedicated Hosting</strong>\r\nCompared to shared hosting there are many advantages of low cost dedicated hosting, but compared to the top dedicated hosting providers, there are very few. When you have shared hosting you have the lowest amount of security of any type of hosting except really bad free hosting accounts. This is not the case with low cost dedicated hosting as your security will be much more robust.\r\n\r\nSince the server is dedicated all to you, there is no sharing of resources and no chance of being hacked into because another account on the server was hacked. Instead, you get better security, more speed, and all the resources for your own account and website. This is just a few of the advantages compared to shared hosting.\r\n\r\nWith a dedicated server, you can host as many domain names as you want and you can customize the control panel. You can also install custom security options and pretty much set up the server however you choose. Most of the time, you can even choose between managing the server yourself or having your hosting company manage it for you.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting is known as one of the best types of hosting you can get, but if you go with low cost dedicated hosting is it going to give you everything you need? This all depends on the company, the size of the server, and the other resources you get with the server. It is a big step to pay $60 a month for a server, when other companies offer their smallest dedicated package at over twice the cost.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Disadvantages of Low Cost Dedicated Hosting</strong><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1813\" alt=\"dedicated-servers-silver\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dedicated-servers-silver.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"144\" />\r\nThere are a few distinct disadvantages when you choose dedicated hosting from a smaller company for a cheaper price. First, you may be renting a much smaller server than what you get from the larger companies. This is a problem if you need more space and for under $100 it will be hard to get a server that is very large.\r\n\r\nAnother issue you will run into is how much of the space on the smaller server you can actually use before it starts to slow down. Dedicated servers work much like your own computer and if you fill it up with too much stuff it will slow down. You don\'t want this and if you choose a server that is too small it could be the problem you fight with constantly.\r\n\r\nWith low cost dedicated hosting you may only get 2 GB of space, which is not much space at all. In addition, you may not have the options and the speed you need compared to paying for a larger server from a better hosting company. This is not even the worst problem you may run into considering smaller hosting companies are usually not equipped to support you properly.\r\n\r\nIf you pay a higher price for a dedicated server you will, in most cases, get much more space, more bandwidth, and better security options. On top of that, you will get more professional support and service along with a managed server instead of having to figure it all out on your own.\r\n\r\nWhenever you are shopping for hosting it is important to really see what you are getting for your money. Sometimes the cheaper option is not better than paying more money for something that is simply amazing compared to what you are considering. Make sure you look at both low cost dedicated hosting and higher cost dedicated hosting before you decide.\r\n\r\n<strong>Low Cost VPS Hosting - Finding the Right Company for the Right Price</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1814\" alt=\"low-cost-cutting-server\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/low-cost-cutting-server.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"168\" />Low Cost VPS Hosting for an Upgrade</strong>\r\nGetting low cost <a title=\"itx vps\" href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\">VPS</a> hosting is a very important upgrade from shared hosting. Most internet marketers, bloggers, and even small businesses start with shared hosting, but they don\'t want to stay with this type of hosting forever. This is why getting VPS hosting as a good upgrade is a great way for a company or an individual to go.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting will give you many of the same benefits of having a dedicated server without the high cost. You will no longer have to share a server in the \"free for all\" way. Instead, you get a partition of the sever that is blocked off for you and you only. This will help with speed and with security compared to shared hosting.\r\n\r\nYou are still going to be sharing a server, which means you still are vulnerable to security issues, but not nearly as much as shared hosting. Anytime you share a server there could be issues and this is why dedicated hosting is the best. However, with low cost VPS hosting you can get a great upgrade from shared hosting without spending a fortune.\r\n\r\n<strong>How to Find Great Low Cost VPS Hosting</strong>\r\nThere are many companies that provide VPS hosting, but not all of them are inexpensive enough to give you the ability to get the hosting you need for the right price. However, you can find the right low cost VPS hosting for your needs if you look for a few specific things that are out there. Here are a few things to look into.\r\n\r\n1. Specialty\r\n\r\nSome companies specialize in blog hosting while others are best at providing dedicated hosting. Just like some companies provide great VPS hosting and others specialize not just in VPS hosting, but low cost VPS hosting. You need to find a company that spends more time developing their VPS hosting packages than anything else.\r\n\r\n2. Price\r\n\r\nObviously if you are looking for low cost VPS hosting price is an issue. You need to look at the price each company offers because this will tell you if they are a low cost VPS hosting or not. If their packages start under $8 per month, then you probably have a low cost hosting company. Now you just need to make sure their hosting is great.\r\n\r\n3. Reviews\r\n\r\nReading the reviews from customers about VPS hosting will help to tell you if it is all about price, or if there is something else that matters. Customers will tell you if they love the price, but the service is horrible and they will tell the truth most of the time. Do understand that customers are more likely to write a negative review than a positive review.\r\n\r\nIf you look at these three things along with the support and the reputation of the company you are considering for your low cost VPS hosting, then you will find a company with the right price and the right hosting for you. This will give you every benefit of VPS hosting instead of being stuck with shared hosting and the lack of speed and security it provides.\r\n\r\n<strong>Why Upgrade to Low Cost VPS Hosting?</strong>\r\nIf you are getting more than a few hundred visitors every day to your websites or blogs, then VPS hosting will give you a faster load time. This will keep more of those visitors on your actual website or blog instead of bouncing over to your competitors. It will also give you more security and more resources that are actually yours to use.\r\n\r\nThere is no doubt that shared hosting is cheaper in the long run than VPS hosting. However, when you need to have the right type of hosting to help you out, it is necessary to get more than just shared hosting. You need to upgrade in order to give your websites or blogs a chance and low cost VPS hosting is a great choice.','Low Cost Dedicated Hosting - The Advantages and Disadvantages','','inherit','open','closed','','1811-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 09:13:43','2014-01-27 14:13:43','',1811,'http://itxdesign.com/1811-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4812,3,'2014-01-25 10:22:25','2014-01-25 15:22:25','','bandwidth-requirements','','inherit','open','closed','','bandwidth-requirements-2','','','2014-01-25 10:22:25','2014-01-25 15:22:25','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4813,3,'2014-01-25 10:40:25','2014-01-25 15:40:25','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\n\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\n\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\n[one_half]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\n\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\n\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.  In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it.  With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\n\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\n\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\n\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\n\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\n\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\n\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\n\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\n\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.  The speed of your site can also affect your search engine rankings - if your page loads slow, your rankings will suffer.  Moz.com recently did a rest of 2,000 keywords and plotted their search engine rankings in correlation to the \"time to firs\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ttfb.png\" alt=\"time to first byte\" width=\"702\" height=\"357\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4821\" />\n\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\n\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\n\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\n\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\n\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\n\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\n<ul>\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\n</ul>\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\n\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\n\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\n\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\n\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\n\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\n\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\n\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-autosave-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:40:25','2014-01-25 15:40:25','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4814,3,'2014-01-25 10:24:48','2014-01-25 15:24:48','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is Shared Website Hosting?</h3>\r\n\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.\r\n\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:24:48','2014-01-25 15:24:48','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4815,3,'2014-01-25 10:25:34','2014-01-25 15:25:34','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]<h3>What is Shared Website Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3>What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:25:34','2014-01-25 15:25:34','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4816,3,'2014-01-25 10:27:07','2014-01-25 15:27:07','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]<h3>What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.  In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3>What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:27:07','2014-01-25 15:27:07','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4817,3,'2014-01-25 10:28:45','2014-01-25 15:28:45','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]<h3>What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.  In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it.  With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3>What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:28:45','2014-01-25 15:28:45','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4818,3,'2014-01-25 10:31:12','2014-01-25 15:31:12','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]<h3>What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.  In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it.  With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3>What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:31:12','2014-01-25 15:31:12','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4819,3,'2014-01-25 10:31:57','2014-01-25 15:31:57','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.  