| In today's fast-paced business environment, there | | | | provider. The provider may provide support for |
| are several hosting techniques that are available in | | | | the operating system or applications. In addition, |
| the market. You can plan to host your personal | | | | the hosting company offers various hosting |
| or a business website. You need to research to | | | | control panels to manage this type of hosting, and |
| find a suitable Web hosting for your requirement. | | | | billing support. |
| Based on your research, you can decide on the | | | | Most people know the term "resell" refers to the |
| Web hosting technique that best suits your | | | | act of reselling again. Reseller Web hosting |
| requirement. | | | | provides the reseller client to act as a hosting |
| In a dedicated Web hosting the client can lease an | | | | provider for other smaller clients. The reseller |
| entire server which is not shared with others. This | | | | client can purchase a sizable Web hosting plan and |
| type of Web hosting has several benefits when | | | | then resell them to other clients in smaller parts. |
| compared with the shared Web hosting technique. | | | | The clients can be a preexisting client base in |
| This technique is stable and flexible. Also, the client | | | | another avenue of the World Wide Web, or new |
| or organization has a full control over the | | | | clients. In the case of reseller Web hosting a client |
| server(s), which includes the operating system, | | | | can resell his allocated space and bandwidth to |
| hardware, and others. While there are several | | | | other their party clients for profit. |
| differences between the shared hosting and | | | | The main disadvantage for a reseller hosting is |
| dedicated hosting, in the case of shared hosting | | | | providing the customer support. Ideally, the |
| the server is shared by many clients. | | | | customer support is handled by the provider. But, |
| The dedicated hosting technique is applicable | | | | the provider delegates the reseller with rights to |
| where an organization or a business function | | | | handle the same. |
| expects more traffic, contain sensitive content | | | | Should I select Dedicated or Reseller hosting |
| and secure e-commerce applications. The business | | | | technique? |
| organizations are dependent on the dedicated | | | | You should consider your budget and the |
| hosting servers. The server administration may | | | | necessity of your website to arrive at a decision. |
| be provided as an add-on service by the hosting | | | | If you are planning to host a Web site which |
| company. In certain cases a dedicated hosting | | | | includes your personnel information, and blog then |
| technique can provide less overhead and a larger | | | | consider for having a reseller hosting option. This |
| return on investment. | | | | would not require much server resource. Else, if |
| The dedicated servers are placed in data centers, | | | | you are assigned to host your company website |
| similar to collocation facilities. This provides | | | | which has critical information, and expects a |
| redundant power sources and HVAC systems. | | | | heavy traffic then, you can go for a dedicated |
| But, in many cases the hardware is owned by the | | | | hosting technique. |