How Dedicated Hosting Servers Work

When we speak of web hosting servers, there are three basic kinds - web hosting servers, VPS (virtual web hosting servers) and dedicated hosting. Shared web servers host multiple clients and therefore the resources per web hosting account are restricted, VPS hosting give you more server configuration freedom, but also influence other virtual private hosting servers on the hardware node if used imprudently, and dedicated hosting servers offer you the chance to carry out everything you see fit without intervening with anyone else.

Why would you require a dedicated hosting servers?

Dedicated hosting servers are traditionally much more expensive than shared hosting web servers or virtual private web hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The explanation is very simple. If your corporation has a heavy resource-swallowing online portal, or just has very explicit web server configuration requirements, the most sensible option is a dedicated hosting servers. For someone who is ready to invest in safety and stability, the bigger price is not a concern. You get full root access and can use 100% of the hosting web server's resources without anyone else availing of these resources and meddling with your web sites.

Hardware configurations

Most website hosting providers, incl. us at The Edge of Eternity Networks, offer several hardware architectures you can pick from depending on your needs. The hardware configurations include different varieties of microprocessors, a different amount of cores, different RAM and server hard disk drive sizes and different web traffic usage quotas. You can select a web hosting CP, which is a useful user interface if you would like to utilize the dedicated hosting servers for hosting purposes only and prefer not to use an SSH client for all the changes you will be making. We provide 3 types of Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting CP of your choosing

If you are a confident Linux OS user (our dedicated hosting servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated hosting through an SSH console only. That, though, could be awkward, particularly if you want to grant root access to somebody else who has less technical expertise than yourself. This is why having web hosting Control Panel software pre-activated is an excellent idea. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel graphical user interface that we provide does not include complete server root access and is mainly suitable for somebody who owns multiple web portals that swallow a lot of system resources, but prefers to administer the websites, databases and electronic mails via a user-friendly Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting Control Panels, on the other hand, give you full server root access and offer 3 access levels - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell hosting plans rather than utilizing the dedicated hosting servers just 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 servers and of backing it up. In the event of a problem with your web server, such as a non-responsive Apache or a network downtime, it is advisable to have some kind of monitoring system enabled. Here at The Edge of Eternity Networks the system administrators monitor all dedicated hosting servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the individual services on the dedicated hosting servers as well. Backups are also a bonus option - the hosting supplier offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could choose a type of RAID that would allow you to have the same data on two hard 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-level access deletes something unintentionally.