In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it.  With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:31:57','2014-01-25 15:31:57','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4820,3,'2014-01-25 10:32:20','2014-01-25 15:32:20','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.  In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it.  With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:32:20','2014-01-25 15:32:20','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4821,3,'2014-01-25 10:39:17','2014-01-25 15:39:17','','ttfb','','inherit','open','closed','','ttfb','','','2014-01-25 10:39:17','2014-01-25 15:39:17','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ttfb.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4822,3,'2014-01-25 10:40:47','2014-01-25 15:40:47','<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\n\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well.  In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it.  With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\nThis also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs.  The speed of your site can also affect your search engine rankings - if your page loads slow, your rankings will suffer.  Moz.com recently did a rest of 2,000 keywords and plotted their search engine rankings in correlation to the \"time to first byte\", which is how long it takes before your page starts to load.\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ttfb.png\" alt=\"time to first byte\" width=\"702\" height=\"357\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4821\" />\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting.  Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\n\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\n\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:40:47','2014-01-25 15:40:47','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4823,3,'2014-01-25 10:41:45','2014-01-25 15:41:45','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well. In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it. With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4821\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"702\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4821 \" alt=\"time to first byte\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ttfb.png\" width=\"702\" height=\"357\" /> Source: <a href=\"http://moz.com/blog/how-website-speed-actually-impacts-search-ranking\">Moz.com</a>[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs. The speed of your site can also affect your search engine rankings - if your page loads slow, your rankings will suffer. Moz.com recently did a rest of 2,000 keywords and plotted their search engine rankings in correlation to the \"time to first byte\", which is how long it takes before your page starts to load.</p>\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting. Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" />\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:41:45','2014-01-25 15:41:45','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4824,3,'2014-01-25 10:42:29','2014-01-25 15:42:29','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well. In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it. With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\n<p>This also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs. The speed of your site can also affect your search engine rankings - if your page loads slow, your rankings will suffer. Moz.com recently did a rest of 2,000 keywords and plotted their search engine rankings in correlation to the \"time to first byte\", which is how long it takes before your page starts to load.</p>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4821\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"702\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4821 \" alt=\"time to first byte\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ttfb.png\" width=\"702\" height=\"357\" /> Source: <a href=\"http://moz.com/blog/how-website-speed-actually-impacts-search-ranking\">Moz.com</a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting. Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" />\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:42:29','2014-01-25 15:42:29','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4825,3,'2014-01-25 10:49:27','2014-01-25 15:49:27','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4809\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared1.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>The All Out Battle of VPS vs Shared Hosting</h3>\r\nBefore you make your final hosting decision, it’s important to look at the differences between VPS and shared hosting. Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way.\r\n\r\nThis is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.\r\n\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $3 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $10 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. However, before you make the decision, you may want to compare VPS hosting to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Shared Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4780-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:49:27','2014-01-25 15:49:27','',4780,'http://itxdesign.com/4780-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4826,3,'2014-01-25 10:55:01','2014-01-25 15:55:01','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4809\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared1.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The All Out Battle of VPS vs Shared Hosting</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Before you make your final hosting decision, it’s important to look at the differences between VPS and shared hosting. Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.</p>\n[one_half]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\n\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\n\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.[/one_half][one_half_last]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\n\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way. This is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\n\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.[/one_half_last]\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $3 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $10 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\n\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\n\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\n\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\n\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\n\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\n\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\n\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. 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Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.\r\n\r\n[one_half]<h3>What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3>What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way. This is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $3 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $10 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. However, before you make the decision, you may want to compare VPS hosting to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Shared Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4780-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:52:50','2014-01-25 15:52:50','',4780,'http://itxdesign.com/4780-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4828,3,'2014-01-25 10:53:03','2014-01-25 15:53:03','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4809\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared1.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>The All Out Battle of VPS vs Shared Hosting</h3>\r\nBefore you make your final hosting decision, it’s important to look at the differences between VPS and shared hosting. Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.\r\n\r\n[one_half]<h3>What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3>What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way. This is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $3 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $10 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. However, before you make the decision, you may want to compare VPS hosting to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Shared Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4780-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 10:53:03','2014-01-25 15:53:03','',4780,'http://itxdesign.com/4780-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4829,3,'2014-01-25 10:53:42','2014-01-25 15:53:42','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4809\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared1.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>The All Out Battle of VPS vs Shared Hosting</h3>\r\nBefore you make your final hosting decision, it’s important to look at the differences between VPS and shared hosting. Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.\r\n\r\n[one_half]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way. This is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $3 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $10 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. 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Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.\r\n\r\n[one_half]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom:0;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.[/one_half][one_half_last]<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom:0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way. This is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $3 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $10 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. 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Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.</p>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.[/one_half][one_half_last]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way. This is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.[/one_half_last]\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $5 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $50 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. 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Both types of hosting are quite different, yet they have some things in common. It may be possible to save money by using shared hosting, however, your website’s performance may suffer without VPS hosting.</p>\r\n[one_half]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nVPS or virtual private server hosting is the next level of hosting above shard hosting. This type of hosting still puts your websites on the same server as many others, but in a different way. Instead of the “first come, first serve” format of shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on a partition of the server with assigned resources for you only.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nBy upgrading to VPS website hosting, you will gain many benefits including customization, better security, more privacy and the ability to handle a larger amount of website traffic. With most hosting companies offering VPS packages, you can upgrade and get more resources at any time.[/one_half][one_half_last]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nShared hosting is the cheapest form of hosting online and the most popular. It’s used by over 90% of the websites ad blogs found on the internet. You will be able to build and publish your own website or blog with this type of introductory hosting.\r\n\r\nThe popularity of shared hosting is tied directly to the low price. However, shared website hosting isn’t the highest quality choice on the market. With shared hosting, your websites will be hosted on the same server as many other websites. They will all pull from one set of resources in a “first come, first serve” way. This is precisely why the price is so low, but it is also why you have to be careful with your website or blog. Shared hosting is not known for being the most secure type of hosting because of the way you will be sharing the server.