What Do Dedicated Hosting Servers Stand for?

When we talk about hosting web servers, there are 3 basic sorts - web hosting servers, VPS (private virtual hosting servers) and dedicated hosting. Shared servers host multiple customers and so the system resources per account are restricted, VPS hosting offer more configuration autonomy, but also influence other private virtual servers on the hardware node if used heedlessly, and dedicated hosting servers give you the freedom to carry out everything you desire without interfering with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated hosting servers?

Dedicated hosting servers are normally much more high-priced than shared servers or Virtual Private Servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The reply is very simple. If your firm has a resource-swallowing site, or just has very specific server configuration requirements, the most appropriate choice is a dedicated hosting servers. For someone who is ready to invest in security and stability, the higher price is of no concern. You get full server root access and can utilize 100 percent of the web server's resources without anyone else availing of these resources and interfering with your online portals.

Hardware specs

Most hosting distributors, incl. us at Lair Mail, provide several hardware configurations you can pick from as per your requirements. The configurations offer different varieties of processors, a different amount of cores, different RAM and server hard disk sizes and different monthly bandwidth quotas. You can pick a web hosting CP, which is a convenient user interface if you would like to utilize the dedicated hosting servers for hosting purposes solely and prefer not to use a Secure Shell terminal for all the modifications you will be making. We provide three kinds of web hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting Control Panel of your choice

If you are a self-reliant Linux OS user (our dedicated web hosting servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could administer your dedicated hosting via a Secure Shell console only. That, however, could be inconvenient, particularly if you choose to give full server root privileges to someone else who has less technical expertise than yourself. This is why having hosting Control Panel software installed is a splendid idea. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel software that we provide does not offer full server root privileges and is chiefly suitable for somebody who runs a lot of online portals that absorb plenty of resources, but prefers to administer the web pages, databases and mailboxes using a user-friendly Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting Control Panels, on the other hand, give you full root-level access and offer three access levels - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell web hosting accounts rather than utilizing the dedicated hosting servers solely for yourself, you should choose one of these two.

Server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated hosting servers and of backing it up. In case of a predicament with your dedicated hosting server, like an unresponsive Apache or a downtime, it is good to have some sort of monitoring system activated. Here at Lair Mail the system administrators monitor all dedicated hosting servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the individual services on the dedicated hosting servers as well. Backups are also an extra feature - the hosting supplier offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could select a kind of RAID that would allow you to have the very same data on 2 hard disk drives as a protective measure in case of a server disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have given complete root-level access erases something by accident.