Dedicated Packages Unveiled

When we talk about hosting servers, there are 3 major categories - shared web hosting web servers, VPS (virtual private web hosting servers) and dedicated servers. Shared web servers accommodate numerous clients and hence the system resources per user account are restricted, VPS plans give you more configuration freedom, but also influence other VPS servers on the hardware node if used rashly, and dedicated servers give you the possibility to do everything you want without intervening with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated server?

Dedicated servers are usually much more high-priced than shared web servers or VPS servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The explanation is quite simple. If your company has a data-heavy web site, or simply has very special web server architecture requirements, the proper choice would be a dedicated server. For someone who is inclined to invest in security and dependability, the higher price is not an issue. You acquire root-level access and can use 100 percent of the dedicated hosting web server's system resources without anyone else availing of these resources and intervening with your web portals.

Hardware specs

Most hosting service providers, incl. us at VillpressHost, provide several hardware architectures you can choose from depending on your requirements. The hardware architectures offer different types of microprocessors, a different amount of cores, different RAM memory and server hard drive sizes and different monthly bandwidth allowances. You can pick a Control Panel, which is a handy tool if you wish to use the dedicated hosting server for hosting purposes solely and prefer not to use a Secure Shell console for all the changes you will be making. We provide three types of web hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting Control Panel of your choice

If you are a self-assured Linux OS user (our dedicated hosting web servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could administer your dedicated server through an SSH connection exclusively. That, though, could be inconvenient, particularly if you wish to grant complete root access to somebody else who has less technical experience than yourself. That is why having Control Panel software pre-activated is a smart idea. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel interface that we offer does not include root-level access and is mostly suitable for somebody who has a lot of sites that devour plenty of resources, but wants to manage the web pages, databases and electronic mail accounts via an easy-to-use Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting CPs, on the other hand, grant root access and offer 3 levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell web hosting accounts rather than utilizing the dedicated hosting web server just for yourself, you should pick one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup procedures

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated server and of backing it up. In the event of a problem with your dedicated server, such as an unresponsive Apache or a network downtime, it is useful to have some kind of monitoring system enabled. Here at VillpressHost the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the individual services on the dedicated server as well. Backups are also a bonus option - the web hosting vendor offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could select a kind of RAID that would allow you to keep the same data on 2 server hard drives as a protective measure in the event of a hard drive failure, or in case someone whom you have given complete root access erases something by accident.