How Dedicated Hosting Functions

When we talk about hosting web servers, there are three basic kinds - hosting servers, VPS (virtual servers) and dedicated servers. Shared hosting web servers accommodate a lot of customers and so the system resources per account are limited, VPS offer more server configuration freedom, but also affect other VPS servers on the hardware node if used unwisely, and dedicated servers give you the freedom to do everything you think fit without messing with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated servers?

Dedicated servers are traditionally much more expensive than shared servers or virtual private web servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The answer is rather simple. If your firm has a resource-devouring site, or just has very precise web server architecture requirements, the most suitable option is a dedicated servers. For somebody who is inclined to invest in security and stability, the higher price is of no concern. You are granted full root access and can use 100 percent of the hosting server's system resources without anyone else availing of these system resources and intervening with your websites.

Hardware specs

The majority of website hosting corporations, incl. us at My Business Companion, offer several hardware architectures you can choose from based on your demands. The configurations include different types of microprocessors, a different amount of cores, different RAM and server hard disk drive sizes and different monthly bandwidth quotas. You can pick a web hosting CP, which is a useful user interface if you wish to utilize the dedicated servers for web hosting purposes solely and prefer not to resort to SSH for all the changes you will be making. We provide 3 kinds of hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting CP of your choosing

If you are a self-confident Linux user (our hosting servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated servers via a Secure Shell connection exclusively. That, though, could be awkward, especially if you choose to give full root privileges to somebody else who has less technical skills than yourself. That is why having hosting Control Panel software pre-activated is a bright idea. The Hepsia hosting CP graphical user interface that we provide does not offer full root-level access and is chiefly suitable for somebody who runs lots of online portals that demand lots of resources, but desires to manage the websites, databases and emails via a user-friendly hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting CPs, on the other hand, grant full server root privileges and have three levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell web hosting plans rather than utilizing the dedicated servers just for yourself, you should select one of these two.

Server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated servers and of backing it up. In case of a problem with your web server, like a non-responsive Apache or an outage, it is good to have some kind of monitoring system activated. Here at My Business Companion the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you order a Managed Services upgrade, they monitor the separate services on the dedicated servers as well. Backups are also an extra feature - the web hosting supplier offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could pick a kind of RAID that would allow you to store the same data on two server hard drives as a protective measure in the event of a hard drive failure, or in case someone whom you have given full server root privileges deletes something by accident.