Dedicated Packages Definition

When we talk about hosting web servers, there are 3 basic types - shared website hosting web servers, VPS (private virtual web servers) and dedicated servers. Shared hosting web servers host a lot of customers and thus the resources per account are restricted, VPS plans offer more configuration liberty, but also influence other VPS web hosting servers on the hardware node if used heedlessly, and dedicated servers give you the possibility to carry out everything you desire without intervening with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated server?

Dedicated servers are generally much more expensive than shared servers or VPS web hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The explanation is quite simple. If your firm has a resource-requiring web portal, or simply has very special server configuration requirements, the most logical option is a dedicated server. For someone who is ready to invest in security and stability, the higher price is not a problem. You have full root privileges and can use 100% of the dedicated web hosting server's resources without anyone else utilizing these resources and interfering with your websites.

Hardware configurations

Most hosting vendors, including us at JSoto Hosting, provide different hardware configurations you can select from on the basis of your needs. The hardware architectures include different types of microprocessors, a different number of cores, different RAM memory and disk drive sizes and different monthly traffic usage quotas. You can choose a web hosting CP, which is a handy GUI if you wish to use the dedicated web server for website hosting purposes only and choose not to resort to a Secure Shell console for all the changes you will be making. We offer 3 types of hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting CP of your choosing

If you are a self-reliant Linux OS user (our dedicated hosting web servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could administer your dedicated server through a Secure Shell console only. That, however, could be inconvenient, even more so if you choose to give full root-level access to someone else who has less technical knowledge than yourself. This is why having web hosting Control Panel software pre-activated is an intelligent idea. The Hepsia web hosting CP software that we offer does not offer complete root access and is mainly suitable for someone who owns plenty of sites that require lots of system resources, but would rather manage the online portals, databases and email addresses through an intuitive web hosting Control Panel. The DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting CPs, on the other hand, give you full root privileges and offer 3 access levels - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell hosting packages instead of utilizing the dedicated hosting server just for yourself, you should select one of these two.

Server monitoring and backup procedures

Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated server and of backing it up. In the event of a predicament with your server, such as a non-responsive Apache or a network downtime, it is useful to have some kind of monitoring system enabled. Here at JSoto Hosting the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you order a Managed Services upgrade, they monitor the individual services on the dedicated server as well. Backups are also an extra feature - the hosting vendor offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could choose a kind of RAID that would allow you to keep the very same data on two server hard disks as a precaution in the event of a server hard drive failure, or in case someone whom you have given complete root access erases something by mistake.