Dedicated Server Packages Definition

When we talk about web hosting servers, there are three basic varieties - shared web hosting web servers, VPS (virtual web hosting servers) and dedicated servers. Shared hosting web servers host a lot of clients and thus the system resources per account are restricted, virtual private server plans offer more configuration freedom, but also influence other virtual servers on the hardware node if used rashly, and dedicated servers offer you the opportunity to do everything you think fit without messing with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated server?

Dedicated servers are typically much more high-priced than shared web servers or virtual servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The explanation is pretty simple. If your company has a popular site, or just has very exact server architecture requirements, the most suitable option is a dedicated server. For someone who is inclined to invest in safety and stability, the bigger price is of no importance. You acquire complete root access and can use 100% of the dedicated web server's resources without anyone else using these resources and interfering with your websites.

Hardware specifications

Most shared hosting service providers, incl. us at Better Choice IT, offer different hardware architectures you can choose from according to your requirements. The configurations include different sorts of processors, a different amount of cores, different RAM memory and server disk drive sizes and different monthly traffic quotas. You can select a hosting CP, which is a handy GUI if you want to utilize the hosting server for website hosting purposes only and choose not to use an SSH terminal for all the changes you will be making. We offer 3 types of web hosting Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting CP of your choice

If you are a self-confident Linux user (our dedicated hosting web servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated server via an SSH tunnel only. That, however, could be inconvenient, even more so if you want to give root access to somebody else who has less technical expertise than yourself. This is why having web hosting Control Panel software installed is a bright idea. The Hepsia web hosting CP GUI that we provide does not offer full server root access and is chiefly appropriate for somebody who runs numerous web pages that require a lot of resources, but would like to administer the web pages, databases and email box accounts using an intuitive Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel Control Panels, on the other hand, grant complete server root access and offer three levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell web hosting plans rather than using the dedicated web hosting server solely for yourself, you should select one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup procedures

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated server and of backing it up. In case of a predicament with your dedicated hosting web server, like an unresponsive Apache or a network downtime, it is desirable to have some kind of monitoring platform activated. Here at Better Choice IT the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you order a Managed Services upgrade, they monitor the separate services on the dedicated server as well. Backups are also an extra feature - the hosting distributor offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could pick a type of RAID that would allow you to store the same data on two hard drives as a precaution in the event of a server disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted complete root access erases something by accident.