Dedicated Hosting Explained

Free and paid shared packages are one of the most popular hosting products on the marketplace. They are appropriate for small-size sites that do not necessitate plenty of system resources and do not attract that many viewers, but for high resource-absorbing websites with many 1000's of visitors, a more advanced platform is needed. If you are seeking a rock solid, cutting-edge shared hosting platform that can handle even millions of daily hits, a dedicated hosting is your finest alternative.

Tackle the Heavy Load Caused by Your Websites with a Dedicated Hosting Server

With the dedicated service, you rent a whole server whose system resources will be used only by your web sites. Just like any computer, each dedicated hosting server has one or more central processing units running at a particular speed, a specific amount of RAM memory, one or more hard disks, and so on. A dedicated web hosting server is indeed a computer with hardware designed to handle high load and certain software activated on it, such as a web server, PHP and MySQL software platforms, etc., which permits the web sites stored on it to be reachable on the Internet.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Services

A dedicated hosting server can be administered either by the hosting firm, or by the customer, on the basis of the given dedicated hosting plan. In either instance, the side managing the server has access to a software platform to restart it at any given time. Management is done via a web hosting CP graphical interface that enables you to check the services running on the hosting server.

OSs for Dedicated Hosting

There are various hosting server OSs such as Windows, FreeBSD, different Linux distributions, etc. Some web hosting service providers provide dedicated hosting running one particular Operating System, whereas others give clients a choice. MSSQL databases and .NET web sites necessitate a Windows web server, for example, and will not function on another OS, while PHP and HTML based websites using MySQL databases will run on any OS. Before leasing a dedicated hosting server, check what the web host provides and what the necessities of your site are.

Software Apps for Dedicated Hosting

By default, each dedicated hosting server comes with all the software required to manage a web site - web server software, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so the moment you get the dedicated server, you can upload your website files and take the web site online. Most hosting corporations offer full root privileges, in other words you can activate any software on the dedicated hosting server and update any settings. Given script-based software platforms require server-side apps that should be pre-installed in order for them to function. Different shopping cart software scripts, for instance, have such a precondition, and getting complete root access to the dedicated hosting server is vital for having an online storefront. Other web hosting firms do not grant complete root-level access, but help the client activate the necessary software apps - this is the so-called managed hosting solution, as compared to the unmanaged web hosting solution, which includes complete root access.

Dedicated Hosting by 'PriceToHost'

The web content on the dedicated hosting server can be managed either through a Secure Shell (SSH) connection or via a web hosting Control Panel graphical interface such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, and so on. There are 10's of CP interfaces in existence, and normally hosting providers offer a few of them, and with complete root-level access at hand, the client can install any of them. All web site files, databases, mail accounts, access logs and script installations are managed effortlessly via a graphical interface in a browser, so no advanced knowledge is needed. Particular web hosting Control Panels also comprise a reseller back office tool, so if you select a dedicated hosting server, you can not merely host your web files, but also offer shared website hosting plans to other people to gain money. We, at PriceToHost, provide charge-free billing software and a domain reseller account with each and every dedicated hosting plan of ours, which enables you to establish your very own hosting company and make cash very quickly since the hosting business niche is perpetually increasing.