Dedicated Hosting Definition

When we speak of web hosting servers, there are three basic sorts - shared web hosting servers, VPS (virtual hosting servers) and dedicated hosting servers. Shared web servers host numerous customers and therefore the resources per user account are limited, virtual private server packages offer more server configuration autonomy, but also influence other VPSs on the hardware node if used unwisely, and dedicated servers give you the independence to do everything you want without interfering with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated hosting server?

Dedicated servers are usually much more expensive than shared web servers or VPSs. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The reply is quite simple. If your firm has a high-traffic web site, or just has very explicit server setup requirements, the most suitable choice is a dedicated server. For somebody who is inclined to invest in security and stability, the bigger price is not a problem. You have root access and can use 100% of the hosting web server's system resources without anyone else utilizing these resources and meddling with your sites.

Hardware specifications

The majority of web hosting corporations, including us at IDP Web Hosting, offer different hardware architectures you can pick from based on your necessities. The configurations offer different sorts of microprocessors, a different number of cores, different RAM and server disk drive sizes and different bandwidth allowances. You can choose a hosting CP, which is a handy interface if you would like to utilize the dedicated web hosting server for web hosting purposes solely and prefer not to use a Secure Shell console for all the modifications you will be making. We offer three kinds of Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting Control Panel of your preference

If you are a self-assured Linux OS user (our web hosting servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could administer your dedicated server through an SSH console exclusively. That, however, could be inconvenient, particularly if you wish to give root privileges to someone else who has less technical knowledge than yourself. This is why having web hosting CP software pre-installed is a nice idea. The Hepsia Control Panel software tool that we provide does not offer root privileges and is mainly appropriate for somebody who runs multiple web portals that devour plenty of resources, but would rather administer the web portals, databases and mailboxes via a user-friendly hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting CPs, on the other hand, give you complete root access and have three levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting plans rather than utilizing the dedicated hosting server only for yourself, you should pick one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated hosting server and of backing it up. In case of a predicament with your dedicated hosting web server, like a non-responsive Apache or a downtime, it is advisable to have some sort of monitoring system enabled. Here at IDP Web Hosting 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 solutions provider offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could pick a type of RAID that would allow you to store the very same data on two server disk drives as a protective measure in case of a hard disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have given complete root-level access deletes something by accident.