How Dedicated Servers Function

Free and paid shared packages are one of the most extensively used hosting solutions on the market. They are OK for small-size web sites that do not demand lots of resources and do not get that many website visitors, but for content-heavy websites with many 1000's of web site visitors, a more powerful solution is necessary. If you desire a powerful, topflight shared hosting solution that can handle even 1 000 000's of daily hits, a dedicated server is your most appropriate alternative.

Handle the Intense Load Caused by Your Sites with a Dedicated Server

With the dedicated web server hosting service, you lease an entire server whose system resources will be utilized solely by your sites. Just like any PC, each dedicated server has one or more microprocessors operating at a certain speed, a specific amount of RAM, one or more hard disk drives, etc. A web hosting server is actually a computer with hardware designed to tackle high load and given software installed on it, such as web server software, PHP and MySQL software platforms, and so on, which allows the sites hosted on it to be visible online.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Solutions

A dedicated server can be managed either by the web hosting firm, or by the customer, based on the specific dedicated server plan. In either situation, the side administering the dedicated hosting server has access to a software tool to restart it at any given moment. Administration is carried out through a Control Panel graphical user interface that allows you to keep an eye on the tasks running on the dedicated machine.

OSs for Dedicated Servers

There are various web server OSs such as Windows, FreeBSD, an array of Linux distributions, etc. Given hosting corporations provide dedicated servers utilizing one particular OS, whereas others give clients an alternative. MSSQL databases and .NET sites need a Windows web server, for example, and will not function on another OS, while PHP and HTML based websites using MySQL databases will run on any Operating System. Before leasing a dedicated server, discover what the host provides and what the needs of your web site are.

Software Platforms for Dedicated Servers

By default, each dedicated server offers all the software applications needed in order to administer a website - a web server, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and so on), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so the moment you obtain the hosting server, you can upload your web files and take the web site online. The majority of web hosting firms offer full root-level access, i.e. you can install any software applications on the dedicated server and update any settings. Given script-based software platforms require server-side applications that should be pre-installed in order for them to function. Different e-commerce scripts, for instance, include such a requirement, and having complete root-level access to the dedicated server is vital for developing an online storefront. Other hosting vendors do not grant complete root-level access, but help the client activate the required software platforms - this is the so-called managed web hosting solution, as distinguished from the unmanaged hosting service, which comes with root-level access.

Dedicated Server by 'Hume and Services'

The web site files on the dedicated server can be managed either via a Secure Shell (SSH) client or via a Control Panel tool such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, etc. There are tens of Control Panel interfaces out there, and normally hosting corporations offer a number of them, and with root access at hand, the customer can install any of them. All files, databases, mail addresses, access logs and program installations are handled effortlessly through a graphical interface in a web browser, so no advanced knowledge is required. Given Control Panels also comprise a reseller backend console, so if you select a dedicated server, you can not simply host your web files, but also offer shared website hosting plans to other persons to make revenue. We, at Hume and Services, provide free billing software and a domain reseller account with each and every dedicated server package of ours, which permits you to start your very own web hosting company and make revenue very fast because the hosting market is incessantly evolving.