{"id":302,"date":"2024-03-28T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/?p=302"},"modified":"2024-03-28T16:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:10:39","slug":"dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated Server Specs Vs Site Load Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/dedicated-server-hosting-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/dedicated-server-hosting-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/dedicated-server-hosting-1-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/dedicated-server-hosting-1-512x211.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What I see on web hosting forums day in and day out are requests for high performance\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/\">dedicated servers<\/a> at great prices. The speed of the CPU, the number of its cores and so on is discussed as it relates to server performance, as well as how much RAM it has and whether it has SSD, NVMe or SATA drives. Why? Because server performance matters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time\/#Why_eCommerce_sites_are_at_risk_of_losing_prospective_clients\" >Why eCommerce sites are at risk of losing prospective clients!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time\/#Looking_beyond_server_specifications\" >Looking beyond server specifications<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time\/#Knowing_that_speed_matters_what_should_you_do_next\" >Knowing that speed matters, what should you do next?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time\/#BROUGHT_TO_YOU_BY_PROLIMEHOST\" >BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROLIMEHOST<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time\/#VPS_SERVICES_LIGHTNING_FAST_SSD_VIRTUAL_SERVERS\" >VPS SERVICES: LIGHTNING FAST SSD VIRTUAL SERVERS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time\/#DEDICATED_SERVERS_BACKED_BY_A_999_SLA_NETWORK_UPTIME_GUARANTEE\" >DEDICATED SERVERS: BACKED BY A 99.9% SLA NETWORK UPTIME GUARANTEE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/dedicated-server-specs-vs-site-load-time\/#ASIA_OPTIMIZED_SERVERS_IMPROVING_CONNECTION_SPEED_AND_QUALITY\" >ASIA OPTIMIZED SERVERS: IMPROVING CONNECTION SPEED AND QUALITY<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_eCommerce_sites_are_at_risk_of_losing_prospective_clients\"><\/span>Why eCommerce sites are at risk of losing prospective clients!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Today\u2019s consumer expectations have trended toward immediate gratification, from fast food drive thru\u2019s to how fast a website loads for its visitors. The world is trending toward broadband where everything is so much faster than ever imagined, and along with it, a prospect\u2019s tendency to move on if a site takes too long to load for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In fact, there has been research to show that eCommerce sites in particular lose nearly one fourth of their potential clients if a site takes more than four seconds to load. I don\u2019t know how true that is, but I do know that speed matters, and not just to consumers. Google factors speed into their algorithms for ranking sites on their search engine. If it matters to Google, and you rely on online visitors to sustain your eCommerce operations, speed should matter to you as well.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Looking_beyond_server_specifications\"><\/span>Looking beyond server specifications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>You would think that download times of eCommerce sites would have sped up over the past couple of years, simply because of advances in technology, but research has shown they\u2019ve actually slowed down, and part of the reason for that extends beyond server specifications. I\u2019ve assembled some common factors that play into poor download speeds. These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Having broken links on a page. I\u2019m constantly amazed how many sites I visit that have broken links. Broken links are hyperlinks to locations on the Internet that don\u2019t exist, so each time a visitor clicks on one of those links, a HTTP request is generated that in turn slows down the site.<\/li>\n<li>The reliability of a web hosting provider, meaning do they ensure 99.9% network uptime?<\/li>\n<li>Using images that are too large to promote the product or service a site offers. Larger images consume more pixels and bytes than really necessary, so by using compression, speed improves.<\/li>\n<li>Failing to implement Gzip compression. This basically does what the name implies; it reduces the size of the files displayed on a browser, by as much as seventy percent!<\/li>\n<li>Forgetting to specify the dimensions of images on a site, meaning the width and height of that image. Why does this matter? When a browser renders a page without image dimensions set, it has to wait for that image to be fully loaded, whereas if they are set, it can allocate a box for that image and move on.<\/li>\n<li>Whether a site has too many DNS lookups. A domain name server lookup happens in milliseconds, but if a site has content on it that requires stuff to be obtained external to the site, like Twitter feeds or YouTube videos, these all slow down the performance of the site.