Dedicated Server Plans Definition

When we talk about web hosting servers, there are three principal kinds - shared hosting servers, VPS (private virtual web hosting servers) and dedicated servers. Shared servers accommodate lots of customers and thus the system resources per user account are restricted, virtual private servers give you more configuration freedom, but also affect other private virtual servers on the hardware node if used imprudently, and dedicated servers give you the liberty to carry out everything you please without messing with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated servers?

Dedicated servers are typically much more high-priced than shared servers or private virtual servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The explanation is very simple. If your firm has a high-traffic online portal, or simply has very explicit server setup requirements, the wisest option would be a dedicated servers. For somebody who is ready to invest in safety and dependability, the greater price is of no concern. You acquire full server root access and can use 100 percent of the dedicated server's resources without anyone else availing of these resources and interfering with your websites.

Hardware specs

Most website hosting vendors, incl. us at The Gate, offer different hardware configurations you can choose from depending on your demands. The hardware architectures include different kinds of processors, a different amount of cores, different RAM memory and server hard disk drive sizes and different bandwidth allowances. You can choose a web hosting CP, which is a useful user interface if you want to use the dedicated servers for hosting purposes only and prefer not to resort to a Secure Shell terminal for all the modifications you will be making. We provide three kinds of hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting Control Panel of your choosing

If you are a self-confident Linux OS user (our dedicated servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could manage your dedicated servers through an SSH terminal exclusively. That, though, could be awkward, particularly if you choose to grant full root privileges to someone else who has less technical proficiency than yourself. That is why having hosting Control Panel software activated is a bright idea. The Hepsia Control Panel user interface that we offer does not give you complete root access and is mostly appropriate for somebody who has plenty of web sites that demand plenty of system resources, but desires to administer the web pages, databases and e-mail boxes via an intuitive Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting Control Panels, on the other hand, give you complete root-level access and have 3 access levels - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting packages instead of utilizing the dedicated servers solely for yourself, you should pick one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup procedures

Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated servers and of backing it up. In the event of a problem with your dedicated web hosting server, such as an unresponsive Apache or an outage, it is desirable to have some kind of monitoring platform enabled. Here at The Gate 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 servers as well. Backups are also an extra feature - the hosting company offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could choose a kind of RAID that would permit you to store the same data on two hard disks as a precaution in the event of a server hard disk failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted root-level access deletes something by accident.