What Actually is Dedicated Hosting?

Free and paid shared plans are one of the most popular web hosting solutions on the market. They are suitable for small web sites that do not need plenty of resources and do not draw that many visitors, but for high resource-swallowing web pages with many 1000's of visitors, a more powerful platform is necessary. If you require a reliable, avant-garde web hosting platform that can tackle even millions of everyday hits, a dedicated hosting is your most excellent choice.

Handle the High Load Created by Your Websites with a Dedicated Hosting Server

With the dedicated server web hosting service, you rent an entire machine whose resources will be utilized only by your web sites. Just like any computer, each dedicated hosting server has one or more central processing units running at a certain speed, some amount of RAM, one or more hard disks, etc. A hosting server is indeed a computer with a hardware configuration designed to tackle heavy load and specific software activated on it, like web server software, PHP and MySQL software, etc., which allows the sites accommodated on it to be visible on the web.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Solutions

A dedicated hosting server can be administered either by the web hosting corporation, or by the customer, depending on the given dedicated hosting plan. In either situation, the party managing the dedicated hosting server has access to a software platform to reboot it at any given moment. Management is carried out through a CP user interface that allows you to check the tasks running on the physical server.

Operating Systems for Dedicated Hosting

There are various web server OSs like Windows, FreeBSD, different Linux distributions, and so on. Given web hosting suppliers offer dedicated hosting utilizing one given OS, whereas others offer customers a choice. MSSQL databases and .NET sites necessitate a Windows server, for example, and will not run on a different Operating System, whereas PHP and HTML based websites using MySQL databases will perform on any OS. Prior to renting a dedicated hosting server, discover what the hosting vendor offers and what the requirements of your website are.

Software Apps for Dedicated Hosting

By default, each dedicated hosting server includes all the software platforms needed in order to manage a website - a web server, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so the moment you get the web server, you can upload your files and bring the site online. The majority of hosting vendors provide full root access, i.e. you can activate any software platforms on the dedicated hosting server and modify any settings. Given script-based software platforms need server-side applications that should be pre-activated in order for them to perform. Lots of shopping cart software scripts, for instance, impose such a requirement, and being granted root-level access to the dedicated hosting server is vital for kicking off an online store. Other web hosting providers do not grant root access, but help the customer install the necessary software apps - this is the so-called managed web hosting solution, as differentiated from the unmanaged hosting service, which offers complete root access.

Dedicated Hosting by 'SDA Services'

The web content on the dedicated hosting server can be administered either via a Secure Shell (SSH) connection or through a hosting CP interface like cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, etc. There are tens of Control Panel tools available, and normally web hosting service providers offer a couple of them, and with full server root access at hand, the client can activate any of them. All web files, databases, emails, access logs and program installations are managed easily through a graphical user interface in a web browser, so no advanced knowledge is required. Certain web hosting Control Panels also have a reseller back office panel, so if you opt for a dedicated hosting server, you can not merely host your files, but also offer shared hosting plans to other users to gain money. We, at SDA Services, provide free invoicing software and a domain reseller account with every dedicated hosting plan of ours, which permits you to build your own personal web hosting firm and generate money in no time since the web hosting business niche is perpetually flowering.