\r\n\r\nIt is also not known for being the fastest hosting because of the way the server is shared. Since it is not an equal share you do not have your own resources just for you. This can cause slowdowns with the way your site or blog loads. However, this is still the most popular type of hosting out there and it can help you do what you are trying to do online.[/one_half_last]\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-shared-hosting-chart.png\" alt=\"vps vs shared hosting chart\" width=\"920\" height=\"368\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4832\" style=\"border:0; padding:0;\" />\r\n\r\n<h3>Which is Best, VPS or Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nWhen looking at the differences between VPS and shared hosting you are going to notice the price is quite different. Shared hosting will start around $5 a month and will go up to about $20 a month, depending on the company and the package. VPS hosting, however, will start around $50 a month and can go as high as $200 a month.\r\n\r\nIf you can afford to spend $50 or more each month for your hosting, you are better off with VPS hosting. However, if your budget is tight, you can get started with shared hosting and upgrade later. In addition, if you’re not trying to make money from your website or blog, shared hosting will provide everything you need.\r\n\r\nComparing VPS and shared hosting shows the many differences between the two, along with the benefits of both. While shared hosting may be less expensive, it doesn’t come with the custom options, security and resources VPS hosting can provide. Making your decision between the two types of hosting isn’t easy and ultimately depends on the type of website you want to create.\r\n<h3>VPS Server Hosting Compared to Shared Server Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS server hosting is quite a bit better than shared server hosting because of the security and speed upgrades. You will be sharing a server, but it is about how the server is actually shared between the accounts. Instead of being in a bit of a “free for all” type of sharing you will be paying for your own portion of the server.\r\n\r\nWhen you have VPS hosting you will not have to worry about the security as much as you do with shared server hosting. This is because you can customize it to the needs you have and make sure you have the right amount of security. You are still sharing a server, which leaves you somewhat vulnerable, but it is not nearly as bad as if you use shared server hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother thing you get with VPS hosting compared to shared server hosting is the speed of having your own resources. Since you will know how much space and bandwidth you can use you will be able to set your site up to optimize your load times. Plus, if you need more resources you will be able to upgrade to a larger VPS package and get those resources.\r\n<h3>Which Projects Fit Best for VPS and Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\nAs you may already know VPS and shared hosting are not the only two types of hosting out there. There is also dedicated and reseller hosting, to consider. Unless you’re trying to make money from hosting, you will not even need to consider the reseller hosting option. Dedicated server hosting is for those that can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hosting each month. This brings us back to VPS and shared hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website and you want to make money with it, VPS hosting is probably the best choice for you. Even if you cannot afford it, at first, your major hosting goal should be to upgrade to VPS hosting as soon as possible. It will give you more security and more speed for your website.\r\n\r\nThose just putting up a blog or a website for a different reason, and making money is not the goal, will do just fine with shared hosting. Just make sure you choose a hosting company that provides the ability to upgrade when you’re ready. This means, they must offer both shared and VPS hosting packages.\r\n\r\nUltimately, the decision between VPS hosting vs. shared hosting depends on your specific needs and your budget. However, before you make the decision, you may want to compare VPS hosting to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Shared Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4780-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 11:02:45','2014-01-25 16:02:45','',4780,'http://itxdesign.com/4780-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4834,3,'2014-01-25 11:15:36','2014-01-25 16:15:36','','vps-vs-dedicated-chart','','inherit','open','closed','','vps-vs-dedicated-chart','','','2014-01-25 11:15:36','2014-01-25 16:15:36','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-chart.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4835,3,'2014-01-25 11:15:58','2014-01-25 16:15:58','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-chart.png\" alt=\"vps vs dedicated servers chart\" width=\"920\" height=\"368\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4834\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n\r\n<h3>Comparing Affordable VPS Hosting to Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThere used to be a huge gap between shared hosting and dedicated hosting. It used to be that if you could not afford to spend at least $150 a month for hosting you had to use shared hosting for your website or blog. However, affordable VPS hosting changed all that and filled in the gap perfectly. So, how does it compare to dedicated hosting?\r\nDedicated hosting gives you the entire server and this is going to be a more secure type of hosting than VPS hosting. Yes it’s more secure than shared hosting, but you are still on the same server as other hosting accounts. This still leaves you more vulnerable than if you were renting or owned the entire server.\r\nThe biggest difference between dedicated and VPS hosting is found within the price. If you want to rent the smallest server from a hosting company, it will cost you around $140 a month. That is enough to get a very large VPS package, but if you do reach this point with your affordable VPS hosting, it may be time to think about upgrading to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 11:15:58','2014-01-25 16:15:58','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4836,3,'2014-01-25 11:16:22','2014-01-25 16:16:22','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4778\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"VPS vs Dedicated Hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-hosting.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>VPS vs. Dedicated Hosting, Which Should you Choose?</h3>\r\nMaking the right decision when it comes to your website hosting is like choosing the right house for your family. The website(s) are like the people living in the house and the hosting is the house. If you choose a three-bedroom home for a family of eight, it won’t provide enough room for everybody to live comfortably. The same is true with hosting.\r\n\r\nIf you choose VPS hosting for a website in need of dedicated web server hosting, you will run into all types of issues. VPS hosting is a great way to bridge the cost gap between shared and dedicated hosting, but it’s not the perfect solution for every project.\r\n<h3>Understanding VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nVPS stands for virtual private server and this type of hosting is the first upgrade from the cheaper shared hosting. VPS hosting provides a partition of a server for your website(s). You don\'t have to share your assigned resources with any other hosting account like you do with shared hosting.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for choosing VPS hosting is because your website has grown to a higher traffic volume than shared hosting can handle. This is the first step in your journey towards a dedicated server for your website hosting.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-vs-dedicated-chart.png\" alt=\"vps vs dedicated servers chart\" width=\"920\" height=\"368\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4834\" style=\"border:0;padding:0; margin-top: 25px;\" />\r\n<h3>What do VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting have in Common?</h3>\r\nVPS hosting is known as the middle-range of hosting and was originally created to bridge the pricing gap between shared and dedicated server hosting. This type of hosting provides many of the benefits of a dedicated server without the high cost. When compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is successful at providing some of the same things as dedicated hosting, but on a smaller scale.\r\n\r\nWhen looking at virtual dedicated server vs dedicated server hosting the one thing that is very similar is the fact that the client has their own resources. They know how much bandwidth they have, how much space they can use and the other resources provided as a part of their package. This is the same with both types of hosting.\r\n\r\nAnother similar feature of the two, they are highly customizable. With virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting you can customize the type of security and the type of control panel used. These two items are very important and you won’t find shared hosting with customizable security or control panels.\r\n\r\nThe final similarity between virtual dedicated server and dedicated server hosting is the pricing structure. Even though virtual dedicated hosting is much cheaper compared to a dedicated server, the pricing structure is very similar. You pay for the resources you need and when you use them up, you can upgrade and pay more money each month for a larger amount of resources.\r\n\r\nVPS hosting starts at a lower rate and will increase with each upgrade. As you need more resources, you will upgrade to the next level, which comes with a higher monthly cost. Dedicated hosting has the exact same price structure, but it starts at a higher price because you gain access to all the resources of the server.\r\n<h3>Some of the Downfalls of VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nSometimes when you cannot afford dedicated server hosting and you choose VPS hosting instead, you don’t get enough resources. You might fly through your bandwidth in a matter of days and the package may end up costing more than a good dedicated web server would. This happens with sites receiving a large amount of traffic.\r\n\r\nIt’s always a good idea to assess the needs of your site before you upgrade from shared hosting to VPS or from one VPS package to another. Some hosting companies will allow you to purchase additional resources if you run out half way through the month, but this will just become more expensive. It’s always a better idea to upgrade to the next level of VPS hosting before purchasing additional resources.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to Assess Your Bandwidth Needs</h3>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4766\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" /><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4767\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"bandwidth available\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-available.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"413\" />After looking at the VPS and Dedicated hosting packages from ITX Design, you will quickly realize each plan provides a little more bandwidth and disk space than the level below. Here’s how they breakdown.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>VPS Lite – 500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Basic – 1,500GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>VPS Premium – 2,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Webmaster – 5,000GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Professional – 10,000 GB bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Enterprise – 12,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n	<li>Dedicated Monster – 15,000GB of bandwidth</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to calculate your bandwidth needs, you must look at the average page size of your website, the average visitors per day and the average pages viewed per visitor. These three numbers plugged into a basic formula will show you the estimated bandwidth you require.\r\n\r\n<i>Formula – # of Visitors x # of Pages x Avg. Page Size x 31 (days in a month) = Bandwidth Needed</i>\r\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Looking at a Couple Examples</h3>\r\nLet’s look at a couple traffic exchanges for this example. The first is a newer choice and considered a medium traffic site called cresthits.com. The second we will look at is the largest traffic exchange in the industry called, easyhits4u.com.