Dedicated Server Hosting Explained
When we speak of web hosting servers, there are 3 main types - shared web hosting servers, VPS (virtual private hosting servers) and dedicated hosting servers. Shared hosting web servers host many clients and thus the system resources per hosting account are limited, virtual private server plans offer more server configuration autonomy, but also influence other VPSs on the hardware node if utilized unwisely, and dedicated servers give you the option to carry out everything you see fit without messing with anyone else.
Why would you need a dedicated hosting server?
Dedicated servers are generally much more high-priced than shared hosting servers or VPSs. Why would anyone, then, use them? The explanation is rather simple. If your firm has a heavy resource-swallowing online portal, or simply has very explicit web server configuration requirements, the most appropriate choice would be a dedicated server. For somebody who is inclined to invest in security and dependability, the greater price is of no concern. You are given full root privileges and can use 100 percent of the dedicated hosting web server's system resources without anyone else availing of these system resources and interfering with your web pages.
Hardware specifications
The majority of shared hosting firms, including us at , offer different hardware configurations you can select from as per your needs. The hardware architectures offer different sorts of processors, a different number of cores, different RAM memory and hard drive sizes and different monthly bandwidth quotas. You can choose a hosting Control Panel, which is a convenient interface if you wish to utilize the dedicated server for hosting purposes solely and prefer not to use an SSH client for all the modifications you will be making. We provide 3 types of hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.
The web hosting Control Panel of your choice
If you are a confident Linux OS user (our dedicated hosting web servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated server through an SSH terminal only. That, though, could be inconvenient, especially if you want to give complete root-level access to someone else who has less technical experience than yourself. That is why having web hosting Control Panel software pre-activated is an intelligent idea. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel interface that we offer does not give you full root-level access and is mainly suitable for someone who has lots of web sites that swallow lots of system resources, but prefers to manage the web portals, databases and email box accounts via a user-friendly Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting CPs, on the other hand, grant root-level access and offer 3 levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting plans instead of utilizing the web server solely for yourself, you should select one of these two.
Server monitoring and backup procedures
Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated hosting server and of backing it up. In case of a problem with your hosting server, like a non-responsive Apache or a downtime, it is advisable to have some sort of monitoring system activated. Here at the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the individual services on the dedicated hosting server as well. Backups are also an extra option - the hosting distributor offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could pick a type of RAID that would permit you to save the very same data on two server hard disk drives as a precaution in the event of a hard drive failure, or in case someone whom you have given complete root access erases something unintentionally.