While buying and registering a hosting account, an individual must keep in mind the type of hoisting that is provided. One criterion for this decision is the operating system on which the site will be hosted.

A shared web hosting is essentially a hosting account in which various other shared hosting accounts are hosted on the same account on the web server. The number of different shared hosting accounts hosted on a single server may vary from a few hundred to thousands depending on the capacity of the server.

A dedicated server hosting comprises of a server that is dedicated solely for a particular company or firm. The server is not burdened with other accounts and is limited to just one dedicated server hosting account. The dedicated server hosting has some distinct advantages over the shared server hosting including the fact that the customer support provided is exceptional. Also, since the entire server is dedicated to juts one account, innumerable number of websites can be hosted with ease. All this however comes for a price. The dedicated server hosting is priced at an escalated price as compared to the shard server hosting.

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