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Hosting (local hosting ((Bandwidth: Your bandwidth from the local web…
Hosting
local hosting
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Benefits of local hosting:
cheaper than using external hosting
easy to update website locally before making it public
Disadvantages of local hosting if used publicly:
bandwidth is of your broadband, not practical
Computer would always need to be on
Since the IP is from your ISP, it’s dynamic, no single IP to connect to the site
Difficult to protect site from malware and intrusion
You can also run a local database that is attached to the web server, so it is easy to set up your own personal blog if you want to. Packages like 'WordPress' is a free open source package that can do this.
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Technical knowledge: Although setting up a web server is straightforward, if things go wrong, it can take a lot of technical knowledge to find the problem.
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Technical knowledge: Although setting up a web server is straightforward, if things go wrong, it can take a lot of technical knowledge to find the problem.
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Bandwidth: Your bandwidth from the local web server will be that of your broadband connection. This is unlikely to be enough for practical connections
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Technical knowledge: Although setting up a web server is straightforward, if things go wrong, it can take a lot of technical knowledge to find the problem.
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External Hosting
External hosting is where you pay a web hosting company to host your website on one of their servers.
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External Hosting Types
Dedicated Server
A dedicated server is where the website is hosted on its own server, and it does not share a server with any other sites.
They are used by companies who have a lot of website traffic.
Also, by having a dedicated server it means it will be faster, better quality support from the web hosts. Backups and server patching are carried out on a daily basis.
However, this is very costly (expensive)!
Virtual Server
This is a powerful server that runs specialist software allowing it to create many 'virtual servers' within itself. These are then rented out to customers to host their web site.
This sharing of a single physical server to host many web sites means everyone shares the cost of it and so prices are kept low. It overcomes many of the issues of using the standard shared hosting service.
Bandwidth: Your bandwidth from the local web server will be that of your broadband connection. This is unlikely to be enough for practical connections