Definition of Dedicated Hosting

Free and paid shared plans are among the most commonly used web hosting solutions on the marketplace. They are splendid for small-size online portals that do not request lots of resources and do not have that many website visitors, but for resource-absorbing online portals with many thousands of web site visitors, a more powerful platform is needed. If you would like to have a steady, top-class shared hosting solution that can deal with even millions of daily hits, a dedicated server is your best choice.

Handle the Load Caused by Your Websites with a Dedicated Server

With the dedicated server web hosting solution, you lease an entire physical machine whose resources will be utilized only by your web sites. Just like any computer, each dedicated server has one or more microprocessors operating at a particular speed, some amount of RAM, one or more hard disk drives, and so on. A dedicated server is actually a computer with hardware meant to cope with intense load and specific software installed on it, like web server software, PHP and MySQL software platforms, and so on, which permits the sites accommodated on it to be reachable online.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Services

A dedicated server can be administered either by the web hosting distributor, or by the customer, based on the specific dedicated server package. In either case, the side handling the hosting server has access to a software tool to reboot it at any time. Management is carried out via a hosting CP user interface that allows you to supervise the processes running on the dedicated server.

Operating Systems for Dedicated Servers

There are various hosting server Operating Systems such as Windows, FreeBSD, an array of Linux distributions, and so on. Specific web hosting corporations provide dedicated servers running one specific Operating System, whereas others offer customers an option. MSSQL databases and .NET web sites demand a Windows web server, for instance, and will not work on a different OS, whereas PHP and HTML based web sites using MySQL databases will run on any OS. Before leasing a dedicated server, check what the web hosting vendor offers and what the necessities of your site are.

Software Apps for Dedicated Servers

By default, each dedicated server offers all the software needed to manage a website - web server software, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so the moment you get the dedicated server, you can upload your website files and take the web site online. The majority of web hosting distributors offer full root privileges, i.e. you can activate any software on the dedicated server and update any settings. Certain script-powered platforms need server-side applications that should be pre-activated in order for them to work. Plenty of e-commerce software scripts, for example, impose such a requirement, and being provided with full root access to the dedicated server is critical for launching an online storefront. Other web hosting vendors do not provide full root-level access, but help the client activate the required software - this is the so-called managed web hosting service, as compared to the unmanaged hosting solution, which comes with full server root privileges.

Dedicated Server by 'SupernovaHost'

The textual, visual and aural content on the dedicated server can be handled either via a Secure Shell (SSH) terminal or via a hosting CP user interface such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, and so on. There are tens of hosting CP tools in existence, and usually providers provide a few of them, and with complete root-level access at hand, the customer can install any of them. All website files, databases, e-mailbox accounts, access logs and program installations are handled easily through a graphical interface in a browser, so no advanced knowledge is needed. Certain hosting CPs also comprise a reseller backend tool, so if you get a dedicated server, you can not merely host your files, but also sell shared web hosting plans to other customers to gain profit. We, at SupernovaHost, provide free-of-cost invoicing software and a domain reseller account with every dedicated server package of ours, which allows you to begin your own hosting company and generate money very quickly since the hosting market niche is constantly enlarging.