Dedicated Servers Definition

When we talk about hosting servers, there are three major types - shared hosting servers, VPS (virtual private web servers) and dedicated servers. Shared hosting servers accommodate many customers and hence the resources per account are restricted, virtual private servers offer more configuration autonomy, but also influence other VPSs on the hardware node if utilized unwisely, and dedicated servers give you the liberty to carry out everything you desire without messing with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated servers?

Dedicated servers are typically much more expensive than shared hosting servers or virtual web servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The explanation is pretty simple. If your company has a large-scale web page, or simply has very exact web server setup requirements, the right choice is a dedicated servers. For someone who is willing to invest in safety and dependability, the higher price is of no importance. You acquire full server root access and can utilize 100 percent of the dedicated hosting web server's resources without anyone else utilizing these resources and interfering with your sites.

Hardware specifications

Most web hosting providers, including us at Abenet Hosting, provide several hardware architectures you can choose from on the basis of your needs. The configurations include different sorts of processors, a different number of cores, different RAM memory and server hard disk drive sizes and different monthly bandwidth allowances. You can choose a web hosting CP, which is convenient software if you would like to utilize the dedicated servers for hosting purposes only and choose not to resort to an SSH client for all the changes you will be making. We provide 3 types of Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting CP of your choice

If you are a self-assured Linux user (our hosting servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based OSs), you could manage your dedicated servers via an SSH connection exclusively. That, however, could be inconvenient, even more so if you want to grant complete server root access to somebody else who has less technical knowledge than yourself. This is why having web hosting CP software activated is a bright idea. The Hepsia web hosting Control Panel graphical user interface that we provide does not include root privileges and is mainly suitable for someone who runs numerous online portals that demand lots of system resources, but wants to manage the web portals, databases and emails using an intuitive hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel web hosting CPs, on the other hand, grant full server root privileges and include 3 levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting plans instead of utilizing the dedicated servers only for yourself, you should pick one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated servers and of backing it up. In the event of a problem with your dedicated server, like a non-responsive Apache or a downtime, it is good to have some sort of monitoring platform activated. Here at Abenet Hosting 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 servers as well. Backups are also an extra option - the web hosting company offers you data backups on our own backup web servers. You could pick a type of RAID that would allow you to store the very same data on two disk drives as a protective measure in case of a server hard disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted root access deletes something by mistake.