<\/li>\n<li>Excessive HTTP requests, meaning a site has to fetch more files than necessary to complete a specific task. If you\u2019ve ever used GTMetrix to analyze a site, I know you\u2019ve seen CSS sprites discussed. This is simply one method to reduce download speed.<\/li>\n<li>Using redirects that in turn redirect to other pages or using more than one redirect to get to a specific source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Knowing_that_speed_matters_what_should_you_do_next\"><\/span><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/cheetah-425468_640-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"speed matters\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/cheetah-425468_640-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/cheetah-425468_640-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/cheetah-425468_640-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/cheetah-425468_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong>Knowing that speed matters, what should you do next?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Understanding what to do depends entirely on how your site is designed. There are a couple of free site speed tools online that I highly recommend and those are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webpagetest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WebPageTest<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GTMetrix<\/a>. It only takes seconds to enter your URL and see the results, but those seconds could help you increase the download speed of your site dramatically, in turn reducing your site\u2019s bounce rate and improving your site\u2019s ranking in Google SERPS.<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/unnamed-e1408122780935.jpg\" alt=\"ProlimeHost\" width=\"400\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/unnamed-e1408122780935.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/unnamed-e1408122780935-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BROUGHT_TO_YOU_BY_PROLIMEHOST\"><\/span>BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROLIMEHOST<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We\u2019ve been in the web hosting industry for over a decade, helping hundreds of clients succeed in what they do best and that\u2019s running their business. We specialize in Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and dedicated servers, with data centers in Los Angeles, Denver &amp; Singapore.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"VPS_SERVICES_LIGHTNING_FAST_SSD_VIRTUAL_SERVERS\"><\/span>VPS SERVICES: LIGHTNING FAST SSD VIRTUAL SERVERS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/ssd-vps-server\/\">Virtual Private Servers<\/a>\u00a0all feature high performance Xeon processors and SSD storage in a RAID10 configuration to optimize your server\u2019s performance, which dramatically enhances visitor experiences on your site.<\/p>\n<p>That speed is backed by unparalleled 24\/7 support, featuring both outstanding response AND resolution times to maximize your uptime.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Now is the time to join the ProlimeHost virtual private server revolution.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DEDICATED_SERVERS_BACKED_BY_A_999_SLA_NETWORK_UPTIME_GUARANTEE\"><\/span>DEDICATED SERVERS: BACKED BY A 99.9% SLA NETWORK UPTIME GUARANTEE<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>We only use enterprise-class hardware in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/los-angeles-dedicated-servers\/\">dedicated servers<\/a>\u00a0and offer a four (4) hour hardware replacement. Throw in IPMI for remote management, support for public and private networks, free operating system (OS) re-installs, and SATA, SAS &amp; SSD (including NVMe) storage. \u00a0For everything from gaming servers to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/discounted-dedicated-server-deals\/\">cheap dedicated servers<\/a>, we\u2019re here to help.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ASIA_OPTIMIZED_SERVERS_IMPROVING_CONNECTION_SPEED_AND_QUALITY\"><\/span>ASIA OPTIMIZED SERVERS: IMPROVING CONNECTION SPEED AND QUALITY<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Procuring an Asia optimized server improves the connection speed and quality between the server and the users in Asia or China. This can reduce latency, packet loss, jitter, and bandwidth issues that can affect the performance and reliability of the server and the applications hosted on it. For more information, please call 1-877-477-9454 or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What I see on web hosting forums day in and day out are requests for high performance\u00a0dedicated servers&hellip;","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[120,122,123,24,113,106,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-geneal","8":"category-tutorials-tips","9":"tag-asia-optimized","10":"tag-asia-optimized-routes","11":"tag-china-optimized","12":"tag-dedicated-servers","13":"tag-gaming-servers","14":"tag-virtual-private-servers","15":"tag-vps","16":"cs-entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}