Within this article, we will discuss the use cases and examples of each service types between: Shared, VPS and Dedicated server hosting
Shared Hosting
Shared hosting is generally used when you as a customer are running small to medium sized application(s).
These includes personal blogs, landing pages, email hosting and small to medium sized game servers.
Services on Shared hosting plans are managed, which requires no technical skills for backend maintenance, complex troubleshooting
or any administrative tasks. Allowing you to focus on what you need to get done, faster and with a peace of mind.
An example of the services using a shared hosting plan includes but not limited to:
- Small blog websites
- Game servers (Minecraft with up to 100 players)
- Landing pages for domains or businesses
- Email hosting for your business or yourself (e.g. alex@mydomain.com)
Virtual Private Server (VPS)
The main function of a VPS is to give clients full control over the system, software used, privacy and data handling.
A VPS server has higher performance compared to shared hosting as your virtualised system has direct access to the hardware and network.
VPS servers requires at least some basic knowledge of how operating systems work. Servers mainly use Linux, so some linux commands
knowledge, skills and understanding of the basics is required to operate this.
You are also responsible for the security of your VPS service. However we have a guide to basics of securing your virtual private server.
This is useful if you are:
- Running multiple websites at a fixed cost rate
- Privacy for your data
- Dedicated server time (not sharing CPU, Memory, Network, Storage Read/Write)
- Run practically anything (Pterodactyl, cPanel, HestiaCP, IP tunneling, private VPN server)
- Testing grounds for your projects (e.g. software development)
Dedicated Servers
Dedicated servers are a powerhouse, hardware that only you have access to. These are generally more expensive compared to Shared and VPS hosting,
the upside of this is that you do not share even a single piece of resources with anyone, full access to the CPU, Memory, Storage and the network port.
Use cases of a dedicated server includes:
- High/Immense traffic websites
- Demanding workload and stress on CPU, Memory and Network
- Creating virtual machines
- Dedicated resources (no other users)
If you are unable to decide what type of hosting you require, you can contact our support team for guidance, future scalability and any further concerns or questions you may have.
