Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated hosting provides an individual client with their own computer for their website instead of having to share a server with others. Dedicated servers provide high levels of security, connectivity and scalability, to support high volume and mission critical Web-based applications. In addition, the other components required to run the site or application, such as hardware, software, and network connectivity are also dedicated. The hard disk generally has high capacity, and the technical support is higher-end and deeper than the level of support associated with shared hosting.

The benefit of using dedicated hosting is that your website performance will not be effected by high traffic websites that would have been sharing your servers bandwidth. As the customer does not share RAM, disk space or a connection to the router, dedicated servers provide customers with the advanced web hosting solutions. They allow for faster access to information and provide the customer with greater flexibility to add advanced database and e-commerce applications.

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Managed or Unmanaged?

There are two types of dedicated hosting available today: managed and unmanaged. While the unmanaged hosting service includes only basic server management including hardware, operating system, web server and Internet connection, the managed hosting service includes extended support including additional software management. A managed dedicated account will allow non-technical users to easily set-up, maintain, and administer sites on the server.

The choice between managed or unmanaged hosting depends on the technical requirements of your website and your ability to manage a server and keep it running at peak efficiency. If you prefer to have highly trained professionals looking after the server, go with managed hosting. If you can handle most of the maintenance yourself, choose an unmanaged server.

Managed Dedicated Server

With a managed dedicated plan, you get a dedicated server and the hosting company also provides comprehensive support like you usually find in a shared hosting plan. Managed hosting means your provider takes complete or near complete care of your server. This can include anything from basic system maintenance and patches to applications maintenance, security, monitoring, etc.

the service provider or host carries out the responsibility of software updates and patches, putting security measures in place, performing hardware replacements, and also monitoring the network and its connection for trouble.

This is a good alternative for companies that don't have an IT staff or a server administrator and don't want to get involved at all in the technical aspects of running a server. The price for a managed dedicated server is usually higher than for an unmanaged dedicated server plan as you're getting technical support included.

Managed dedicated server hosting is ideal for:

• companies with high-traffic, resource-intensive Internet sites
• mid to advanced-level hosting needs such as "mission critical" and high-traffic sites. The servers can handle heavy data-driven sites, advanced e-commerce programs, video streaming, and multimedia programs.
• companies that don't have an IT staff or a server administrator
• companies that don't want to get involved at all in the technical aspects of running a server
• customer with limited server management experience or limited time in being able to perform the duties necessary to keep a server running and online.
  

Unmanaged Dedicated Server

An unmanaged dedicated server leaves nearly all the management duties of running a server in the purchaser’s control. The customer in this case, updates software on their own, applies necessary patches, performs kernel compiles and operating system restores, installs software, and monitors security. With this type of dedicated server, the consumer is solely responsible for day-to-day operations and maintenance. The service provider, in turn, monitors the network, repairs hardware problems, and troubleshoots connectivity issues.

Additionally, some service providers offer partial management of services, such as network monitoring, software upgrades and other services, but leave the general upkeep of the server in the hands of the client.

The unmanaged dedicated server hosting is ideal for:

• those with great degree of technical expertise in mastering a web server as it provides root access to the server.
• people with solid server administration background or for web developers that need custom applications for their web sites, or a customized environment.

Comparisons between Managed and Unmanaged Dedicated Hosting

Pros and Cons of dedicated web hosting

Who should choose dedicated hosting?

Dedicated hosting is ideal if

• your site has one very large and/or busy sites
• your website has outgrown shared hosting
• your site is mission critical and must have all the processing power and network availability possible.

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