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A dedicated web server is a web server you lease
from the hosting company. The web server is
dedicated to your needs only; no other customers of
the hosting company have access to any portion of
the dedicated server. The hosting company is
responsible for the server hardware, the operating
system and any other software you may have them
install for you (typically a database engine or
scripting support). Once the server is setup by the
hosting company, you are free to load your software
onto the server.
This solution provides you with the widest
flexibility in what you can load onto your server
(within the limits of the hosting company’s
contract). Dedicated web hosting is also better
suited for mission critical applications, since
possible side-affects of other sites hosted by the
company are minimized. Since the hosting company
owns the server and you simply lease the server, any
hardware problems are the responsibility of the
hosting company to resolve.
To manage your web server, most hosting company’s
make a control panel available via the web. Through
the control panel you have access to most all the
functionality of the server.
While this may sound like the best possible
solution, that is not always the case. If you need
specialized hardware this may not be supported by
your hosting provider; most hosting provides have a
list of authorized hardware for their dedicated
servers, this makes maintenance easier. While the
hosting company owns the server, if you install
software that causes problems on the server the
hosting company can fix the issues but you may have
to pay as much as $200 per hour for support.
This solution may be best for you if your site gets
lots of visitors, uses a lot of system resources
(through the use of CGI scripts or ASP), if it will
house important data or if you have special software
needs not supported on a virtual server. A dedicate
web server typically is faster than virtual servers
and since the server is dedicated, the data is more
secure too.
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