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Dedicated Hosting: The client leases a whole server, which offers full control, but comes with a higher cost. (Wikipedia) Prices are around 200-400 USD per month ([]) (4800 USD per year) the complete control offers you possibilities that no other hosting solution can offer. The whole resources of the server will be dedicated to the client, Disk space depends on the server (Today harddrives are so cheaply available, that webspace in dedicated servers should not be an issue. traffic is more of an issue)

Shared Hosting: The client leases a partition on a server, which means the server is used by multiple clients, therefore the costs will be cheaper than dedicated hosting, but the client’s control is limited. (Wikipedia) Prices are around 4.50 USD a month ([]) (50 USD per year) According to [] Shared Hosting comes with major performance and security issues, as the server sends and receives several thousands of emails and files form all the different users. Pre set webspace - normally limited to a few GB.

Virtual Hosting: Also known as VPS, is very similar to Shared Hosting, where a server is partitioned into virtual machines, whereby the management of the data on these virtual machines is more problematic – since control is very limited. Costs are around 240USD per year. ([]) compared to the shared Hosting the VPS offers more control through root access to your virtual machine. While you cannot restart a Shared Hosted Server, but you are able to restart your virtual machine. Amount of Webspace is adjustable.

Standard Hosting: The lowest level of control for the lowest price (usually free) usefull for very basic websites or blogs for mostly personal use. Small disk space.

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