Dedicated Servers Definition

When we talk about hosting servers, there are three major varieties - hosting servers, VPS (private virtual servers) and dedicated packages. Shared web hosting servers accommodate many customers and thus the system resources per account are limited, VPS offer more server configuration freedom, but also influence other virtual web hosting servers on the hardware node if used unwisely, and dedicated servers offer you the independence to do everything you see fit without messing with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated servers?

Dedicated servers are commonly much more expensive than shared web hosting servers or private virtual hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The reply is pretty simple. If your firm has a big online portal, or just has very exact web server setup requirements, the most appropriate choice is a dedicated servers. For someone who is inclined to invest in security and dependability, the higher price is not a problem. You receive root privileges and can utilize 100% of the server's system resources without anyone else availing of these system resources and meddling with your web pages.

Hardware specs

Most website hosting distributors, including us at Intelsoft Hosting, offer different hardware architectures you can select from based on your necessities. The hardware architectures include different varieties of microprocessors, a different number of cores, different RAM and disk drive sizes and different web traffic allowances. You can choose a Control Panel, which is handy software if you want to utilize the dedicated servers for web hosting purposes only and prefer not to use a Secure Shell console for all the changes you will be making. We provide 3 kinds of web hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting CP of your choosing

If you are a confident Linux user (our web hosting servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could administer your dedicated packages via an SSH terminal only. That, however, could be inconvenient, even more so if you want to grant complete server root access to somebody else who has less technical skills than yourself. That is why having web hosting Control Panel software pre-installed is a bright idea. The Hepsia web hosting CP software tool that we provide does not offer complete root-level access and is mainly suitable for someone who has plenty of websites that demand plenty of system resources, but prefers to manage the sites, databases and e-mailboxes using a user-friendly Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel Control Panels, on the other hand, give you full server root access and have 3 levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell web hosting packages instead of utilizing the dedicated servers just for yourself, you should select one of these two.

Server monitoring and backup procedures

Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated servers and of backing it up. In case of a predicament with your web server, like a non-responsive Apache or a downtime, it is good to have some sort of monitoring system enabled. Here at Intelsoft 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 servers too. Backups are also an additional feature - the web hosting supplier offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could select a kind of RAID that would permit you to keep the very same data on 2 server disk drives as a protective measure in the event of a server hard disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted full root access deletes something by mistake.