Can You Find a Cheap Dedicated Server?

Dedicated servers are considered to be the very best that you can get in web hosting today. These servers are sold or rented to you and you alone, giving your business even more space, storage, and other resources to be used as you need. Because only your website or websites will be on the server, there are virtually no limits and you can make your site as big as you want, and welcome as many visitors as possible. But often getting the best of anything also means paying the most amount of money for it. So, is it possible to get a cheap dedicated server?

It really depends on who you ask, who you purchase or lease the server from, and what kind of quality you’re looking for. Also similar to just about anything else, you can find cheap dedicated servers; but you may not get all you bargained for.

You can visit many online auction sites, or even just speak to techie people you know, and come upon dedicated servers being sold for relatively cheap. But with these servers you may still need to get a good web host, especially if you’re not a techie yourself and you’re going to need the server managed for you. In cases like these you may have to find a colocation center, which will add to the original cost of the server itself.

Consumers and business owners can often become attracted to dedicated servers they find that are for sale, but buying a server – especially sight unseen, and from someone you don’t know – can be risky. When the server arrives you may find that it’s slightly damaged, won’t perform as you need it to, or doesn’t have all the specs outlined in the original listing. This can be very frustrating to business owners who want to get their website up and running as soon as possible; and don’t want to waste money on ineffective equipment.

Unfortunately, buying or renting a dedicated server is pricey if you want to get the best service and the best equipment. It is simply a case of getting what you pay for, and ultimately the price can be seen as relatively small when compared with the amount of features and resources that are given in exchange with a dedicated server. Still for many, especially small start-up businesses, the cost of a dedicated server is simply too much. In that case, a VPS may be a better choice.

A VPS is one server that holds many different website and customer accounts. Unlike shared servers, a VPS is divided up into many different virtual servers, without any one VPS interfering with another. These types of servers can be a very affordable option for those looking for the benefits of a dedicated server, but without the heavy cost. Large and medium businesses, that have websites of corresponding size however, may still find the capabilities of a VPS too limited, making dedicated servers the only option.