Dedicated Servers Description

Free and paid shared packages are among the most extensively used website hosting products on the market. They are OK for small-size web portals that do not request a lot of system resources and do not attract that many viewers, but for resource-swallowing websites with many thousands of visitors, a more powerful platform is demanded. If you require a rock steady, first-rate shared hosting solution that can cope with even millions of daily hits, a dedicated server is your perfect option.

Handle the Load Created by Your Sites with a Dedicated Hosting Server

With the dedicated web hosting solution, you lease an entire web hosting server whose system resources will be utilized only by your websites. Just like any personal computer, each dedicated hosting server has one or more processing units running at a specific speed, some amount of RAM memory, one or more hard drives, and so on. A server is actually a computer with hardware meant to handle heavy load and given software activated on it, such as web server software, PHP and MySQL software, and so on, which permits the web sites accommodated on it to be available on the World Wide Web.

Managed Dedicated Servers Hosting Services

A dedicated hosting server can be managed either by the hosting provider, or by the customer, based on the given dedicated server plan. In either instance, the party administering the dedicated machine has access to a software platform to reboot it at any particular moment. Management is carried out via a web hosting Control Panel user interface that enables you to supervise the processes running on the hosting server.

Operating Systems for Dedicated Servers

There are various server OSs such as Windows, FreeBSD, various Linux distributions, etc. Some web hosting companies offer dedicated servers using one specific Operating System, while others offer customers an option. MSSQL databases and .NET sites require a Windows server, for instance, and will not function on another Operating System, whereas PHP and HTML based websites utilizing MySQL databases will perform on any Operating System. Before renting a dedicated hosting server, examine what the hosting firm offers and what the requirements of your website are.

Software Applications for Dedicated Servers

By default, each dedicated hosting server offers all the software platforms required to manage a web site - web server software, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and so on), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so once you obtain the hosting server, you can upload your website files and get the web site online. Most hosting providers provide full server root privileges, i.e. you can activate any software applications on the dedicated hosting server and revise any settings. Some script-powered software platforms require server-side applications that should be pre-activated in order for them to perform. Lots of shopping cart software scripts, for example, include such a precondition, and having full root access to the dedicated hosting server is critical for making a web storefront. Other web hosting corporations do not give full server root access, but help the client install the necessary software - this is the so-called managed web hosting service, as compared to the unmanaged hosting solution, which comes with full root access.

Dedicated Server by 'ProMaxHosting'

The web site files on the dedicated hosting server can be administered either through a Secure Shell (SSH) connection or through a web hosting Control Panel graphical user interface like cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, and so on. There are 10's of hosting Control Panel tools in existence, and usually hosting service providers offer several of them, and with complete root access at hand, the client can install any of them. All files, databases, e-mail box accounts, access logs and program installations are managed effortlessly through a graphical user interface in a browser, so no advanced knowledge is required. Some web hosting CPs also comprise a reseller backend tool, so if you have a dedicated hosting server, you can not only host your web site files, but also offer shared website hosting plans to different individuals to earn profit. We, at ProMaxHosting, offer charge-free invoicing software and a domain reseller account with each and every dedicated server plan of ours, which permits you to launch your very own personal web hosting company and make profit in no time as the web hosting market niche is perpetually enlarging.