Explanation of Dedicated Servers

When we speak of web hosting servers, there are three basic varieties - shared web hosting web servers, VPS (Virtual Private Servers) and dedicated servers. Shared servers host multiple customers and therefore the system resources per user account are restricted, virtual private server packages give you more server configuration autonomy, but also affect other VPS web hosting servers on the hardware node if used heedlessly, and dedicated servers give you the autonomy to perform everything you like without intervening with anyone else.

Why would you require a dedicated server?

Dedicated servers are traditionally much more high-priced than shared hosting web servers or VPS web hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The reply is pretty simple. If your firm has a heavy resource-demanding site, or simply has very explicit server architecture requirements, the most logical option is a dedicated server. For someone who is inclined to invest in safety and stability, the higher price is of no importance. You obtain full root access and can use 100 percent of the dedicated server's system resources without anyone else sharing these system resources and intervening with your sites.

Hardware architectures

Most shared hosting providers, incl. us at Brandsnet, provide different hardware configurations you can choose from depending on your needs. The hardware architectures offer different types of microprocessors, a different amount of cores, different RAM and server hard disk sizes and different monthly bandwidth allowances. You can select a Control Panel, which is a convenient software tool if you would like to utilize the dedicated web server for website hosting purposes only and choose not to use an SSH console for all the modifications you will be making. We provide 3 kinds of hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting Control Panel of your choice

If you are a self-confident Linux user (our dedicated web hosting servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated server via a Secure Shell terminal exclusively. That, however, could be inconvenient, particularly if you wish to grant complete root access to someone else who has less technical abilities than yourself. That is why having Control Panel software pre-activated is a bright idea. The Hepsia Control Panel graphical user interface that we offer does not offer root access and is mostly suitable for someone who maintains numerous online portals that demand plenty of system resources, but desires to administer the web portals, databases and electronic mails through a user-friendly web hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting CPs, on the other hand, grant root access and include 3 levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting packages instead of using the dedicated hosting server solely for yourself, you should pick one of these two.

Server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated server and of backing it up. In the event of a predicament with your dedicated hosting web server, like a non-responsive Apache or an outage, it is advisable to have some sort of monitoring system activated. Here at Brandsnet the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the separate services on the dedicated server as well. Backups are also an additional feature - the web hosting services provider offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could pick a kind of RAID that would permit you to have the very same data on two disk drives as a protective measure in the event of a server hard drive failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted access deletes something unintentionally.