What are Dedicated Servers?

When we speak of hosting servers, there are 3 major kinds - shared hosting servers, VPS (private virtual hosting servers) and dedicated servers. Shared web servers accommodate multiple clients and so the system resources per account are limited, virtual private servers offer more configuration independence, but also affect other virtual web servers on the hardware node if used unwisely, and dedicated servers give you the freedom to do everything you desire without interfering with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated servers?

Dedicated servers are typically much more high-priced than shared web servers or virtual web hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The reply is quite simple. If your company has a high resource-devouring web page, or just has very specific server setup requirements, the right option is a dedicated servers. For someone who is willing to invest in safety and dependability, the higher price is of no concern. You acquire complete root-level access and can utilize 100% of the dedicated web server's resources without anyone else availing of these resources and meddling with your web portals.

Hardware architectures

The majority of website hosting firms, incl. us at Safilink: All Web Services, provide several hardware architectures you can choose from in keeping with your demands. The configurations offer different varieties of microprocessors, a different number of cores, different RAM memory and hard disk drive sizes and different monthly bandwidth quotas. You can pick a hosting CP, which is a useful interface if you want to use the dedicated servers for hosting purposes solely and choose not to resort to a Secure Shell client for all the changes you will be making. We provide 3 types of web hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting CP of your choosing

If you are a self-reliant Linux user (our dedicated hosting servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could administer your dedicated servers through an SSH console exclusively. That, though, could be awkward, particularly if you want to give full root privileges to somebody else who has less technical expertise than yourself. This is why having hosting Control Panel software installed is a nice idea. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel software tool that we provide does not offer complete root-level access and is chiefly appropriate for someone who runs a lot of websites that swallow a lot of resources, but wants to manage the online portals, databases and email box accounts via a user-friendly Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel Control Panels, on the other hand, give you full server root access and offer three access levels - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell web hosting accounts instead of using the dedicated servers just for yourself, you should choose one of these two.

Server monitoring and backup procedures

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated servers and of backing it up. In the event of a predicament with your dedicated hosting web server, like an unresponsive Apache or a network downtime, it is desirable to have some sort of monitoring system activated. Here at Safilink: All Web Services 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 servers as well. Backups are also a bonus feature - the web hosting distributor offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could pick a type of RAID that would allow you to save the very same data on 2 server hard disk drives as a protective measure in case of a server hard disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have given root privileges erases something unintentionally.