\r\n\r\nBy using the Pingdom Load Time calculator we can find out the average page size of both sites. We can use Website Outlook to figure out the average daily page views, which we can divide by the average page views per visit from Alexa.com, to figure out the average daily visitors.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 770 daily page views / 1.80 views per visitor = 428 visitors per day</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 1,127,049 daily page views / 48.90 views per visitor = 23,048 visitors per day</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3>Page Size from Pingdom</h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 906.4KB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 795.9KB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNow, we can plug both into the formula from above to figure out which package fits with each site.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>CrestHits – 428 visitors x 1.80 page views x 906.4KB page size x 31 = 21,647,007KB or 21.7 GB</li>\r\n	<li>EasyHits4U – 23,048 visitors x 48.90 page views x 795.9KB x 31 = 27,807,522,860 KB or 27,807.5 GB</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nCrestHits can get by with the VPS Lite package, whereas EasyHits4U would need at least two of the Dedicated Monster web servers for hosting. This is a bit of an extreme example, but it shows you how to calculate your needs. Both of these sites grow every day, which is another variable you must factor into the equation.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4768\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"projected bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/projected-bandwidth-requirements.png\" width=\"462\" height=\"398\" />\r\n<h3>Factoring for Growth</h3>\r\nIf your website has received an average of 500 visitors a day over the past 6 months, but over the last month, you’re receiving an average of 1,500 visitors per day, you require more bandwidth than you did at the beginning. Make sure to factor for this by using the above equation with your most recent traffic numbers.\r\n\r\nWhen considering the differences in size of the VPS and Dedicated web server hosting packages from ITX Design, make sure you run the numbers first. You don’t want to suffer downtime because you chose a package with fewer resources than you need. Always round up and choose a package capable of supporting your expected growth.\r\n<h3>Bigger is Better, at least with Hosting</h3>\r\nAs long as you choose a top hosting company, such as ITX Design, bigger is always better. Going back to the example of a family living in a house, many families have an extra room called a guest room. This is used to accommodate family and friends when they visit. Of course, it can also be used if a new addition to the family becomes a reality.\r\n\r\nHosting works the same way. When you choose between VPS and dedicated hosting, you want more resources than you need. This will allow for growth without the added expense. It also allows you to expand into new areas, such as a new website or a blog, if that\'s part of your plan.\r\n\r\n<h3>Comparing Affordable VPS Hosting to Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThere used to be a huge gap between shared hosting and dedicated hosting. It used to be that if you could not afford to spend at least $150 a month for hosting you had to use shared hosting for your website or blog. However, affordable VPS hosting changed all that and filled in the gap perfectly. So, how does it compare to dedicated hosting?\r\nDedicated hosting gives you the entire server and this is going to be a more secure type of hosting than VPS hosting. Yes it’s more secure than shared hosting, but you are still on the same server as other hosting accounts. This still leaves you more vulnerable than if you were renting or owned the entire server.\r\nThe biggest difference between dedicated and VPS hosting is found within the price. If you want to rent the smallest server from a hosting company, it will cost you around $140 a month. That is enough to get a very large VPS package, but if you do reach this point with your affordable VPS hosting, it may be time to think about upgrading to dedicated hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>How are Virtual Dedicated Server Hosting and Dedicated Hosting Different?</h3>\r\nOf course, it’s easy to point out the price as a difference between VPS and dedicated hosting. However, this really isn’t much of a difference. Since most dedicated hosting packages provide a larger allocation of resources, compared to VPS hosting packages, the price is about the same based on the resources provided. The easy way to look at VPS and dedicated hosting, when looking at the price, is to look at a dedicated server as the next step after the largest VPS hosting package.\r\n\r\nThe major difference found between virtual dedicated server hosting and dedicated hosting is the “shared” part of the hosting. Even though you’re provided your own allocation of resources with VPS hosting, you still share a server with other websites. This isn’t the case with dedicated server hosting. When you pay for a dedicated server, you’re the only one using the resources of that server.\r\n\r\nAnother difference comes in the size of the hosting package. Typically, VPS hosting packages only offer a portion of the resources you get with a dedicated server package. This makes perfect sense, as VPS hosting fills the gap between shared and dedicated hosting.\r\n<h3>Making the Final Decision Between VPS and Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nThe right decision for your website(s) can be determined by the number and your own business plan. The good news, if you start with the smallest VPS package, you can upgrade as needed. This allows you to grow your business and your hosting together.\r\n\r\nAfter looking over your business plan and your current needs, if you have any questions about the right size VPS or dedicated hosting company for your needs; you can contact the support team at ITX Design for help.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','VPS vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4764-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 11:16:22','2014-01-25 16:16:22','',4764,'http://itxdesign.com/4764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4837,3,'2014-01-25 11:18:44','2014-01-25 16:18:44','','shared-hosting-vs-dedicated-server-chart','','inherit','open','closed','','shared-hosting-vs-dedicated-server-chart','','','2014-01-25 11:18:44','2014-01-25 16:18:44','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting-vs-dedicated-server-chart.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4838,3,'2014-01-25 11:19:05','2014-01-25 16:19:05','<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4805\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"shared vs dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-vs-dedicated.png\" width=\"940\" height=\"409\" />\r\n<h3>The Battle of Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting – It’s On!</h3>\r\nBefore choosing the right hosting company for your needs, it’s important to understand the type of hosting that fits best with your project. Shared hosting is the most popular and the cheapest, while dedicated hosting is the most expensive, but known as the best.\r\n\r\nShared and dedicated hosting are similar in some ways, but very different in others. Let’s look at the way both of these types of hosting work before making the final decision.\r\n[one_half]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Shared Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nAs the most popular type of hosting on the internet, about 95% of all website and blog owners will start with shared hosting. This type of hosting is so popular because of the low monthly and yearly price. If you’re just starting out, shared website hosting is probably the right choice for your specific needs.\r\n\r\nWhen you sign up for a shared hosting package, you will be placed on a server with many other shared accounts. All of the different accounts will pull from the resources of this one server and, in some circumstances; they will fight over the resources of the server.\r\n\r\nDue to the way shared hosting accounts are set up on the server, there are some limitations with this specific type of hosting. You won’t be able to customize the operating system or the security of your account. Some scripts and applications may not be available on a shared hosting account, as well. In addition, certain scripts and application use a lot of resources, and are not really suited to shared hosting because they will effectively slow down the server for all of the websites on it. With shared hosting, if another site on the same server starts using one of these scripts, or starts getting a lot more traffic, your website could begin to run slower.\r\n\r\nEven with the limitations of shared hosting, many webmasters and bloggers use this type of hosting account. The low cost, which ranges from about $4/month to $15/month, is the main reason why most websites and blogs are hosted on a shared server.[/one_half][one_half_last]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Dedicated Hosting?</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 0;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\nUnlike shared hosting, you have full control over all the resources available on the server, and you can host just one website or use the server to host several websites. However, you have exclusive use of the server’s resources and do not share it with other hosting accounts.\r\n\r\nHowever, with full control comes an added responsibility. Dedicated server hosting allows you to customize many features of your hosting including the operating system, security, applications and scripts. Most hosting companies offering dedicated hosting packages will provide the maintenance and support necessary for your server.\r\n\r\nThis hosting type is ideal for larger companies which require large amounts of disk space and high bandwidth limits. High traffic website will benefit the most from upgraded to a dedicated server for hosting.\r\n\r\nWith dedicated hosting, you get to choose the level of resources you need for your specific web projects. This type of hosting will allow you to run CPU-intensive applications without worrying about how you will affect other accounts on the server, because you have it all to yourself.\r\n\r\nUnlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting services are not cheap. However, the benefits you receive such as, added security, a higher quality physical infrastructure, and no interruption from other accounts on the server, make it worth the price.\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting packages range from about $100/month to $600/month and even higher. The price is based on the resources you need. Many companies in need of a dedicated server will start with a smaller set of resources and upgrade as their business grows.[/one_half_last]\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting-vs-dedicated-server-chart.png\" alt=\"shared hosting vs dedicated hosting\" width=\"920\" height=\"368\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4837\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;\" />\r\n<h3>Shared Server Hosting Compared to Dedicated Server Hosting</h3>\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\">Dedicated server hosting</a> is quite a bit different than shared server hosting and it is much better. This is the type of hosting you get when you rent or purchase your own server.\r\n\r\n<p>This also means all the resources are yours, you don’t have to share them, and you can customize all the security options specifically for your needs. The speed of your site can also affect your search engine rankings - if your page loads slow, your rankings will suffer. Moz.com recently did a rest of 2,000 keywords and plotted their search engine rankings in correlation to the \"time to first byte\", which is how long it takes before your page starts to load.