Technological advancements in general are impacting the web hosting industry as well. With the cloud having become more affordable, the demand for shared web hosting is dwindling. Even with the many benefits of the cloud, many small-medium scale businesses and blogs are still reluctant to rely on the cloud – possibly due to security concerns or because they simply don’t want to invest in it. 

This is why the VPS hosting Dubai industry is still flourishing. VPS solutions are better than shared servers and precedes dedicated servers when it comes to benefits. Despite the demand for VPS hosting, many web owners still lack the knowledge of utilizing a hosting solution effectively. 

In this article, we will be talking about the signs that demand a hosting server upgrade. For the average website owner, without deep technical knowledge, the best approach to determining whether the VP server needs an upgrade is by looking for the following 3 signs. 

The website suddenly got too slow

As the website owner publishes more content on the website, the website’s speed deteriorates over time. Despite having a full independent partition of the server, the website is still running on a physical machine. Each website in each partition of the server essentially shares the server’s hardware resources albeit at pre-determined, fixed rates. When the website starts becoming slow, it indicates that the server or the hosting solution itself needs an upgrade.

The website is unable to handle traffic spikes

When the website or the brand itself becomes more popular, more people would start visiting the site. This also applies when a marketing campaign hits pay dirt and traffic spikes significantly. Shared servers generally won’t be able to handle such spikes. If the condition is the same even in a VPS solution, then it’s obviously time to move on to a dedicated or cloud server that’s capable of handling traffic spikes better than virtual private servers. 

The website holds sensitive data

VPS hosting companies in Dubai recommend using VPS servers to host websites that contain sensitive data as opposed to shared servers. However, with cyber-vulnerabilities being even more efficiently exploited, we will have to assume that virtual private servers aren’t very safe either. A compromised server will compromise every virtual partition in the server’s disk. Dedicated servers offer significantly better security compared to a virtual private server. 

To conclude, it’s best to ask your potential hosting provider every question that comes into your mind regarding web hosting before purchasing hosting services.