How Dedicated Servers Web Hosting Works

Free and paid shared packages are among the most commonly used hosting products on the marketplace. They are great for small-size web portals that do not demand a lot of system resources and do not receive that many web site visitors, but for high resource-swallowing web sites with many thousands of web site visitors, a more advanced solution is demanded. If you are looking for a robust, top-notch shared web hosting platform that can handle even millions of daily visits, a dedicated server web hosting is your best choice.

Tackle the Heavy Load Generated by Your Web Sites with a Dedicated Web Hosting Server

With the dedicated web hosting service, you rent a whole physical server whose system resources will be utilized only by your websites. Just as any computer, each dedicated web hosting server has one or more central processing units functioning at a certain speed, a specific amount of RAM memory, one or more hard disk drives, etc. A server is indeed a computer with hardware intended to handle heavy load and certain software installed on it, such as web server software, PHP and MySQL software, etc., which permits the web sites hosted on it to be visible on the World Wide Web.

Managed Dedicated Servers Web Hosting Solutions

A dedicated web hosting server can be managed either by the hosting corporation, or by the customer, depending on the particular dedicated server web hosting plan. In either case, the side administering the dedicated server has access to a software platform to reboot it at any particular time. Administration is done via a Control Panel graphical interface that enables you to supervise the tasks running on the dedicated server.

Operating Systems for Dedicated Server Web Hosting

There are various web server OSs such as Windows, FreeBSD, different Linux distributions, etc. Some hosting vendors provide dedicated server web hosting utilizing one specific OS, whereas others give customers an option. MSSQL databases and .NET web sites necessitate a Windows server, for instance, and will not function on another OS, while PHP and HTML based sites utilizing MySQL databases will operate on any OS. Before renting a dedicated web hosting server, discover what the host provides and what the requirements of your website are.

Software Platforms for Dedicated Server Web Hosting

By default, each dedicated web hosting server includes all the software platforms required to run a site - web server software, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and so on), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so as soon as you get the web hosting server, you can upload your web site files and bring the site online. Most hosting service providers give full server root access, i.e. you can activate any software applications on the dedicated web hosting server and update any settings. Given script-based software platforms need server-side applications that should be pre-installed in order for them to operate. Plenty of e-commerce software scripts, for instance, include such a precondition, and being offered root access to the dedicated web hosting server is crucial for having an online shop. Other hosting corporations do not grant root access, but help the customer install the needed software platforms - this is the so-called managed web hosting solution, as differentiated from the unmanaged web hosting service, which includes full root access.

Dedicated Server Web Hosting by 'Website Handyman'

The web site files on the dedicated web hosting server can be handled either via a Secure Shell (SSH) console or via a web hosting CP user interface like cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, etc. There are tens of CP user interfaces out there, and usually web hosts provide several of them, and with complete root access at hand, the customer can activate any of them. All web files, databases, mail accounts, access logs and program installations are managed easily via a GUI in a web browser, so no advanced knowledge is needed. Some web hosting Control Panels also have a reseller back office tool, so if you opt for a dedicated web hosting server, you can not simply host your web files, but also offer shared website hosting plans to other people to generate money. We, at Website Handyman, offer free-of-charge invoicing software and a domain reseller account with each and every dedicated server web hosting package of ours, which allows you to start your own personal web hosting corporation and earn money in no time because the hosting business niche is constantly blossoming.