Definition of Dedicated Server Hosting

When we talk about hosting web servers, there are three basic varieties - shared hosting servers, VPS (virtual web hosting servers) and dedicated servers. Shared web hosting servers host a lot of customers and thus the system resources per hosting account are restricted, VPS hosting offer more configuration independence, but also influence other VPS web hosting servers on the hardware node if used heedlessly, and dedicated hosting servers give you the opportunity to carry out everything you please without intervening with anyone else.

Why would you require a dedicated hosting servers?

Dedicated hosting servers are commonly much more high-priced than shared web hosting servers or virtual web servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The answer is rather simple. If your firm has a high resource-absorbing web page, or simply has very special server configuration requirements, the most sensible choice is a dedicated hosting servers. For someone who is inclined to invest in safety and stability, the higher price is of no importance. You receive full root privileges and can use 100% of the hosting server's system resources without anyone else availing of these resources and messing with your online portals.

Hardware specifications

Most website hosting providers, including us at esPROes Hosting, provide several hardware configurations you can select from on the basis of your necessities. The configurations include different types of processors, a different number of cores, different RAM memory and disk drive sizes and different web traffic usage quotas. You can pick a web hosting CP, which is useful software if you would like to use the dedicated hosting servers for website hosting purposes solely and choose not to resort to an SSH terminal for all the changes you will be making. We offer 3 kinds of hosting Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting Control Panel of your choosing

If you are a self-reliant Linux user (our web hosting servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could manage your dedicated servers via SSH exclusively. That, though, could be awkward, particularly if you want to give root access to someone else who has less technical expertise than yourself. That is why having hosting Control Panel software installed is an excellent idea. The Hepsia web hosting CP GUI that we offer does not give you full root access and is mainly suitable for someone who owns multiple web sites that demand plenty of system resources, but would rather administer the web portals, databases and mail aliases using a user-friendly Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting Control Panels, on the other hand, give you complete server root access and have 3 access levels - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell hosting accounts rather than using the dedicated hosting servers only for yourself, you should pick one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup procedures

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated hosting servers and of backing it up. In the event of a problem with your dedicated hosting web server, like an unresponsive Apache or a downtime, it is useful to have some kind of monitoring platform enabled. Here at esPROes Hosting the system administrators monitor all dedicated hosting servers for ping timeouts, and, if you order a Managed Services upgrade, they monitor the separate services on the dedicated hosting servers as well. Backups are also a bonus option - the web hosting supplier offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could pick a kind of RAID that would allow you to save the same data on 2 server disk drives as a protective measure in case of a server hard drive failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted root access erases something by accident.