Description of Dedicated Servers

Free and paid shared plans are one of the most famous website hosting products on the market. They are good for small-scale online portals that do not request lots of system resources and do not draw that many web site visitors, but for resource-swallowing websites with many 1000's of visitors, a more advanced platform is needed. If you need a rock solid, no-holds-barred hosting platform that can handle even millions of daily visits, a dedicated server is your best alternative.

Handle the Heavy Load Generated by Your Websites with a Dedicated Server

With the dedicated web hosting solution, you rent a whole physical machine whose resources will be utilized solely by your web sites. Just like any PC, each dedicated server has one or more processing units running at a particular speed, a specific amount of RAM memory, one or more hard drives, and so on. A web server is in fact a computer with hardware designed to handle intense load and specific software installed on it, such as web server software, PHP and MySQL software platforms, and so on, which permits the web sites stored on it to be visible online.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Services

A dedicated server can be managed either by the provider, or by the customer, on the basis of the concrete dedicated server package. In either instance, the side managing the dedicated machine has access to a software tool to reboot it at any particular time. Administration is done via a web hosting Control Panel graphical interface that permits you to keep an eye on the services running on the web server.

Operating Systems for Dedicated Servers

There are different server OSs like Windows, FreeBSD, a variety of Linux distributions, etc. Particular hosts provide dedicated servers using one particular OS, while others offer customers an option. MSSQL databases and .NET web sites demand a Windows web server, for example, and will not run on another OS, whereas PHP and HTML driven websites utilizing MySQL databases will operate on any Operating System. Before leasing a dedicated server, learn what the web hosting company offers and what the needs of your web site are.

Software Apps for Dedicated Servers

By default, each dedicated server offers all the software needed in order to run a website - web server software, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so once you get the dedicated web server, you can upload your website files and get the site online. The majority of hosting vendors offer full server root privileges, i.e. you can install any software platforms on the dedicated server and modify any settings. Some script-driven platforms need server-side libraries that should be pre-activated in order for them to operate. Many shopping cart scripts, for example, impose such a precondition, and being bestowed with complete root-level access to the dedicated server is critical for developing an online store. Other web hosting service providers do not give full root privileges, but help the customer install the necessary software apps - this is the so-called managed web hosting service, as distinguished from the unmanaged web hosting solution, which includes root-level access.

Dedicated Server by 'Webtania'

The website files on the dedicated server can be handled either via a Secure Shell (SSH) tunnel or through a web hosting CP graphical interface such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, etc. There are tens of Control Panel interfaces available, and typically hosting suppliers provide a number of them, and with full server root access at hand, the client can activate any of them. All files, databases, mail accounts, access logs and program installations are handled easily via a graphical user interface in a browser, so no advanced knowledge is required. Given web hosting Control Panels also comprise a reseller back office console, so if you buy a dedicated server, you can not merely host your website files, but also offer shared hosting plans to other individuals to make profit. We, at Webtania, offer cost-free invoicing software and a domain reseller account with every dedicated server plan of ours, which permits you to begin your own personal hosting corporation and make money very fast as the web hosting business niche is constantly flourishing.