Definition of Dedicated Servers

Free and paid shared packages are one of the most popular website hosting products on the marketplace. They are great for small-scale websites that do not demand lots of system resources and do not attract that many visitors, but for huge web pages with many thousands of web site visitors, a more advanced solution is needed. If you demand a stable, hi-end shared hosting solution that can cope with even 1 000 000's of everyday visits, a dedicated server is your perfect option.

Handle the High Load Created by Your Websites with a Dedicated Server

With the dedicated hosting service, you lease an entire physical server whose resources will be used solely by your sites. Just like any PC, each dedicated server has one or more processing units running at a specific speed, some amount of memory, one or more hard drives, and so on. A dedicated web hosting server is actually a computer with hardware designed to tackle high load and specific software activated on it, such as web server software, PHP and MySQL software, and so on, which permits the websites stored on it to be reachable on the Internet.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Services

A dedicated server can be managed either by the web hosting service provider, or by the client, on the basis of the concrete dedicated server plan. In either case, the party handling the dedicated server has access to a software tool to restart it at any given moment. Administration is done through a hosting Control Panel graphical interface that allows you to keep track of the tasks running on the dedicated hosting server.

Operating Systems for Dedicated Servers

There are various server OSs like Windows, FreeBSD, a variety of Linux distributions, and so on. Particular web hosting firms offer dedicated servers running one particular OS, while others give customers an alternative. MSSQL databases and .NET websites require a Windows web server, for instance, and will not operate on another OS, whereas PHP and HTML driven sites using MySQL databases will perform on any Operating System. Before renting a dedicated server, learn what the hosting service provider offers and what the necessities of your site are.

Software Apps for Dedicated Servers

By default, each dedicated server includes all the software platforms needed in order to run a website - a web server, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and so on), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so once you obtain the dedicated server, you can upload your website files and take the website online. The majority of web hosting suppliers offer full server root access, i.e. you can activate any software platforms on the dedicated server and modify any settings. Some script-driven platforms require server-side applications that should be pre-activated in order for them to run. Many shopping cart software scripts, for instance, have such a precondition, and getting root-level access to the dedicated server is essential for running an online storefront. Other web hosting companies do not grant complete root-level access, but help the customer install the required software applications - this is the so-called managed web hosting service, as compared to the unmanaged web hosting service, which includes full root-level access.

Dedicated Server by 'Thundersparkweb'

The website files on the dedicated server can be managed either via a Secure Shell (SSH) session or through a hosting Control Panel graphical user interface such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, and so on. There are 10's of Control Panel tools available, and usually hosting firms provide several of them, and with complete root-level access at hand, the customer can install any of them. All web site files, databases, emails, access logs and program installations are administered easily through a GUI in a browser, so no advanced knowledge is needed. Particular hosting CPs also comprise a reseller back office panel, so if you order a dedicated server, you can not only host your files, but also offer shared website hosting plans to different persons to gain profit. We, at Thundersparkweb, provide free-of-cost billing software and a domain reseller account with each and every dedicated server package of ours, which permits you to build your own hosting company and gain cash in no time as the web hosting market niche is incessantly evolving.