{"id":1673,"date":"2025-05-21T17:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:17:21","slug":"what-is-the-best-dedicated-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/what-is-the-best-dedicated-server\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the best dedicated server?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BestEssentially, there is no best dedicated server for everyone, only the one that is best for you, meaning one that most closely matches your web hosting requirements within your budget.<\/p>\n

Lowest cost is not always the best option<\/b><\/p>\n

Your website is very often the face of your business online, so lowest cost on servers doesn\u2019t always work well as hard dollar savings can sometimes turn into soft dollar headaches. What I mean by that is that you may see comparative servers priced vastly different, so what\u2019s the catch? Budget dedicated servers come at some cost, be that customer support or the quality of the hardware.<\/p>\n

Supporting infrastructure does matter<\/b><\/p>\n

You have to take into account the infrastructure supporting your server. If you lease a high powered server, but the provider\u2019s network is routinely down for hours at a time, those dollars for that lease are essentially wasted. Not only will this affect your organic ranking on the search engines, but it\u2019ll turn visitors away, preventing future sales.<\/p>\n

\"ManagedManaged or unmanaged<\/b><\/p>\n

$50 servers typically do not include customer support, so you\u2019re on your own if you face issues installing an Operating System or script. If you\u2019re not adept at managing a server, that is something best left to professionals.<\/p>\n

Location and latency matters<\/b><\/p>\n

Location does matter as it affects latency. What you need to consider is the primary geo-location of your targeted audience. Time to download your site is critical, especially if you\u2019re running an e-commerce site or gaming server. There are free third party sites that measure the speed of websites, such as GTmetrix. Always ask for test IP addresses so you\u2019ll know upfront how fast the connection will be for visitors to your site.<\/p>\n

\"QuestionsOther considerations<\/b><\/p>\n

Other questions to consider could be; whether the provider offers DDoS protection, do they offer IPv6 addresses in addition to IPv4 addresses, what RAID array solutions do they offer, do they offer SSD drives as well as larger HDD drives, what is the port speed offered, how much bandwidth is allowed, will they custom build a server for you – and many other.<\/p>\n

Response versus resolution times<\/b><\/p>\n

If you have an issue, will it take their support team hours to respond and even longer to resolve? Or will their staff take care of business professionally within minutes? Web hosting forums are full of threads posted by businesses complaining about poor customer support from their hosting provider and how this impacted their business, sometimes costing them thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n

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