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A dedicated server is one that gives your website safety, security and its own unique IP address.

If you run a business in which you will be buying and selling products over the Internet, a dedicated server is the best option for you. This type of business is called Ecommerce or e-commerce, and a dedicated server is practically a necessity when dealing with such. A dedicated server will keep your clients personal information safe. The safer your clients feel, the likelier they are to continue doing business with you.

An e-commerce business demands an extremely high level of security and the ability to make and receive payments through the server. Dedicated servers offer SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), which guarantees the confidentiality of the purchaser’s personal information. SSL encrypts the information the purchaser enters before it is transferred over the Internet. The information therefore cannot be hacked, which in turn grants a safe transaction and a happy buyer.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is also very important for an e-commerce business. FTP simply allows the transfer of information from one computer to another. Without FTP, e-commerce would, without a doubt, not be an option.

Dedicated servers vary in cost and tend to be on the more expensive end since the website uses an entire server instead of sharing a server with multiple websites. The cost may seem like a downfall, but there are so many features pertaining to dedicated servers that dynamic servers don’t have to offer.

Your website will have outstanding security. The security feature not only allows for safe business transactions, but also helps to prevent spam from getting anywhere close to your server.

Since you will be running your site on a server dedicated only to you, the disk space will increase immensely. With no other webmasters sharing your server, you will have an unbelievable amount of space to load whatever files you feel are necessary to run your e-commerce business.

A dedicated server will also offer better bandwidth and data transfer than other types of servers. You will never have to worry whether your traffic flow exceeds your allotted bandwidth, so your customers will be able to move swiftly through their transaction without the slow uploading times that you would typically see on a website that does not run on a dedicated server.

When you run on your own server, you have all of the control. Dedicated servers have control panels to help you easily manage your website. From the control panel you can add or delete e-mail addresses and even change your administrative passwords. On any other server, the web host holds most of that control so you have to call technical support any time you wish to change something.

On the other hand, running your e-commerce business on a dedicated server also means that you have to know what you’re doing. If you own a large business and don’t have to worry about money, you can hire someone to run the website for you. If you’ve just recently started a business or you are thinking of starting up a business however, it would probably be in your best interest to learn a little about web development before committing to a dedicated server.

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