melina

What are the benefits of shared hosting? Surely the cost is much less than a dedicated server or co-location, but is sharing a server with others a safe thing to do if you depend on your website to earn a living?

theheavenly

There should not be any problem when your web host secures your data away from viruses and hackers by firewalls and security tools.

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silvermoon

Hi,
It all depends on the type of website you want to host and also the
type of host you choose. If it is a small to medium size website it is
much cheaper option to choose shared hosting. On the other hand, if you
use a hosting company which oversells (i.e.: hosting more domains on a
single server than the server is capable of) it would be a non reliable
solution, with service outages/poor performance/etc.
silvermoon

eukhost

I think Shared hosting is for customers who don't need the performance, privacy or support of a dedicated server. Shared hosting puts your web-site and e-mail on servers containing the web sites of other customers.

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etech-peter

Shared hosting is a less expensive way for businesses to create a Web presence. It is usually not sufficient for sites with high traffic. It is the best choice for normal businesses and smaller ecommerce sites.

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nati

This is: SHARED HOSTING (per month 7.95 $)
1 GB Disk Space
20GB Data Transfer
100 POP-3 E-Mail accounts
5 MySQL Databases
Unlimited Sub-Domains
Unlimited FTPAccounts
CPanel Control Panel
1-Click Install Aplications (what is this??? come and you understanding)


and that is: DEDICATED hOSTING (PER MONTH 50 $)
Intel Pentium III 8xxMHz
256 MB Ram
10-20 GB Disk (pot luck)
200 GB Data Transfer
10 Mbit Port
- Choice of: CentOS, Fedora, Debian
- Gentoo, FreeBSD & More!
- Optional Cpanel + Fantastico
Pre-Pay 10 months, Get 2 months FREE!!!!!!


Compare both among themselves and you will understand a difference

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James-A

As on shared hosting you have to share the server with other users so there is less security and the chances of hacking also increases. You don't have better control on your hosting account.
Benefits: Lower cost, no need to buy the server and the most important thing is that the web host is responsible for the server maintenance and the installation and updating of the software.