Dedicated web site hosting is a good solution for your business if you require higher levels of security, speed and uptime, as well as having more resources that you will not find in a shared hosting environment.
From the all important security point of view, your account and the server are well isolated from other servers and server users. Once your websites are up and running, you might have further security and access restriction requirements. One of the usual requests I make to my dedicated server support is to block offending crawlers (mostly from new Search Engines), who continually visit my server and consume most of the bandwidth, processor cycles (CPU) and RAM. These slow down the access speed of the site for normal users resulting in a lower transactions and affecting the bottom line. You can easily restrict such misbehaving crawlers by either blocking them through the APF firewall which is built in to most of the Linux operating systems (if it’s not there you can get the server support to install this for you !).
APF is simply an easy to use script / front end to the powerful IPTables security feature. Another long term an better option is to ask the server operators to filter your traffic through a dedicated hardware Firewall before it reaches your server. While a dedicated firewall is the best option, this would cost you extra (but not a significant amount). With the APF software firewall option, you have to careful that you are using the latest version which is compatible with the kernel of the server operating system. If these two versions are not compatible they will simply not filter offending traffic and let them burden your server !
Always there is good bandwidth provision with dedicated servers, which gives you many options. With regard to speed, most providers will offer you 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps on their reliable high speed network.
When using dedicated web hosting services, you would lease a full server and would not be sharing it with anyone else. This would give you pretty much full control of the server (such as root access on UNIX/Linux systems, or administrator privileges on Windows based servers). You also get the choice of hardware and the operating system on which the server runs.
Most dedicated web site hosting providers give you the choice between using Microsoft Windows Server, or to use a Linux based OS (Operating System), such as CentOS, Fedora, Debian, FreeBSD and many others. It simply makes life easier if you select a Linux based OS, because it performs faster and reliably compared to Windows based counterparts. Linux server uptime tends to outperform Windows servers. Even if you are unfamiliar with Linux, still it’s a better option as only a few command line based commands are required for server maintenance. Usually the server provider has many video tutorials which you can use to learn these basic and simple commands. For example If any complected tasks like MySql database backup are required, you can always request the server operator to perform these.
The prices for a dedicated server vary depending on the provider and the clients need. Many factors, such as the performance of the server’s hardware (CPU type and speed, storage space, amount of RAM, etc) and the bandwidth allocated to your server. Your choice of a hosting package will depend on the kind of applications that it will be used for, and the type of web site that will be hosted on it. You should evaluate certain different factors, such as the amount of traffic your web site will get and which types of applications will be running on your server in order to make a smart decision. It’s always a good idea to get the maximum amount of RAM possible for your money, as this is one of the most critical things which affects access speed of your web pages.
From the all important security point of view, your account and the server are well isolated from other servers and server users. Once your websites are up and running, you might have further security and access restriction requirements. One of the usual requests I make to my dedicated server support is to block offending crawlers (mostly from new Search Engines), who continually visit my server and consume most of the bandwidth, processor cycles (CPU) and RAM. These slow down the access speed of the site for normal users resulting in a lower transactions and affecting the bottom line. You can easily restrict such misbehaving crawlers by either blocking them through the APF firewall which is built in to most of the Linux operating systems (if it’s not there you can get the server support to install this for you !).
APF is simply an easy to use script / front end to the powerful IPTables security feature. Another long term an better option is to ask the server operators to filter your traffic through a dedicated hardware Firewall before it reaches your server. While a dedicated firewall is the best option, this would cost you extra (but not a significant amount). With the APF software firewall option, you have to careful that you are using the latest version which is compatible with the kernel of the server operating system. If these two versions are not compatible they will simply not filter offending traffic and let them burden your server !
Always there is good bandwidth provision with dedicated servers, which gives you many options. With regard to speed, most providers will offer you 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps on their reliable high speed network.
When using dedicated web hosting services, you would lease a full server and would not be sharing it with anyone else. This would give you pretty much full control of the server (such as root access on UNIX/Linux systems, or administrator privileges on Windows based servers). You also get the choice of hardware and the operating system on which the server runs.
Most dedicated web site hosting providers give you the choice between using Microsoft Windows Server, or to use a Linux based OS (Operating System), such as CentOS, Fedora, Debian, FreeBSD and many others. It simply makes life easier if you select a Linux based OS, because it performs faster and reliably compared to Windows based counterparts. Linux server uptime tends to outperform Windows servers. Even if you are unfamiliar with Linux, still it’s a better option as only a few command line based commands are required for server maintenance. Usually the server provider has many video tutorials which you can use to learn these basic and simple commands. For example If any complected tasks like MySql database backup are required, you can always request the server operator to perform these.
The prices for a dedicated server vary depending on the provider and the clients need. Many factors, such as the performance of the server’s hardware (CPU type and speed, storage space, amount of RAM, etc) and the bandwidth allocated to your server. Your choice of a hosting package will depend on the kind of applications that it will be used for, and the type of web site that will be hosted on it. You should evaluate certain different factors, such as the amount of traffic your web site will get and which types of applications will be running on your server in order to make a smart decision. It’s always a good idea to get the maximum amount of RAM possible for your money, as this is one of the most critical things which affects access speed of your web pages.
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