</p>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4821\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"702\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-4821 \" alt=\"time to first byte\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ttfb.png\" width=\"702\" height=\"357\" /> Source: <a href=\"http://moz.com/blog/how-website-speed-actually-impacts-search-ranking\">Moz.com</a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nDedicated hosting can be managed by you or it can be managed by a third party company. Many will choose to rent a server from a hosting company and let them manage it, but you can also purchase your own server and let another company manage it for you. It is all up to what your budget can handle and what your needs are.\r\n\r\nThe key to choosing the right type of hosting for your project is to understand what you need and how much you can afford. The last thing you want to do is destroy your budget with the amount of hosting you get. If you need to start off cheap you can always start with shared server hosting. Start by calculating the minimum amount of bandwidth you require by using the following formula:\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4812\" style=\"border: 0; padding: 0;\" alt=\"bandwidth requirements\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bandwidth-requirements1.jpg\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" />\r\n<h3>Can You Afford the Dedicated Server Hosting Rates?</h3>\r\nLooking at just the cost of a dedicated server may be a bit scary. However, the benefits easily justify the higher cost for many websites and blogs. Sometimes you need the best possible security for the type of business you run, while other times you just need the ability to handle thousands of visitors daily to your website.\r\n\r\nChoosing a hosting account that provides all the resources of the server for your needs does come with a high cost. However, you won’t fight with any other website for bandwidth when you experience a higher volume of traffic.\r\n\r\nIf you’re considering a dedicated server over shared hosting or any other type of hosting, it’s important to look at the current size of your web project and how you plan to scale it. Here are a few reasons to choose dedicated hosting over shared hosting.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) expects or gets a heavy amount of traffic and need exclusive control of the server’s bandwidth.</li>\r\n	<li>Your website(s) generates in excess of $3,000 per month in revenue, making the increased hosting fee cost effective.</li>\r\n	<li>Choosing the operating system, scripts, software and applications is vital to your business.</li>\r\n	<li>You require the highest level of security possible for your website(s).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMost web hosting companies offer managed dedicated hosting as opposed to unmanaged dedicated hosting. This provides the added benefit of excellent technical support and you won’t have to worry about maintaining the server yourself.\r\n\r\nWith managed dedicated hosting, once you get everything set up the way you want, you can concentrate on growing your business. The support team of the hosting company you choose will take care of all the technical details to ensure your server is running at the highest possible performance level.\r\n<h3>Your Final Decision Between Shared Hosting vs. Dedicated Hosting</h3>\r\nAfter gaining a full understanding of the differences between shared and dedicated hosting, it should be much easier to make your final decision. Most companies will start with shared website hosting because of the low price. However, as soon as you start seeing a moderate amount of visitors to your site, you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server for your hosting needs.\r\n\r\nIf you plan to create a website or a group of websites with a high traffic volume (1,000 visitors per day or more), you may want to start with dedicated hosting. This will save you the time and effort it takes to move from a shared account to your own server.\r\n\r\nAfter you’ve decided which type of hosting you need, it’s important to find a company capable of offering the right technical support and the best servers for your hosting. ITX Design offers the most up-to-date servers on the market and a team of highly experiences experts for your support.\r\n\r\nChoosing the best hosting, whether shared or dedicated hosting, and the best hosting company, for your specific needs is vital to your success. At ITX Design, we provide the best shared and dedicated hosting you will find. Our support is second to none and we guarantee you will experience 99.99% uptime.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 5px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Shared vs Dedicated Hosting','','inherit','open','closed','','4804-revision-v1','','','2014-01-25 11:19:05','2014-01-25 16:19:05','',4804,'http://itxdesign.com/4804-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(8199,4,'2015-05-14 16:13:35','2015-05-14 20:13:35','Finding the right plugins for your WordPress website is always important. If you\'re looking for a way to improve the site search, you need the right plugins. Here are a few of the best choices for WordPress site search.\r\n\r\n<h2>SearchWP Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SearchWP.png\" alt=\"SearchWP\" width=\"782\" height=\"302\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8200\" />\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"https://searchwp.com/\">SearchWP Plugin</a> may be the best for adding custom search options to your WordPress website. It will instantly change and improve the WordPress Search with many different options. The plugin provides the fastest way for users to find content on a WordPress website.\r\n\r\nAlong with improving search, the plugin will help by reducing your bounce rate, increasing conversions and so much more. It works right out of the box and doesn\'t need any configurations. All you do is install and activate the plugin to get the best possible search on your WordPress website.\r\n\r\n<h2>Voice Search Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/VoiceSearch.png\" alt=\"Voice Search\" width=\"743\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8201\" />\r\n\r\nAdding the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/voice-search/\">Voice Search Plugin</a> to your WordPress website will allow you to give users a better experience. It won\'t work with all browsers, just yet, but it does work with Chrome and Safari. The plugin will add the microphone icon to the regular WordPress Search and allow users to activate voice search from it. \r\n\r\n<h2>Category Wise Search Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CategoryWiseSearch.png\" alt=\"Category Wise Search\" width=\"418\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8202\" />\r\n\r\nWhen you add the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-wise-search/\">Category Wise Search Plugin</a> to your WordPress website, you allow visitors an easier way to search. They can search by category, while you can set the default category, exclude categories and much more. The plugin gives you a widget to add to your sidebar for searching.\r\n\r\n<h2>Swiftype Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Swiftype.png\" alt=\"Swiftype\" width=\"862\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8203\" />\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"https://swiftype.com\">Swiftype Plugin</a> provides a great choice for taking control of your search. You can customize the result rankings, add autocomplete to your search and much more. It\'s built to make it easy to search on mobile devices and provides real-time analytics. \r\n\r\n<h2>Simply Exclude</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SimplyExclude.png\" alt=\"Simply Exclude\" width=\"551\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8204\" />\r\n\r\nProviding an interface to allow you to include or exclude taxonomies, users and post types, the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/\">Simply Exclude Plugin</a> may help you with your WordPress search. It\'s not necessary for everybody, but for some sites, this plugin will allow you to do exactly what you need.\r\n\r\nThese are a few of the many great search plugins for your WordPress website. 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If you\'re looking for a way to improve the site search, you need the right plugins. Here are a few of the best choices for WordPress site search.\r\n\r\n<h2>SearchWP Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SearchWP.png\" alt=\"SearchWP\" width=\"782\" height=\"302\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8200\" />\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"https://searchwp.com/\">SearchWP Plugin</a> may be the best for adding custom search options to your WordPress website. It will instantly change and improve the WordPress Search with many different options. The plugin provides the fastest way for users to find content on a WordPress website.\r\n\r\nAlong with improving search, the plugin will help by reducing your bounce rate, increasing conversions and so much more. It works right out of the box and doesn\'t need any configurations. All you do is install and activate the plugin to get the best possible search on your WordPress website.\r\n\r\n<h2>Voice Search Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/VoiceSearch.png\" alt=\"Voice Search\" width=\"743\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8201\" />\r\n\r\nAdding the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/voice-search/\">Voice Search Plugin</a> to your WordPress website will allow you to give users a better experience. It won\'t work with all browsers, just yet, but it does work with Chrome and Safari. The plugin will add the microphone icon to the regular WordPress Search and allow users to activate voice search from it. \r\n\r\n<h2>Category Wise Search Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CategoryWiseSearch.png\" alt=\"Category Wise Search\" width=\"418\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8202\" />\r\n\r\nWhen you add the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-wise-search/\">Category Wise Search Plugin</a> to your WordPress website, you allow visitors an easier way to search. They can search by category, while you can set the default category, exclude categories and much more. The plugin gives you a widget to add to your sidebar for searching.\r\n\r\n<h2>Swiftype Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Swiftype.png\" alt=\"Swiftype\" width=\"862\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8203\" />\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"https://swiftype.com\">Swiftype Plugin</a> provides a great choice for taking control of your search. You can customize the result rankings, add autocomplete to your search and much more. It\'s built to make it easy to search on mobile devices and provides real-time analytics. \r\n\r\n<h2>Simply Exclude</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SimplyExclude.png\" alt=\"Simply Exclude\" width=\"551\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8204\" />\r\n\r\nProviding an interface to allow you to include or exclude taxonomies, users and post types, the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-exclude/\">Simply Exclude Plugin</a> may help you with your WordPress search. It\'s not necessary for everybody, but for some sites, this plugin will allow you to do exactly what you need.\r\n\r\nThese are a few of the many great search plugins for your WordPress website. Whether you want to fully customize the search for your site or you just want to make a few small adjustments, there\'s a plugin for you.\r\n','Which WordPress Plugins are Best for Site Search?','','inherit','open','closed','','8199-revision-v1','','','2015-05-14 16:13:22','2015-05-14 20:13:22','',8199,'http://itxdesign.com/8199-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(8206,4,'2015-05-14 20:28:36','2015-05-15 00:28:36','If you\'ve ever wanted to show how many users are online and visiting your site at one time, you can. There\'s a plugin for it and it works great for community sites, forums and other types of interactive sites. Here\'s how you can show real time users in WordPress.\r\n\r\n<h2>Using the WP-UserOnline Plugin for WordPress</h2>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WP-UserOnline.png\" alt=\"WP-UserOnline\" width=\"288\" height=\"108\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8213\" />\r\n\r\nBefore you do anything else, you will need to install and activate the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-useronline/\">WP-UserOnline Plugin</a>. This plugin will allow you to show the number of online users on your WordPress site at any time. \r\n\r\nAfter the plugin has been activated, you can access the settings by going to <strong>Settings&gt;&gt;UserOnline</strong>. