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What is a Bare Metal Server? Pros and Cons

Updated on January 28, 2026 BradM

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Most hosting providers won’t tell you this because bare metal and dedicated servers are often the exact same hardware—the real difference lies in who controls your server. While competitors perpetuate costly myths about superior specs and flexible billing, the actual choice determines whether you’ll need a full IT team or can rely on expert management for your mission-critical infrastructure.

InMotion Hosting Launches New High-Performance WordPress Hosting

Posted on August 14, 2023 Carrie Smaha

InMotion Hosting’s next generation of cloud WordPress Hosting plans run on high-performance virtual private servers.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA – August 14, 2023 — InMotion Hosting announced today the launch of its new cloud WordPress hosting plans and server management platform, Platform InMotion. From a single dashboard, users can create, manage, and deploy websites to a high-performance VPS optimized for WordPress. The launch of this product continues the commitment that InMotion Hosting has made to develop products that enhance the end user’s experience.

How to Start Your Career as a Web Developer and Succeed in the Digital World

Updated on January 23, 2024 Carrie Smaha

Web development is an in-demand and popular skill in today’s digital age. The field provides several career opportunities and an incredible potential for growth. However, you must hone your coding abilities if you want to succeed as a web developer. But the challenge is that

What is Magento eCommerce?

Updated on February 29, 2024 Carrie Smaha

Do you find yourself wanting to establish your own online business powered by transactions? As you begin your research into a suitable eCommerce solution, you will find Magento on many of these lists. Magento excels with its native eCommerce features like product inventory, shopping carts, and receipts. It also has full website publishing capabilities, so you can have pages and blog posts to educate and promote your business and its products.

cPanel vs. Platform i WordPress Hosting

Updated on May 13, 2025 Shay Bravo

cPanel vs. Platform InMotion WordPress Hosting

Control panels come in all shapes and sizes in the web hosting world, and while their tools are often similar, each has their own following for a variety of reasons.

In this article we will compare two control panels offered by InMotion Hosting for managing WordPress installations: cPanel and our latest product, Platform InMotion for WordPress VPS hosting.

InMotion Hosting Boosts Reseller Hosting with NVMe SSD Storage for Superior Performance

Posted on May 2, 2023 Jennifer Fan

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA – May 2, 2023 – InMotion Hosting is making significant improvements to its Reseller Hosting plans. We’re introducing a new R-4000N plan and adding ultra-reliable NVMe SSD servers to our current plans. This boost in features is great news for web hosting resellers.

What is Redis?

Updated on September 25, 2024 Shay Bravo

Redis (Remote Dictionary Server) is an in-memory database structure with multiple functionalities, which improve a website’s availability and performance. It is an open source project created by

InMotion Hosting Launches First International Data Center in Europe

Posted on March 28, 2023 Jennifer Fan

InMotion Hosting expands its footprint with a new data center in the Netherlands. This significant milestone marks the company’s expansion of its Shared Hosting plans to new European customers and those looking for a European presence.

What is the Difference Between Hosting and WordPress Hosting?

Updated on November 12, 2024 Shay Bravo

When browsing for new web hosting providers you oftentimes will see specialized hosting plans such as WordPress Hosting. Furthermore, you’ll also see options for Shared, VPS, and Dedicated Hosting – which can be confusing to shoppers who are unfamiliar with web hosting.

Best Two-Factor Authentication Plugins for WordPress

Updated on January 23, 2024 InMotion Hosting

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security solution that can be used for protecting your website log-in. It works by requiring a code to be entered after the initial entry of login credentials. This helps prevent weak or exploited passwords from being used to gain access.

Google’s AI Efforts After ChatGPT

Updated on March 19, 2024 InMotion Hosting

The tech world has recently focused on artificial intelligence – primarily with ChatGPT. Microsoft has funded the creator, OpenAI who made it available to the public. The chatbot AI system has become a sensation in the few months since its release in November 2022.

How to Use the Openverse Media Library with WordPress

Updated on February 16, 2023 InMotion Hosting

When you’re building a WordPress site, there may be times when you want to add images to enhance pages or posts. There are many options available but WordPress has its own central repository, called

Tips For Building a Website With ChatGPT

Updated on April 3, 2023 InMotion Hosting

The whole world has been talking about ChatGPT. You can’t visit YouTube or social media without seeing someone talking about what they asked the AI chatbot today. So here at InMotion Hosting, we’ve been putting this handy little bot through its paces, and the results have been interesting.

How to Easily Create AI Art with Canva’s Text-to-Image Conversion

Updated on January 26, 2024 InMotion Hosting

Do you remember the days when you had to take a picture with your own camera to get a nice image for your website? Skip ahead a few years and you have Photoshop, search engines, and stock photo libraries at the touch of a button.