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Dedicated Server

When we talk about web hosting servers, there are three main varieties - shared website hosting web servers, VPS (virtual private web servers) and dedicated hosting servers. Shared web hosting servers accommodate lots of customers and so the resources per user account are limited, virtual hosting servers offer more configuration independence, but also influence other virtual private web hosting servers on the hardware node if utilized rashly, and dedicated servers offer you the chance to perform everything you see fit without interfering with anyone else.

Why would you require a dedicated web hosting server?

Dedicated web servers are commonly much more high-priced than shared hosting web servers or VPS web servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The explanation is very simple. If your corporation has a heavy resource-devouring website, or just has very specific server architecture requirements, the most logical choice would be a dedicated server. For someone who is ready to invest in security and dependability, the bigger price is not a concern. You acquire full server root privileges and can utilize 100% of the web hosting server's system resources without anyone else using these system resources and intervening with your web sites.

Hardware configurations

Most hosting companies, including ResellersPanel Web Hosting, provide different hardware configurations you can select from according to your necessities. The hardware configurations offer different varieties of processors, a different number of cores, different RAM and server hard disk sizes and different bandwidth allowances. You can select a hosting Control Panel, which is handy software if you would like to utilize the dedicated web hosting server for web site hosting purposes only and choose not to resort to an SSH terminal for all the changes you will be making. ResellersPanel Web Hosting, for example, provides three sorts of Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting Control Panel of your preference

If you are a self-confident Linux OS user (most dedicated hosting servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could administer your web server through a Secure Shell tunnel only. That, however, could be inconvenient, even more so if you decide to give root access to someone else who has less technical proficiency than yourself. This is why having Control Panel software pre-installed is a smart idea. The Hepsia Control Panel software tool that ResellersPanel Web Hosting provides does not include full root-level access and is mainly appropriate for somebody who maintains plenty of sites that swallow lots of resources, but would like to manage the websites, databases and electronic mails through an intuitive hosting Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting CPs, on the other hand, give you full server root privileges and have three access levels - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell web hosting accounts instead of using the web server solely 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 web server and of backing it up. In the event of a predicament with your hosting server, such as a non-responsive Apache or a downtime, it is useful to have some kind of monitoring system activated. ResellersPanel Web Hosting monitors all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the separate services on the web server too. Backups are also a bonus option - the hosting company offers you data backups on their own backup servers. You could pick a kind of RAID that would allow you to have the very same data on 2 server hard disk drives as a protective measure in case of a hard disk failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted full server root privileges deletes something by accident.