Definition of Dedicated Web Hosting

When we talk about hosting web servers, there are 3 principal types - website hosting servers, VPS (private virtual servers) and dedicated web hosting. Shared hosting servers host many customers and hence the system resources per user account are restricted, VPS web hosting give you more configuration independence, but also affect other VPSs on the hardware node if utilized imprudently, and dedicated web hosting servers give you the option to do everything you choose without intervening with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated web hosting servers?

Dedicated web hosting servers are typically much more high-priced than shared web servers or VPS web hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The explanation is quite simple. If your corporation has a resource-requiring web page, or just has very explicit web server architecture requirements, the most sensible option is a dedicated web hosting servers. For someone who is inclined to invest in safety and stability, the greater price is of no concern. You have root privileges and can utilize 100% of the physical server's resources without anyone else availing of these system resources and interfering with your sites.

Hardware specifications

Most hosting suppliers, incl. us at AGSK Hosting, provide different hardware configurations you can select from in line with your requirements. The hardware configurations include different sorts of microprocessors, a different number of cores, different RAM memory and server hard disk sizes and different web traffic usage quotas. You can select a web hosting Control Panel, which is a convenient graphical user interface if you want to use the dedicated web hosting servers for hosting purposes solely and choose not to resort to a Secure Shell terminal for all the modifications you will be making. We provide three types of Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting CP of your preference

If you are a confident Linux user (our dedicated hosting servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could administer your dedicated web hosting via an SSH terminal only. That, however, could be awkward, even more so if you decide to grant full root access to somebody else who has less technical knowledge than yourself. That is why having Control Panel software pre-activated is a great idea. The Hepsia Control Panel graphical user interface that we offer does not give you complete root access and is mostly suitable for somebody who owns numerous websites that require a lot of resources, but wishes to manage the websites, databases and e-mails using an intuitive web hosting Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting Control Panels, on the other hand, grant root access and offer 3 levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting packages rather than using the dedicated web hosting servers just for yourself, you should choose one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated web hosting servers and of backing it up. In the event of a problem with your dedicated server, such as a non-responsive Apache or a network outage, it is desirable to have some sort of monitoring platform enabled. Here at AGSK Hosting the system administrators monitor all dedicated web hosting servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the individual services on the dedicated web hosting servers too. Backups are also a bonus 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 allow you to store the very same data on 2 server disk drives as a precaution in the event of a hard drive failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted complete root-level access deletes something accidentally.