Dedicated Servers Clarified

When we talk about hosting servers, there are 3 basic types - shared hosting servers, VPS (virtual private hosting servers) and dedicated servers. Shared web servers host lots of clients and therefore the system resources per user account are restricted, VPS packages offer more configuration independence, but also influence other virtual private hosting servers on the hardware node if used imprudently, and dedicated servers offer you the freedom to do everything you prefer without meddling with anyone else.

Why would you need a dedicated server?

Dedicated servers are commonly much more high-priced than shared web hosting servers or virtual private hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The explanation is rather simple. If your company has a repeatedly visited web page, or simply has very special web server setup requirements, the proper choice is a dedicated server. For somebody who is prepared to invest in security and stability, the bigger price is of no concern. You acquire full root-level access and can utilize 100% of the hosting web server's system resources without anyone else availing of these resources and meddling with your online portals.

Hardware specs

Most hosting firms, including us at VamoNet.com, offer different hardware configurations you can choose from based on your necessities. The configurations offer different kinds of microprocessors, a different number of cores, different RAM and disk drive sizes and different monthly traffic quotas. You can select a hosting Control Panel, which is useful software if you would like to utilize the dedicated web server for web hosting purposes only and prefer not to resort to an SSH client for all the changes you will be making. We offer 3 types of web hosting Control Panel software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting CP of your choice

If you are a confident Linux OS user (our web hosting servers are running on Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could manage your dedicated server through SSH only. That, though, could be awkward, especially if you choose to give root privileges to somebody else who has less technical abilities than yourself. That is why having web hosting CP software pre-installed is a brilliant idea. The Hepsia Control Panel software that we provide does not give you root-level access and is mainly suitable for someone who has multiple sites that swallow plenty of system resources, but desires to administer the websites, databases and mailbox aliases using an intuitive web hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting Control Panels, on the other hand, give you root access and include 3 access levels - root, reseller and user. If you plan to resell hosting packages instead of using the server just for yourself, you should pick 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 dedicated server, such as a non-responsive Apache or a network downtime, it is good to have some kind of monitoring platform activated. Here at VamoNet.com the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you order a Managed Services upgrade, they monitor the separate services on the dedicated server as well. Backups are also an additional option - the hosting provider offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could choose a type of RAID that would permit you to store the very same data on 2 server hard disk drives as a protective measure in the event of a server hard disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted full root-level access erases something by mistake.