Dedicated Server Hosting Definition
When we speak of hosting web servers, there are three major categories - shared hosting servers, VPS (virtual web servers) and dedicated servers. Shared servers host plenty of clients and so the resources per hosting account are limited, VPS hosting give you more server configuration autonomy, but also affect other virtual private web servers on the hardware node if utilized imprudently, and dedicated hosting servers offer you the chance to do everything you want without intervening with anyone else.
Why would you need a dedicated hosting servers?
Dedicated hosting servers are normally much more expensive than shared hosting servers or virtual web servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The reply is rather simple. If your firm has a resource-requiring web page, or just has very specific server architecture requirements, the most intelligent choice is a dedicated hosting servers. For somebody who is prepared to invest in safety and dependability, the greater price is not an issue. You acquire full root access and can utilize 100 percent of the dedicated hosting web server's system resources without anyone else utilizing these resources and meddling with your online portals.
Hardware specifications
The majority of hosting service providers, incl. us at , provide several different hardware architectures you can choose from on the basis of your needs. The hardware architectures offer different types of processors, a different amount of cores, different RAM and server disk drive sizes and different traffic quotas. You can pick a web hosting Control Panel, which is a convenient GUI if you want to utilize the dedicated hosting servers for website hosting purposes only and prefer not to resort to a Secure Shell client for all the changes you will be making. We offer 3 kinds of Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.
The web hosting Control Panel of your choosing
If you are a self-reliant Linux OS user (our hosting servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated servers via an SSH terminal exclusively. That, though, could be inconvenient, even more so if you choose to grant complete root-level access to someone else who has less technical knowledge than yourself. This is why having web hosting CP software activated is a splendid idea. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel tool that we provide does not include root privileges and is mainly appropriate for someone who runs a lot of online portals that devour plenty of resources, but desires to manage the web pages, databases and email box accounts via a user-friendly web hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel Control Panels, on the other hand, grant full root privileges and include 3 access levels - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell web hosting plans instead of using the dedicated hosting servers only for yourself, you should choose one of these two.
Server monitoring and backup procedures
Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated hosting servers and of backing it up. In the event of a predicament with your web server, like a non-responsive Apache or a downtime, it is advisable to have some sort of monitoring system enabled. Here at the system administrators monitor all dedicated hosting servers for ping timeouts, and, if you order a Managed Services upgrade, they monitor the individual services on the dedicated hosting servers as well. Backups are also a bonus option - the hosting supplier offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could select a kind of RAID that would permit you to store the very same data on 2 server hard drives as a protective measure in case of a hard disk failure, or in case someone whom you have given complete server root access deletes something unintentionally.