Description of Dedicated Servers

Free and paid shared packages are among the most commonly used hosting solutions on the marketplace. They are great for small web sites that do not necessitate a lot of system resources and do not get that many web site visitors, but for large-scale web portals with many 1000's of web site visitors, a more powerful solution is demanded. If you want a stable, top-drawer hosting platform that can handle even 1 000 000's of daily hits, a dedicated server is your most excellent option.

Tackle the Load Generated by Your Sites with a Dedicated Server

With the dedicated web server hosting solution, you rent a whole hosting server whose system resources will be used only by your sites. Just like any PC, each dedicated server has one or more CPUs functioning at a specific speed, a certain amount of RAM memory, one or more hard disks, and so on. A dedicated web hosting server is in fact a computer with a hardware configuration meant to cope with intense load and certain software activated on it, like web server software, PHP and MySQL software platforms, etc., which allows the web sites accommodated on it to be reachable online.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Solutions

A dedicated server can be administered either by the hosting vendor, or by the client, depending on the concrete dedicated server package. In either situation, the party handling the dedicated web server has access to a software tool to restart it at any specific moment. Management is done through a hosting CP tool that permits you to check the services running on the dedicated web hosting server.

Operating Systems for Dedicated Servers

There are different server Operating Systems such as Windows, FreeBSD, a number of Linux distributions, and so on. Specific hosting firms provide dedicated servers using one specific OS, whereas others give clients a choice. MSSQL databases and .NET websites demand a Windows web server, for instance, and will not function on another OS, whereas PHP and HTML based web sites utilizing MySQL databases will operate on any Operating System. Before renting a dedicated server, find out what the hosting provider provides and what the needs of your website are.

Software Apps for Dedicated Servers

By default, each dedicated server includes all the software needed to run a website - a web server, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), PHP software, FTP server software and so on, so as soon as you get the dedicated server, you can upload your web site files and get the web site online. The majority of hosting firms offer full server root access, in other words you can activate any software applications on the dedicated server and alter any settings. Given script-powered platforms require server-side libraries that should be pre-activated in order for them to run. Many shopping cart scripts, for instance, involve such a precondition, and being given root access to the dedicated server is decisive for establishing a web storefront. Other hosting suppliers do not offer full root privileges, but help the client install the required software applications - this is the so-called managed web hosting solution, as distinguished from the unmanaged hosting solution, which includes full root privileges.

Dedicated Server by 'hostprod.com'

The web content on the dedicated server can be administered either through a Secure Shell (SSH) session or through a web hosting Control Panel graphical interface such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, and so on. There are tens of CP graphical user interfaces out there, and usually web hosting corporations provide a few of them, and with full root access at hand, the customer can activate any of them. All files, databases, electronic mail accounts, access logs and script installations are handled easily through a graphical user interface in a browser, so no advanced knowledge is necessary. Given web hosting Control Panels also include a reseller back office dashboard, so if you buy a dedicated server, you can not merely host your files, but also sell shared website hosting packages to other people to generate profit. We, at hostprod.com, provide free invoicing software and a domain reseller account with each and every dedicated server package of ours, which allows you to start your own web hosting firm and gain profit in no time as the hosting market is constantly proliferating.