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/UserOnlineMenu.png\" alt=\"User Online Menu\" width=\"163\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8207\" />\r\n\r\nThis area will provide all the configurations for the plugin.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/UserOnlineConfigurations.png\" alt=\"User Online Configurations\" width=\"811\" height=\"566\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8208\" />\r\n\r\nWhen you find this page, you will have the ability to change any of the default settings. The settings you may want to change include time out, display setting and the users online page URL. However, the default settings will work for most. After you have made your adjustments, click the \"save\" button.\r\n\r\nNow, you need to create a page to showcase the users found online at any given time. This is done by going to <strong>Page&gt;&gt;Add New</strong>. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PageAddNew.png\" alt=\"Page Add New\" width=\"165\" height=\"108\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8209\" />\r\n\r\nThis page can be called whatever you prefer, but the URL must match the URL within the settings for the plugin. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WhosOnlineNow.png\" alt=\"Who&#039;s Online Now\" width=\"500\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8210\" />\r\n\r\nAfter you have changed the URL to match the one provided in your settings, you will need to add the shortcode to the content area. The shortcode s [page_useronline]. Now, you can publish the page.\r\n\r\n<h2>Using the User Online Widget</h2>\r\n\r\nIf you prefer to show the users on your WordPress site in the sidebar, you can do that, as well. The plugin comes with a widget, which you can access by going to <strong>Appearance&gt;&gt;Widgets</strong>.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Widgets.png\" alt=\"Widgets\" width=\"165\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8211\" />\r\n\r\nFrom this section you can drag and drop the UserOnline Widget to your sidebar. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/UserOnlineWidget.png\" alt=\"User Online Widget\" width=\"436\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8212\" />\r\n\r\nIt will display the number of users on your website at any time.\r\n\r\nThis is the easiest way to show how many users are on your WordPress website at any time. Just install the plugin and use either the page or the widget to display the number.\r\n','Is it Possible to show Real Time WordPress Users Online?','','publish','open','closed','','is-it-possible-to-show-real-time-wordpress-users-online','','','2015-05-14 16:33:01','2015-05-14 20:33:01','',0,'http://itxdesign.com/?p=8206',0,'post','',0),(4915,1,'2014-01-27 13:24:53','2014-01-27 18:24:53','','Web Hosting Blog','','inherit','open','closed','','1232-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:24:53','2014-01-27 18:24:53','',1232,'http://itxdesign.com/1232-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(4914,1,'2014-01-27 13:24:00','2014-01-27 18:24:00','<h1 class=\"page-title\">Web Hosting Blog</h1>','Web Hosting Blog','','inherit','open','closed','','1232-revision-v1','','','2014-01-27 13:24:00','2014-01-27 18:24:00','',1232,'http://itxdesign.com/1232-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(5076,1,'2014-02-04 13:09:38','2014-02-04 18:09:38','<style>\r\nul.cheap-vps-benefits {\r\nlist-style-type: none;\r\nmargin: 5px 0;\r\n}\r\nul.cheap-vps-benefits li {\r\nfloat: left;\r\nwidth: 26%;\r\nmargin: 10px 3.5%;\r\npadding: 0;\r\nfont-size: 16px;\r\nfont-weight: bold;\r\ntext-shadow: 3px 3px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\r\n}\r\n</style>\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/truth-behind-cheap-vps-hosting.jpg\" alt=\"truth behind cheap vps hosting\" width=\"920\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5097\" />\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: -10px;\">The Truth Behind Cheap VPS Hosting</h3>\r\nYou\'ve been using shared hosting for a few years now and your website has grown. It\'s time to upgrade to VPS hosting, but should you consider cheap VPS hosting?\r\n\r\nCheap <a title=\"vps hosting\" href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\">VPS hosting</a> presents many issues, if you don\'t have the right hosting company backing it. Typically, you will run into a few specific issues including:\r\n<div style=\"margin: -20px auto -15px auto;\">[one_fifth]<h5>Lack of RAM</h5>\r\nNot having enough RAM will cause your website to load slowly and also limits the types of software you can run, as most website scripts require a certain amount of RAM.  Slow loading times discourages visitors from viewing your site and even has negative impacts on your search engine rankings.[/one_fifth][one_fifth]<h5>Not enough Disk Space</h5>\r\nWithout enough disk space, you may simply run out of room on your server.  This greatly impacts the number of images and videos and even pages you can store on your site.  In addition, it will limit your ability to make backups, making it impossible to recover your site if something bad happens.[/one_fifth][one_fifth]<h5>Low Bandwidth Limit</h5>\r\nYour monthly bandwidth limit is the amount of information your website is able to transmit each month.  If you go over the limit, your website will be suspended until the end of the month.  Some companies will keep your site online, but will charge you a premium for the extra bandwidth.[/one_fifth][one_fifth]<h5>Poor Support</h5>\r\nGood technical support is critical to running a website.  It\'s important to have someone knowledgable and helpful who can assist you if something should go wrong.  Many cheap VPS companies have little to no support, leaving you in the dark when you need help the most.[/one_fifth][one_fifth_last]<h5>Outdated Servers</h5>\r\nSome cheap VPS hosting companies will use older servers with outdated hardware and software.  Older servers simply cannot keep up with the demands of the modern internet like a newer server can.  Outdated server software also has a very negative impact on security, which could potentially lead to disaster.[/one_fifth_last]</div>\r\n\r\nCompanies advertising and offering cheap VPS hosting packages don\'t always give you what you really need. It\'s important to assess your needs whenever switching from shared hosting to VPS hosting or whenever you plan to start with VPS hosting.\r\n\r\n<h3>What is VPS Hosting?</h3>\r\n\r\nVPS stands for Virtual Private Server and this type of hosting was created to bridge the pricing gap between shared hosting and dedicated server hosting. Many businesses need some of the benefits of a dedicated server, but they cannot afford the higher prices, which is why VPS hosting works so well.\r\n\r\nWith VPS hosting, you still gain many of the benefits of using your own server without the high cost of a dedicated hosting package. Instead of your websites sharing the resources of the server, as you do with shared hosting, you will be assigned your own partition of resources to use.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cheap-vps-comparing-packages.jpg\" alt=\"cheap vps advantages\" width=\"920\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5077\" />\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><h3>The Benefits of a Virtual Private Server</h3>\r\nMany benefits come with VPS hosting. However, truly realizing all the benefits means you must choose a hosting company with the ability to back up their claims made with any VPS hosting package. Benefits include:\r\n<ul class=\"cheap-vps-benefits\">\r\n	<li>Ability to handle larger amounts of traffic</li>\r\n	<li>Ability to customize your virtual private server</li>\r\n	<li>Ability to run your<br /> own batch files</li><div class=\"clear\"></div>\r\n        <li>Higher level of security</li>\r\n	<li>Easily scalable</li>\r\n	<li>And More!</li>\r\n</ul><div class=\"clear\"></div>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center; margin: 15px auto 25px auto;\">Compared to shared hosting, VPS hosting is certainly an upgrade.</h4></div>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 28px; text-align: center;\">How to Assess Cheap <a title=\"vps hosting\" href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\">Virtual Private Server</a> Hosting Companies</h3>\r\n\r\nAt first glance a hosting company offering cheap VPS hosting may look like a good idea. However, most companies only show you the disk space, RAM and bandwidth you will get. You have to dig a little deeper to see the true package and what you\'re getting.\r\n\r\nSometimes the cheaper hosting package doesn\'t come with some of the tools you need, such as cPanel or the ability to use Windows. With many hosting companies offering cheaper VPS hosting packages, you have to pay extra to add these options to your package.\r\n\r\nWhenever you\'re considering switching hosting packages from one company to another, it\'s important to look at and even test their technical support. One of the disadvantages of using VPS hosting is that you need a dedicated system administrator to monitor your server. Most companies offering cheap VPS hosting may not be skilled in the monitoring and support of your server.\r\n\r\n<h3>Be Careful of VPS Hosting at the Same Price as Shared Hosting</h3>\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/empty-call-center.jpg\" style=\"padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #eee;\" alt=\"empty call center\" width=\"181\" height=\"159\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5108\" />There\'s a reason why the super cheap VPS hosting packages haven\'t caught on. After reading a few reviews about the companies offering VPS hosting for less than $10/month, it\'s easy to see why these companies are failing.\r\n\r\nMany issues with the support team and with downtime happen when you choose a hosting package based solely on the price. You may have experienced this with cheap shared hosting before realizing the company backing it up matters.  \r\n\r\nMake sure you perform your due diligence by reading customer reviews, looking at all the included features and researching the different choices on the market. Just because a company advertises cheap virtual private server hosting doesn\'t mean they will actually save you money.\r\n\r\n<h3>Top VPS Hosting Packages at Affordable Prices</h3>\r\n\r\nUpgrading from a shared hosting account to a VPS hosting account may seem scary. For good VPS hosting, you will pay about three to four times the price of your shared hosting package, or more depending on the resources you require.\r\n\r\nFinding the top hosting for your website is vital to your success. All the best hosting companies provide award-winning technical support from seasoned experts in the hosting industry. At ITX Design, we provide affordable VPS hosting packages perfect for any small to medium-sized business.\r\n\r\nIf it\'s time to upgrade from shared hosting to VPS hosting, contact our support team and we can recommend the right package for your needs.\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/choose-itx-vps.jpg\" alt=\"choose an ITX Design VPS\" width=\"846\" height=\"206\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5101\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 20px;\" /><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/compare-hosting-plans/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4792\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-left: 10px;\" alt=\"shared hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shared-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/vps-hosting/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4793\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"vps hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vps-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a><a href=\"https://itxdesign.com/dedicated-servers/\"><img class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4791\" style=\"border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-right: -5px\" alt=\"dedicated hosting\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dedicated-hosting2.