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Ecommerce websites that produce a lot of sales might need something larger such as a dedicated server. This can be costly, however, so it’s very important to know what the goals are for the website, and how they will be achieved through the website’s functions so that you will be able to support the higher costs of dedicated servers. High traffic websites usually need a dedicated server just to support the number of views or hits it receives, much less the amount of information being communicated to the server if there are monetary transactions being made or forms being completed by people.
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