Definition of Dedicated Server Web Hosting
When we speak of web hosting servers, there are 3 basic kinds - shared web hosting servers, VPS (Virtual Private Servers) and dedicated server web hosting. Shared servers accommodate a lot of clients and therefore the system resources per user account are limited, VPS web hosting offer more server configuration autonomy, but also affect other VPS web hosting servers on the hardware node if used heedlessly, and dedicated web hosting servers offer you the freedom to perform everything you like without intervening with anyone else.
Why would you require a dedicated web hosting servers?
Dedicated web hosting servers are normally much more expensive than shared servers or virtual web servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The answer is pretty simple. If your firm has a high resource-consuming online portal, or simply has very exact web server architecture requirements, the most intelligent choice is a dedicated web hosting servers. For somebody who is prepared to invest in security and reliability, the greater price is not a problem. You gain complete server root access and can utilize 100% of the web hosting server's resources without anyone else sharing these system resources and meddling with your websites.
Hardware configurations
The majority of website hosting suppliers, incl. us at , offer several hardware architectures you can choose from depending on your requirements. The hardware architectures include different kinds of processors, a different number of cores, different RAM and hard drive sizes and different monthly traffic quotas. You can select a web hosting CP, which is convenient software if you wish to utilize the dedicated web hosting servers for hosting purposes only and choose not to use a Secure Shell client for all the changes you will be making. We offer three sorts of web hosting Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.
The hosting Control Panel of your choice
If you are a self-confident Linux OS user (our web servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated server web hosting via a Secure Shell tunnel exclusively. That, however, could be inconvenient, especially if you want to grant root-level access to someone else who has less technical skills than yourself. This is why having web hosting Control Panel software pre-installed is a brilliant idea. The Hepsia web hosting CP software tool that we offer does not offer complete root access and is mostly suitable for somebody who owns many web pages that require a lot of system resources, but desires to administer the online portals, databases and electronic mail accounts through an easy-to-use Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting Control Panels, on the other hand, give you complete root access and offer 3 access levels - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell web hosting accounts instead of using the dedicated web hosting servers only for yourself, you should pick one of these two.
Web server monitoring and backup services
Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated web hosting servers and of backing it up. In the event of a predicament with your web server, such as an unresponsive Apache or a network outage, it is desirable to have some sort of monitoring system activated. Here at the system administrators monitor all dedicated web hosting servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the separate services on the dedicated web hosting servers as well. Backups are also an additional feature - the hosting vendor offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could select a kind of RAID that would permit you to have the same data on 2 server hard disks as a precaution in the event of a server hard disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have given access erases something by mistake.