What is Web Hosting?
Web hosting is term that deals with storing a site on a computer that is accessible to the Internet users. Web hosting could be as simple as storing it on a local desktop computer that has a web server software installed or hosting it in a dedicated data center with redundant backup and load distribution.
What is a Dedicated Web Server?
Dedicated server is usually leased by the data center to a site owner on monthly or yearly basis. The site owner is in charge of maintaining the server and hosting one or more sites on it. Many site owners choose to pay for server management so that they can focus on developing and running their online business.
The sites hosted on a dedicated server are usually safer and perform better as the server owner has a full control of which sites are hosted on the server. Further the site owner can monitor the performance of the server and make necessary adjustments to the server software and hardware.
The advantages of Dedicated Server are better performance, control and reliability.
Disadvantage of running your own dedicated server is cost associated with renting and managing the server....