Appendix I. IIS 7.0 Shared Hosting

The opposite of dedicated hosting is shared hosting or high density hosting, whereby the focus is to run as many Web sites or applications on one physical system with one operating system as possible. This generally lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO) with a minimum set of hardware and software to be maintained.

Although shared hosting is the most economical option, especially for Web hosting providers to maximize revenue versus setup and maintenance cost, hosting from tens to hundreds of Web applications on a single machine is not a simple task. There are many considerations when it comes to shared hosting, such as dedicated application ...

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