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"277\" /></a>','Cheap VPS Hosting','','publish','open','closed','','cheap-vps-hosting','','','2014-02-11 17:29:12','2014-02-11 22:29:12','',0,'http://itxdesign.com/?page_id=5076',0,'page','',0),(6401,4,'2014-04-09 09:46:27','2014-04-09 13:46:27','Adding an image gallery to a WordPress blog doesn\'t have to be difficult. Even a beginner can follow the instruction to create their own gallery of beautiful images. You may have searched for a plugin to create your gallery and there are plenty of choices, but you don\'t need a WordPress plugin to create an image gallery. \r\n\r\n<h2>How to Create an Image Gallery in WordPress</h2>\r\n\r\nThe first setup in creating your image gallery is to create a new blog post. Simply log into your WordPress dashboard and go to <strong>Posts &gt;&gt; Add New</strong>. You can also add the image gallery to an existing post by selecting that post and opening the edit screen. \r\n\r\nAfter you have started your new posts, you want to click on the \"Add Media\" button.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AddMediaButton.png\" alt=\"Add Media Button\" width=\"537\" height=\"213\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6402\" />\r\n\r\nThis button will give you the WordPress media uploader and from here, you will need to click the \"Create Gallery\" link on the left side of your screen. From this screen, you can either upload images from your computer or select existing images in your media library for your gallery. Just select the images you want to add with the check marks and each image will show up in your gallery. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WordPressImageGallery.png\" alt=\"WordPress Image Gallery\" width=\"1098\" height=\"517\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6403\" />\r\n\r\nNow that you have selected all the images you want in your gallery, just click the \"Create a New Gallery\" button. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CreateNewGallery.png\" alt=\"Create New Gallery\" width=\"294\" height=\"236\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6404\" />\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve created your gallery, you will be taken to a screen that will give you the ability to add a caption to each of the images. You can also reverse the order of the images from this screen and change any other gallery settings necessary. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AddCaptionToImages.png\" alt=\"Add Caption To Images\" width=\"824\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6405\" />\r\n\r\nOnce you have completed any changes you want to make to your WordPress image gallery, click the \"Insert Gallery\" button. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/InsertGallery.png\" alt=\"Insert Gallery\" width=\"306\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6406\" />\r\n\r\nThe media uploader will now close and you will get the necessary code within the post for your new image gallery. If you\'re using the visual editor, this is what you will see:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryInVisualEditor.png\" alt=\"Image Gallery In Visual Editor\" width=\"495\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6407\" />\r\n\r\nIf you are using the text editor, you will see a simple code that looks like this:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryInTextEditor.png\" alt=\"Image Gallery In Text Editor\" width=\"213\" height=\"118\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6408\" />\r\n\r\nYou can check your gallery by using the post preview button. If you need to make any changes, just click the \"Add Media\" button again and edit your gallery settings. After you have made all the necessary changes, you can publish your gallery. \r\n\r\n<h2>Creating a WordPress Image Gallery with a Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\nOf course, you don\'t have to use a plugin to create an image gallery for a WordPress blog. However, if you want to gain a few extra options and use a responsive WordPress gallery plugin, the Envira Gallery plugin is the best choice. This plugin isn\'t free, however. They have four packages ranging from $19 to $249, depending on the features you need. \r\n\r\nWhen you choose a plugin for your image gallery, you will gain many other settings and options compared to the built-in image gallery in WordPress.  This specific gallery plugin will allow you to create flexible galleries and put them just about anywhere on your page. The plugin even comes with a widget. \r\n\r\n<h2>Turning Your WordPress Image Gallery into a Carousel</h2>\r\n\r\nThere are a couple of different ways to turn your image gallery into a Carousel. If you\'re using the plugin <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/\">Jetpack by WordPress.com</a>, you can use the Carousel section of this plugin for this task. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/JetpackCarousel.png\" alt=\"Jetpack Carousel\" width=\"364\" height=\"441\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6409\" />\r\nJust go to the Jetpack section in the sidebar and you will see \"Carousel\" in the list of options. You don\'t actually have to do anything with this carousel option to get it to work. It will automatically turn any standard WordPress image gallery into a carousel for you.\r\n\r\nAnother option, if you\'re not using the Jetpack by WordPress.com plugin, is the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/plugins/carousel-without-jetpack/\">Gallery Carousel Without JetPack plugin</a>. This plugin will allow you to transform any standard gallery into a full-screen carousel very easily. \r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve installed this plugin, you simply go to <strong>Settings &gt;&gt; Media</strong>, within your WordPress dashboard. In this section, you will see a new \"Image Gallery Carousel\" area. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryCarousel.png\" alt=\"Image Gallery Carousel\" width=\"653\" height=\"219\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6410\" />\r\n\r\nYou can make any changes necessary from here. Now, you can view your gallery and see how it looks with the carousel settings.\r\n\r\nAdding an image gallery to a WordPress blog can be very helpful. This can increase the user experience and make the overall look of your site better. Use the instructions and plugins above to create your beautiful WordPress image gallery today.\r\n','The Easiest Way to Add an Image Gallery to a WordPress Blog','','publish','open','closed','','add-an-image-gallery-to-a-wordpress-blog','','','2014-04-07 09:56:35','2014-04-07 13:56:35','',0,'http://itxdesign.com/?p=6401',0,'post','',0),(6402,4,'2014-04-07 09:48:45','2014-04-07 13:48:45','','Add Media Button','','inherit','open','closed','','addmediabutton','','','2014-04-07 09:48:45','2014-04-07 13:48:45','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AddMediaButton.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6403,4,'2014-04-07 09:49:20','2014-04-07 13:49:20','','WordPress Image Gallery','','inherit','open','closed','','wordpressimagegallery','','','2014-04-07 09:49:20','2014-04-07 13:49:20','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WordPressImageGallery.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6404,4,'2014-04-07 09:49:54','2014-04-07 13:49:54','','Create New Gallery','','inherit','open','closed','','createnewgallery','','','2014-04-07 09:49:54','2014-04-07 13:49:54','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CreateNewGallery.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6405,4,'2014-04-07 09:50:57','2014-04-07 13:50:57','','Add Caption To Images','','inherit','open','closed','','addcaptiontoimages','','','2014-04-07 09:50:57','2014-04-07 13:50:57','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AddCaptionToImages.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6406,4,'2014-04-07 09:51:36','2014-04-07 13:51:36','','Insert Gallery','','inherit','open','closed','','insertgallery','','','2014-04-07 09:51:36','2014-04-07 13:51:36','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/InsertGallery.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6407,4,'2014-04-07 09:52:24','2014-04-07 13:52:24','','Image Gallery In Visual Editor','','inherit','open','closed','','imagegalleryinvisualeditor','','','2014-04-07 09:52:24','2014-04-07 13:52:24','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryInVisualEditor.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6408,4,'2014-04-07 09:53:00','2014-04-07 13:53:00','','Image Gallery In Text Editor','','inherit','open','closed','','imagegalleryintexteditor','','','2014-04-07 09:53:00','2014-04-07 13:53:00','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryInTextEditor.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6409,4,'2014-04-07 09:53:34','2014-04-07 13:53:34','','Jetpack Carousel','','inherit','open','closed','','jetpackcarousel','','','2014-04-07 09:53:34','2014-04-07 13:53:34','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/JetpackCarousel.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6410,4,'2014-04-07 09:54:01','2014-04-07 13:54:01','','Image Gallery Carousel','','inherit','open','closed','','imagegallerycarousel','','','2014-04-07 09:54:01','2014-04-07 13:54:01','',6401,'http://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryCarousel.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6411,4,'2014-04-07 09:54:18','2014-04-07 13:54:18','Adding an image gallery to a WordPress blog doesn\'t have to be difficult. Even a beginner can follow the instruction to create their own gallery of beautiful images. You may have searched for a plugin to create your gallery and there are plenty of choices, but you don\'t need a WordPress plugin to create an image gallery. \r\n\r\n<h2>How to Create an Image Gallery in WordPress</h2>\r\n\r\nThe first setup in creating your image gallery is to create a new blog post. Simply log into your WordPress dashboard and go to <strong>Posts &gt;&gt; Add New</strong>. You can also add the image gallery to an existing post by selecting that post and opening the edit screen. \r\n\r\nAfter you have started your new posts, you want to click on the \"Add Media\" button.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AddMediaButton.png\" alt=\"Add Media Button\" width=\"537\" height=\"213\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6402\" />\r\n\r\nThis button will give you the WordPress media uploader and from here, you will need to click the \"Create Gallery\" link on the left side of your screen. From this screen, you can either upload images from your computer or select existing images in your media library for your gallery. Just select the images you want to add with the check marks and each image will show up in your gallery. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WordPressImageGallery.png\" alt=\"WordPress Image Gallery\" width=\"1098\" height=\"517\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6403\" />\r\n\r\nNow that you have selected all the images you want in your gallery, just click the \"Create a New Gallery\" button. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CreateNewGallery.png\" alt=\"Create New Gallery\" width=\"294\" height=\"236\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6404\" />\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve created your gallery, you will be taken to a screen that will give you the ability to add a caption to each of the images. You can also reverse the order of the images from this screen and change any other gallery settings necessary. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AddCaptionToImages.png\" alt=\"Add Caption To Images\" width=\"824\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6405\" />\r\n\r\nOnce you have completed any changes you want to make to your WordPress image gallery, click the \"Insert Gallery\" button. