Dedicated Plans Definition

Free and paid shared plans are among the most popular website hosting solutions on the market. They are great for small-sized online portals that do not require lots of system resources and do not receive that many web site visitors, but for resource-requiring web sites with many 1000's of web site visitors, a more powerful platform is required. If you require an advanced, first-class hosting platform that can deal with even millions of daily visits, a dedicated server is your most appropriate choice.

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

With the dedicated server hosting service, you rent a whole hosting server whose resources will be used solely by your sites. Just as any computer, each dedicated server has one or more processors operating at a certain speed, a certain amount of RAM memory, one or more hard disks, and so on. A hosting server is actually a computer with a hardware configuration designed to handle intense load and some software installed on it, such as a web server, PHP and MySQL software platforms, and so on, which permits the websites accommodated on it to be reachable on the Internet.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Solutions

A dedicated server can be administered either by the hosting distributor, or by the client, on the basis of the specific dedicated server package. In either situation, the party administering the web hosting server has access to a software platform to reboot it at any moment. Administration is carried out via a web hosting Control Panel GUI that enables you to check the processes running on the hosting server.

OSs for Dedicated Servers

There are various server Operating Systems such as Windows, FreeBSD, a number of Linux distributions, etc. Specific hosting suppliers provide dedicated servers using one given Operating System, while others give customers a choice. MSSQL databases and .NET web sites necessitate a Windows web server, for example, and will not function on a different OS, whereas PHP and HTML driven websites using MySQL databases will function on any Operating System. Before leasing a dedicated server, examine what the web hosting corporation offers and what the needs of your website are.

Software Platforms for Dedicated Servers

By default, each dedicated server includes all the software required in order to administer a site - a web server, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so the moment you get the dedicated web server, you can upload your web files and bring the site online. Most web hosting companies give complete server root access, i.e. you can install any software platforms on the dedicated server and revise any settings. Particular script-based platforms need server-side applications that should be pre-activated in order for them to work. Different e-commerce software scripts, for instance, have such a precondition, and getting complete root access to the dedicated server is critical for managing an online storefront. Other hosting providers do not provide full server root privileges, but help the client activate the required software apps - this is the so-called managed web hosting service, as differentiated from the unmanaged hosting service, which comes with full root privileges.

Dedicated Server by 'WideMarsh.com'

The content on the dedicated server can be administered either via a Secure Shell (SSH) terminal or through a hosting Control Panel graphical interface such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, etc. There are tens of CP tools available, and usually hosts offer a few of them, and with full root-level access at hand, the customer can install any of them. All website files, databases, email box accounts, access logs and program installations are managed easily through a GUI in a web browser, so no advanced knowledge is required. Certain Control Panels also include a reseller back office console, so if you get a dedicated server, you can not just host your website files, but also offer shared website hosting plans to other clients to make money. We, at WideMarsh.com, offer free-of-cost billing software and a domain reseller account with each and every dedicated server plan of ours, which allows you to establish your very own hosting company and generate revenue very fast since the hosting business niche is perpetually evolving.