How Does Dedicated Web Hosting Operate?

Free and paid shared plans are one of the most widespread hosting solutions on the marketplace. They are good for small-sized websites that do not need lots of system resources and do not attract that many web site visitors, but for resource-requiring web sites with many 1000's of website visitors, a more advanced platform is needed. If you are looking for a powerful, leading-edge web hosting platform that can tackle even millions of daily visits, a dedicated web hosting is your most suitable alternative.

Tackle the High Load Generated by Your Sites with a Dedicated Server

With the dedicated hosting service, you rent a whole hosting server whose resources will be used only by your websites. Just as any personal computer, each dedicated server has one or more processors running at a specific speed, a given amount of RAM memory, one or more hard disk drives, and so on. A dedicated web server is actually a computer with a hardware configuration aimed to handle high load and given software installed on it, like a web server, PHP and MySQL software platforms, etc., which allows the websites accommodated on it to be visible on the web.

Managed Dedicated Web Hosting Solutions

A dedicated server can be administered either by the hosting supplier, or by the client, based on the given dedicated web hosting package. In either instance, the side administering the hosting server has access to a software platform to reboot it at any specific moment. Management is carried out via a hosting Control Panel graphical user interface that permits you to monitor the processes running on the dedicated hosting server.

OSs for Dedicated Web Hosting

There are various hosting server OSs such as Windows, FreeBSD, a variety of Linux distributions, and so on. Specific hosting suppliers provide dedicated web hosting running one particular OS, while others give clients a choice. MSSQL databases and .NET sites necessitate a Windows server, for instance, and will not function on a different OS, while PHP and HTML based sites using MySQL databases will operate on any Operating System. Prior to renting a dedicated server, examine what the web host offers and what the requirements of your website are.

Software Applications for Dedicated Web Hosting

By default, each dedicated server comes with all the software required in order to run a web site - web server software, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so the moment you get the hosting server, you can upload your web site files and get the website online. Most hosting vendors give root-level access, i.e. you can install any software applications on the dedicated server and alter any settings. Specific script-driven platforms require server-side applications that should be pre-activated in order for them to function. Lots of shopping cart scripts, for instance, have such a precondition, and obtaining full server root access to the dedicated server is essential for setting up a web store. Other web hosting companies do not provide full server root access, but help the client install the needed software apps - this is the so-called managed hosting solution, as differentiated from the unmanaged hosting solution, which comes with root access.

Dedicated Web Hosting by 'Octacore Networks'

The web site files on the dedicated server can be managed either via a Secure Shell (SSH) terminal or via a hosting CP tool such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, etc. There are tens of CP graphical interfaces in existence, and typically hosts offer a few of them, and with root-level access at hand, the customer can activate any of them. All web files, databases, mailboxes, access logs and program installations are managed effortlessly via a graphical interface in a web browser, so no advanced knowledge is needed. Particular Control Panels also have a reseller back office panel, so if you buy a dedicated server, you can not just host your files, but also offer shared website hosting packages to different people to gain profit. We, at Octacore Networks, provide free-of-cost invoicing software and a domain reseller account with every dedicated web hosting plan of ours, which permits you to start your own hosting company and generate cash very fast since the web hosting market niche is incessantly developing.