Before explaining the difference between business hosting, and standard shared hosting it is important to consider pricing. Obviously the more expensive option is the managed dedicated server . Please don’t fall into the trap of thinking because you have paid ten times the going rate, you will have a managed hosting service that excels above all other companies. Actually, those companies that haven’t updated their packages or pricing in ten years are mostly likely a little behind with the times. On the plus side there are those business hosts that are worth every penny. That’s why it is worth thinking about business website hosting.

Business class hosting refers to hosting that is mission critical. Whatever the personal blog owner might claim otherwise, their uptime isn’t of vital importance. There are those that think the world is about to come to an end because their Tenerife holiday photos have gone offline at 4am. This person generally goes for the cheapest package as well! Real business class hosting should be expected to cost a little more. However with that you are going to buy yourself into a number of perks. The server hardware is going to be up to much more. Believe it or not there are some hosts out there hosting your websites on a ’server’ similar to the desktop you are reading this on now. Does that really fill you with confidence? I am not surprised you are shouting ‘no’! Business hosting companies pay thousands for each of their high end servers. Hard disks in a RAID array create redundancy. For added security, there will be automated incremental backups in place. The servers will be in a business class datacentre with super cooling and on-site datacentre staff. The datacentre will be locked down and secure.

Business class hosts take security seriously. Pretty much anyone can rent a dedicated server, install Cpanel and start a hosting company. It isn’t difficult to buy a website template and tell the world you have offices. However, when they do get hacked, you’ll find out the hard way. Business class web hosts will have the knowledge and experience to properly lock down their servers to keep the bad guys out.

Again with the standard web host you can very often get lucky with the standard of support. However for just a little more you buy good techs and peace of mind. If your query is trivial, allow time as it isn’t important. However if it is 4am, and you are in trouble, a business class host should be there for you.