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The vast majority of web sites hosted world-wide are managed using shared hosting platforms. This low-cost service is based on sharing the resource of 1 powerful (and usually multi-functional) web server amongst many different web sites - sometimes thousands. Altaire's approach to shared hosting is somewhat different as our platform consists of separate web/email/dns/database/control panel servers and our ratio of sites per server is amongst the lowest in the industry (typically 100-200 sites per server. Furthermore our shared hosting platform is clustered allowing sites residing inside the cluster to grow as visitor numbers increase. For the most part shared hosting is very reliable, however as the platform is shared there may be times when co-habitants of a server can interfere with the levels of server resource available to you.
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Quarter servers give you the option to upgrade slowly through the options without the big jump in costs of a dedicated server, with a quarter server you still get the same servers that we use for the shared cluster but with only 4 accounts on the server which means much more resource for you to play with! While you business is expanding this is the best option as you can keep taking quarter servers as your needs increase until you have a dedicated server. You also get the all the benefits of the cluster available to use such as mail and dns servers.
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Dedicated servers provide you with your own fully managed server that is exclusively for your use. This option is great for busy sites that need dedicated resource away from the risks associated with a shared platform. As its your server you can also install your own applications or software which you may not be able to use on a shared environment. Finally dedicated servers are more secure than shared servers as the only software installed onto the machine is that which your site requires. Dedicated servers can be customised to your own specification or contact us for specialist advise on resource planning.
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