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/InsertGallery.png\" alt=\"Insert Gallery\" width=\"306\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6406\" />\r\n\r\nThe media uploader will now close and you will get the necessary code within the post for your new image gallery. If you\'re using the visual editor, this is what you will see:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryInVisualEditor.png\" alt=\"Image Gallery In Visual Editor\" width=\"495\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6407\" />\r\n\r\nIf you are using the text editor, you will see a simple code that looks like this:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryInTextEditor.png\" alt=\"Image Gallery In Text Editor\" width=\"213\" height=\"118\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6408\" />\r\n\r\nYou can check your gallery by using the post preview button. If you need to make any changes, just click the \"Add Media\" button again and edit your gallery settings. After you have made all the necessary changes, you can publish your gallery. \r\n\r\n<h2>Creating a WordPress Image Gallery with a Plugin</h2>\r\n\r\nOf course, you don\'t have to use a plugin to create an image gallery for a WordPress blog. However, if you want to gain a few extra options and use a responsive WordPress gallery plugin, the Envira Gallery plugin is the best choice. This plugin isn\'t free, however. They have four packages ranging from $19 to $249, depending on the features you need. \r\n\r\nWhen you choose a plugin for your image gallery, you will gain many other settings and options compared to the built-in image gallery in WordPress.  This specific gallery plugin will allow you to create flexible galleries and put them just about anywhere on your page. The plugin even comes with a widget. \r\n\r\n<h2>Turning Your WordPress Image Gallery into a Carousel</h2>\r\n\r\nThere are a couple of different ways to turn your image gallery into a Carousel. If you\'re using the plugin Jetpack by WordPress.com, you can use the Carousel section of this plugin for this task. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/JetpackCarousel.png\" alt=\"Jetpack Carousel\" width=\"364\" height=\"441\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6409\" />\r\nJust go to the Jetpack section in the sidebar and you will see \"Carousel\" in the list of options. You don\'t actually have to do anything with this carousel option to get it to work. It will automatically turn any standard WordPress image gallery into a carousel for you.\r\n\r\nAnother option, if you\'re not using the Jetpack by WordPress.com plugin, is the Gallery Carousel Without JetPack plugin. This plugin will allow you to transform any standard gallery into a full-screen carousel very easily. \r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve installed this plugin, you simply go to <strong>Settings &gt;&gt; Media</strong>, within your WordPress dashboard. In this section, you will see a new \"Image Gallery Carousel\" area. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ImageGalleryCarousel.png\" alt=\"Image Gallery Carousel\" width=\"653\" height=\"219\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6410\" />\r\n\r\nYou can make any changes necessary from here. Now, you can view your gallery and see how it looks with the carousel settings.\r\n\r\nAdding an image gallery to a WordPress blog can be very helpful. This can increase the user experience and make the overall look of your site better. 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You can use a few different plugins to create your sitemap, but the best two are the <a href=\"https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/\">WordPress SEO by Yoast</a> Plugin and the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/\">Google XML Sitemap</a> plugin.\r\n\r\nIf you already use WordPress SEO by Yoast for SEO reasons, setting up your sitemap is very easy. However, if you don\'t use Yoast and don\'t want to use it, the Google XML Sitemap plugin will work just fine.\r\n<h2>Setting Up WordPress SEO by Yoast for Your Sitemap</h2>\r\nOnce you\'ve installed the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin and it has been activated, you can set up your XML Sitemap. Go to <strong>SEO &gt;&gt; XML Sitemap</strong> in your WordPress Dashboard.\r\n\r\nJust click the checkbox to enable the XML Sitemap functionality. This will create your sitemap for your WordPress website.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6415\" alt=\"WordPress SEO by Yoast Sitemap\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WordPressSEObyYoastSitemap.png\" width=\"676\" height=\"172\" />\r\n\r\nYou can also set the sitemap to ping Yahoo! and Ask.com whenever you add new content. It will automatically ping Google and Bing.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6416\" alt=\"Ping Yahoo and Ask\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/PingYahooandAsk.png\" width=\"505\" height=\"144\" />\r\n\r\nAlong with setting up the sitemap and figuring out which search engines to ping, you can adjust other settings from this section, as well. You will also want to add the link to your sitemap in your footer. This makes it very easy for the search engines to find it.\r\n<h2>Setting up the Google XML Sitemap Plugin for WordPress</h2>\r\nSetting up the Google XML Sitemap plugin for WordPress is very easy. Simply go to <strong>Settings &gt;&gt; XML-Sitemap</strong>. Within this area, you will see all the necessary settings for your new sitemap. It will have been generated without any action on your part. You will also see a link to your sitemap here.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6417\" alt=\"Google XML Sitemap\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/GoogleXMLSitemap.png\" width=\"632\" height=\"489\" />\r\n\r\nJust make the adjustments you need to make to the settings and you\'re all set.\r\n<h2>Do You Need to Tell the Search Engines About your Sitemap?</h2>\r\nYou don\'t really have to tell the search engines about your sitemap, but it\'s a good idea. They will find it, eventually, but you can speed up the process. This is done in the Google Webmaster Tools area for Google. Just log into your account and click the \"Add a Site\" button. Just enter the URL of your website.\r\n\r\nOn the next screen, you will be given options to verify the ownership of your website. You can simply copy the code and enter it on your homepage or you can use one of the other methods.\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve verified your website, you can enter your sitemap in the \"Add/Test Sitemap\" areas of Google Webmaster Tools. Just enter the URL for your sitemap and click \"Submit Sitemap.\"\r\n\r\nIt will take a few days for Google to crawl your sitemap, but you will never have to do this again. After you\'ve submitted your sitemap to Google, you can login and see the progress from your sites.\r\n\r\nNow you know how to create an XML Sitemap for your WordPress blog. 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This won\'t make your ranking higher, but it will allow your content to become indexed faster.\r\n\r\nSitemaps provide a very useful tool for both blogs and websites. Many new blog posts don\'t get backlinks very quickly and this can make it harder for search engines to find them. However, when you use a sitemap, your new posts and pages are easier for the search engines to find.\r\n\r\nThe main reason for using a sitemap is the interaction between your website and the search engines. It will help identify which parts of your website are updated most often. This allows the search engines to establish a crawling pattern and find your new content quicker.\r\n<h2>Creating Your WordPress Sitemap</h2>\r\nCreating a sitemap for your WordPress website/blog is very easy. You can use a few different plugins to create your sitemap, but the best two are the <a href=\"https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/\">WordPress SEO by Yoast</a> Plugin and the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/\">Google XML Sitemap</a> plugin.\r\n\r\nIf you already use WordPress SEO by Yoast for SEO reasons, setting up your sitemap is very easy. However, if you don\'t use Yoast and don\'t want to use it, the Google XML Sitemap plugin will work just fine.\r\n<h2>Setting Up WordPress SEO by Yoast for Your Sitemap</h2>\r\nOnce you\'ve installed the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin and it has been activated, you can set up your XML Sitemap. Go to <strong>SEO &gt;&gt; XML Sitemap</strong> in your WordPress Dashboard.\r\n\r\nJust click the checkbox to enable the XML Sitemap functionality. This will create your sitemap for your WordPress website.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6415\" alt=\"WordPress SEO by Yoast Sitemap\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WordPressSEObyYoastSitemap.png\" width=\"676\" height=\"172\" />\r\n\r\nYou can also set the sitemap to ping Yahoo! and Ask.com whenever you add new content. It will automatically ping Google and Bing.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6416\" alt=\"Ping Yahoo and Ask\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/PingYahooandAsk.png\" width=\"505\" height=\"144\" />\r\n\r\nAlong with setting up the sitemap and figuring out which search engines to ping, you can adjust other settings from this section, as well. You will also want to add the link to your sitemap in your footer. This makes it very easy for the search engines to find it.\r\n<h2>Setting up the Google XML Sitemap Plugin for WordPress</h2>\r\nSetting up the Google XML Sitemap plugin for WordPress is very easy. Simply go to <strong>Settings &gt;&gt; XML-Sitemap</strong>. Within this area, you will see all the necessary settings for your new sitemap. It will have been generated without any action on your part. You will also see a link to your sitemap here.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6417\" alt=\"Google XML Sitemap\" src=\"https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/GoogleXMLSitemap.png\" width=\"632\" height=\"489\" />\r\n\r\nJust make the adjustments you need to make to the settings and you\'re all set.\r\n<h2>Do You Need to Tell the Search Engines About your Sitemap?</h2>\r\nYou don\'t really have to tell the search engines about your sitemap, but it\'s a good idea. They will find it, eventually, but you can speed up the process. This is done in the Google Webmaster Tools area for Google. Just log into your account and click the \"Add a Site\" button. Just enter the URL of your website.\r\n\r\nOn the next screen, you will be given options to verify the ownership of your website. You can simply copy the code and enter it on your homepage or you can use one of the other methods.\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve verified your website, you can enter your sitemap in the \"Add/Test Sitemap\" areas of Google Webmaster Tools. Just enter the URL for your sitemap and click \"Submit Sitemap.\"\r\n\r\nIt will take a few days for Google to crawl your sitemap, but you will never have to do this again. After you\'ve submitted your sitemap to Google, you can login and see the progress from your sites.\r\n\r\nNow you know how to create an XML Sitemap for your WordPress blog. 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You can use a few different plugins to create your sitemap, but the best two are the WordPress SEO by Yoast Plugin and the Google XML Sitemap plugin.\r\n\r\nIf you already use WordPress SEO by Yoast for SEO reasons, setting up your sitemap is very easy. However, if you don\'t use Yoast and don\'t want to use it, the Google XML Sitemap plugin will work just fine.\r\n<h2>Setting Up WordPress SEO by Yoast for Your Sitemap</h2>\r\nOnce you\'ve installed the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin and it has been activated, you can set up your XML Sitemap. Go to <strong>SEO &gt;&gt; XML Sitemap</strong> in your WordPress Dashboard.\r\n\r\nJust click the checkbox to enable the XML Sitemap functionality. 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We understand what you need for your aMember websites and our servers are customized to work with this powerful software perfectly.\r\n\r\nChoosing aMember gives you access to many powerful features including:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Quick Access to all Functions and Settings</li>\r\n	<li>Accept Multiple Payment Forms - ClickBank, Wordpay, PayPal, 2Checkout and more!</li>\r\n	<li>Supports Six Different Languages</li>\r\n	<li>Add Powerful plugins for vBulletin, WordPress, XenForo and more.</li>\r\n	<li>Free Installation</li>\r\n	<li>Full-featured Subscription System</li>\r\n	<li>Full Site Protection</li>\r\n	<li>Built-in Affiliate Program</li>\r\n	<li>E-Mail Management</li>\r\n	<li>Third-Party Script Integration</li>\r\n	<li>And More!</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you want to sell digital products, downloads and memberships, aMember is the right choice for your website. 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