Where Is Your Data?

Storing your data at a remote location is smart business practice, but where does it go?
If you’re running a business website you’ll need to invest in a web hosting solution: that much we all know. The web hosting solution that’s right for you will depend on your requirements of the box; shared hosting is perfect for small websites looking for a cheap fix, whereas larger companies will need to invest in dedicated or cloud hosting to power their website around the clock. But did you know that the location of your server can also affect your business?
Location matters: that’s why VPS.NET has a presence in several global locations. We work with businesses – small and large – from all corners of the globe, providing our expert hosting services from a range of worldwide locations. But why does this matter?
In online business speed is currency. Your website could be the most visually pleasing and interactive site on the planet, but it won’t perform well for you if it takes too long to load. On average a potential website visitor will abandon your page if it takes longer than two seconds to load, so time quite literally is money for online retailers.
Firstly, you should make sure your data is stored near to your base so you can manage its content in real time without lengthy data transfer times. While getting your data to your end users at lightning speed is very important for your brand’s reputation, ensuring that the right content is there – or the correct version of your site – is equally as vital, and by being in close proximity to your server you reduce the risk of reduced data transfer speeds.
Housing your data close to your end users will help speed up the process of data transfer. That means that when a potential visitor enters your domain name into their browser bar and hits the enter key the request for data won’t have too far to travel in order to retrieve all the code which makes up your site. While high bandwidth hosting solutions help to speed up this process, it really helps to shrink the physical distance between data and end user so as to prevent technical issues such as latency and packet loss.
VPS.NET currently has 22 data center locations spread across five continents. From Miami to London and Singapore to Salt Lake City, we can help you be sure your data is close to your end users. If you operate a local business it is important that your data is close to where you will be managing it, so you can make any changes in real time.
A content delivery network (CDN) could also be of interest to any online businesses looking to distribute their content to several locations around the world. A CDN stores a copy of your data at several locations, and serves the data from the location geographically closest to any request.
Discover just how far your data can go over on the VPS.NET website.