What Actually is Dedicated Hosting?

When we talk about hosting servers, there are 3 basic types - shared web hosting web servers, VPS (virtual servers) and dedicated servers. Shared hosting web servers host numerous clients and so the system resources per account are limited, virtual private server plans offer more server configuration autonomy, but also affect other virtual private hosting servers on the hardware node if used imprudently, and dedicated servers offer you the freedom to carry out everything you choose without meddling with anyone else.

Why would you require a dedicated server?

Dedicated servers are generally much more expensive than shared web servers or virtual private hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The explanation is very simple. If your corporation has a heavy resource-requiring site, or just has very explicit server setup requirements, the right option would be a dedicated server. For somebody who is ready to invest in security and stability, the higher price is of no importance. You obtain complete root-level access and can utilize 100% of the hosting web server's resources without anyone else using these resources and interfering with your websites.

Hardware configurations

The majority of shared hosting firms, incl. us at 3000Host, offer several hardware architectures you can pick from in keeping with your demands. The hardware architectures offer different sorts of processors, a different number of cores, different RAM and server disk drive sizes and different traffic usage quotas. You can choose a hosting CP, which is a handy user interface if you wish to use the dedicated web hosting server for website hosting purposes solely and choose not to use an SSH client for all the modifications you will be making. We offer three types of Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting CP of your preference

If you are a self-assured Linux OS user (our servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated server through a Secure Shell console only. That, however, could be inconvenient, particularly if you choose to grant complete server root access to somebody else who has less technical knowledge than yourself. That is why having web hosting CP software pre-installed is a great idea. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel user interface that we provide does not include complete root-level access and is mainly appropriate for somebody who owns plenty of websites that require lots of resources, but would rather administer the web sites, databases and email mailbox accounts through a user-friendly Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting CPs, on the other hand, give you full root privileges and offer three access levels - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting packages rather than utilizing the server solely for yourself, you should choose one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated server and of backing it up. In case of a problem with your dedicated web hosting server, such as an unresponsive Apache or a network outage, it is good to have some kind of monitoring system activated. Here at 3000Host 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 server as well. Backups are also a bonus feature - the company offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could choose a type of RAID that would allow you to save the very same data on two server hard disk drives as a protective measure in case of a server hard disk failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted access erases something unintentionally.