When You Should Consider Moving Your Blog from Shared Hosting to VPS By CIOReviewindia Team

When You Should Consider Moving Your Blog from Shared Hosting to VPS

CIOReviewindia Team | Wednesday, 05 February 2020, 12:22 IST

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Like any new blogger, you decided to go with shared hosting for your blog. It’s affordable and user-friendly, which is perfect for small websites. But now your blog has gotten bigger. Soon enough, you’ll be outgrowing your shared hosting resources.

The next logical step would be to migrate to VPS hosting. But when should you make the move? In this article, we’ll discuss what VPS is and when you should consider moving your blog to VPS hosting.

When You Should Consider Moving Your Blog from  Shared Hosting to VPS

What is VPS Hosting?

VPS stands for a virtual private server. This solution is essentially the middle ground between shared hosting and dedicated server hosting.

When using shared hosting, your resources are not your own alone. They are also used by other websites on the same physical server. Dedicated server hosting, on the other hand, means that the entire server and its resources are only available to you.

A VPS is similar to shared hosting in that your website is on the same server with other sites. However, with virtualization technology, each user gets allocated resources so there’s no need for sharing.

This makes VPS more powerful than shared hosting. At the same time, it’s more affordable than dedicating an entire server for yourself.

Though VPS has its strengths, it has a higher learning curve than shared hosting. You need to acquire technical knowledge to maintain the server environment. Otherwise, your website can be more prone to security risks and mismanagement.

However, many hosting providers now offer managed VPS hosting. As the name suggests, your hosting provider will handle the back end tasks like software updates, data backups, security optimization, and more.

When to Consider Migrating to VPS Hosting

Let’s review when you need to start thinking about buying virtual private server hosting.

Increased Traffic Affects Website Performance

As successful blogs are, your site is gaining more traffic and page visits increase from hundreds to thousands a day – and there’s no sign of stopping.

For websites using shared hosting, high visitor volumes can cause frequent downtime or slowdowns or even crashes. This is because your shared server has to transfer data to more browsers through its limited bandwidth and RAM.

As a result, instead of accommodating the traffic, your website becomes slower and experiences higher bounce rates as a result.

Moving to VPS can solve this problem. Having a dedicated part of a server for yourself means higher bandwidth that can adjust to more page visits. Above all, your site will be more reliable – you won’t get affected by a traffic spike happening on another site sharing the same server.

When to Consider Migrating to VPS Hosting

When Your Blog Needs More Resources

At some point, you might have a lot of posts, images, videos, or extensions for your site. This means you’re consuming more space to store your data.

With all the data and content you have collected, your website might not be performing as fast as it used to be or outright make you run out of disk space. You can delete unused plugins, compress images, or move media to external websites and optimize databases.

If your website is still slow, this means you may need to upgrade your resources. When you need more storage, you also require more CPU power, memory, and bandwidth to support it.

Even if your page load speed is still relatively quick, you should consider moving to a better hosting plan to accommodate your blog’s growth. If you buy VPS hosting, you can scale up on your resources as your blog gets bigger easily.

When Your Website Needs More Security

One pitfall of using shared hosting is that it’s more vulnerable to security threats compared to other types. When one website on the same server gets compromised, others might be affected as well.

Using a VPS can minimize potential security breaches. Since you’re getting an allocated partition of a server for yourself, you won’t be affected when other websites are experiencing security issues. You can also set up a firewall and other security measures on a VPS.

More security measures are also useful if you want to set up a shop page or a paid online course on your blog. Dealing with user data and payments requires a safe environment to make sure their information is safe and sound.

However, keep in mind that securing your VPS requires some technical skills. If the server is not configured correctly, you will be exposing your website to more threats.

Conclusion

Keep a close eye on your website if you’re using shared hosting. While it is an excellent solution for those who are just starting out, high traffic can cause issues for website performance. Also, your hosting plan should be able to accommodate your blog’s resources and security needs. Before your shared hosting can no longer handle your website, consider upgrading to VPS hosting. Remember to not scale at the very last minute and effectively predict your growth.

We hope this article will help you make an educated decision when considering your site’s future.

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Mary is a passionate blogger and the chief editor at her own content marketing company PRable.org . Since college, she's been interested in break-through technology and technical writing about innovative products and services that change our everyday lives for the better. She's also interested in web design and photography.

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