Dedicated Hosting Plans Uncovered

When we speak of web hosting servers, there are three main types - shared hosting web servers, VPS (private virtual hosting servers) and dedicated hosting servers. Shared hosting web servers accommodate lots of customers and thus the resources per hosting account are limited, virtual private server accounts offer more server configuration autonomy, but also affect other virtual hosting servers on the hardware node if used heedlessly, and dedicated servers give you the freedom to do everything you choose without messing with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated hosting server?

Dedicated servers are usually much more high-priced than shared hosting web servers or virtual hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The explanation is very simple. If your company has a large-scale website, or simply has very explicit web server architecture requirements, the most sensible choice would be a dedicated server. For somebody who is inclined to invest in safety and stability, the greater price is of no concern. You acquire complete root-level access and can use 100% of the web server's resources without anyone else sharing these system resources and meddling with your web portals.

Hardware specifications

Most web hosting firms, including us at Extra Hoster, offer several hardware configurations you can pick from in accordance with your requirements. The hardware configurations include different sorts of processors, a different number of cores, different RAM memory and hard drive sizes and different web traffic quotas. You can pick a hosting CP, which is a useful graphical user interface if you wish to utilize the dedicated hosting server for hosting purposes solely and prefer not to resort to a Secure Shell terminal for all the modifications you will be making. We offer 3 types of web hosting Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting Control Panel of your choice

If you are a self-confident Linux user (our servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could administer your dedicated server via an SSH tunnel exclusively. That, however, could be inconvenient, particularly if you choose to give complete root access to somebody else who has less technical expertise than yourself. This is why having web hosting Control Panel software activated is a good idea. The Hepsia web hosting CP tool that we offer does not offer complete server root access and is mostly appropriate for someone who runs multiple websites that demand a lot of resources, but prefers to manage the sites, databases and email aliases using an easy-to-use web hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting CPs, on the other hand, give you full root access and have 3 levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell web hosting accounts rather than using the web hosting server solely 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 server and of backing it up. In case of a problem with your hosting server, like an unresponsive Apache or a network downtime, it is desirable to have some sort of monitoring system enabled. Here at Extra Hoster 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 too. Backups are also an extra option - the web hosting supplier offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could select a kind of RAID that would allow you to store the very same data on two server hard disks as a precaution in the event of a server hard disk failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted full root privileges erases something by accident.