Dedicated Servers Definition

When we speak of hosting web servers, there are three principal sorts - hosting servers, VPS (private virtual web hosting servers) and dedicated servers. Shared hosting web servers accommodate numerous customers and thus the system resources per user account are restricted, VPS offer more configuration freedom, but also influence other VPS web hosting servers on the hardware node if used heedlessly, and dedicated servers give you the freedom to do everything you want without interfering with anyone else.

Why would you require a dedicated servers?

Dedicated servers are traditionally much more high-priced than shared web servers or virtual servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The reply is rather simple. If your firm has a frequently visited web portal, or simply has very explicit server architecture requirements, the most reasonable choice is a dedicated servers. For someone who is ready to invest in security and reliability, the greater price is not a concern. You obtain root privileges and can use 100% of the physical machine's resources without anyone else utilizing these resources and messing with your sites.

Hardware architectures

The majority of web hosting service providers, including us at Bohohosting, provide several different hardware configurations you can pick from based on your necessities. The hardware configurations offer different types of processors, a different amount of cores, different RAM memory and server hard disk sizes and different web traffic allowances. You can select a web hosting CP, which is a handy GUI if you want to use the dedicated servers for website hosting purposes solely and choose not to use an SSH terminal for all the changes you will be making. We provide 3 types of hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting Control Panel of your choice

If you are a confident Linux user (our web servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could administer your dedicated servers via an SSH tunnel only. That, though, could be awkward, especially if you decide to grant root access to someone else who has less technical expertise than yourself. That is why having hosting CP software pre-installed is a splendid idea. The Hepsia web hosting CP tool that we offer does not include full server root access and is mainly appropriate for someone who owns a lot of sites that require lots of system resources, but wishes to administer the websites, databases and email box accounts using a user-friendly Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting Control Panels, on the other hand, grant full root access and include 3 access levels - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell hosting packages rather than using the dedicated servers just for yourself, you should choose one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated servers and of backing it up. In the event of a predicament with your web hosting server, like an unresponsive Apache or a network outage, it is advisable to have some kind of monitoring platform activated. Here at Bohohosting 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 a bonus option - the web hosting vendor offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could choose a type of RAID that would allow you to keep the same data on 2 hard drives as a protective measure in case of a hard disk failure, or in case someone whom you have given root access erases something unintentionally.