Dedicated hosting service is a type of web hosting in which the company or the service provider leases the entire server not shared with anybody else. This kind of web hosting is a lot more flexible compared to shared hosting since the organizations have full control over the server, including hardware and operating system choices.
What is a dedicated server?
A single computer reserved in a network for catering and serving the needs of the network is referred to as a dedicated server. It performs no other tasks but only their server tasks.
In the world of web hosting, a dedicated server is usually a rented service. The client or user rents the software, the internet connection and of course the server from the hosting company or the web host.
Server Managed Support
Dedicated server hosting providers define their level of management based on the services they offer or provide.
Administrative maintenance of the OS or operating system includes the following:
- Security patches
- Daemon updates
- Upgrades
Levels of management may de differentiated upon the addition of the following:
- Users
- Daemon configuration
- Domains
- Custom programming
Dedicated hosting companies can offer various types of server managed support which are the following:
- Fully-managed – this type of service managed support includes monitoring, software updates, operating system upgrades and security patches. Customers are completely hands off.
- Managed – this type of service managed support has medium level of management, upgrades, monitoring, and a limited amount of support. Clients or customers may perform specified tasks.
- Self-managed – it’s a type of service managed support that requires regular monitoring and some maintenance. Clients provide or most tasks and operations on a dedicated server.
- Unmanaged – little to no involvement of the hosting company or the service provider. Clients provide all the maintenance, patches, security and upgrades.
Server management of dedicated hosting can include some or all of the following:
Operating systems or OS updates
Server monitoring
Updates of applications offered or available
SNMP hardware monitoring
Application management and monitoring
Technical support
Firewall services
Anti-spam software
Anti-virus updates
Security audits
DDoS protection and mitigation
Intrusion detection
Restoration and Backups
Disaster recovery
DNS hosting service
Load balancing
Database administration
Performance tuning
User management
Programming consultation
Installing and configuring software
Security of dedicated hosting
Dedicated hosting server companies use extreme security measures to make sure that data stored on their network of servers are safe. Service providers usually deploy different kinds of software programs for scanning networks and systems for obtrusive invaders, hackers, spammers, and other harmful problems like Trojan, crashers, and worms.
Software Selection
Dedicated hosting companies or server providers offer users or customers the ability to choose the software they want to install on their dedicated server. This offer includes the choice of operating system, specific applications and databases, depending on the overall usage of the server. These dedicated servers can be customized and tailored to the specific needs and requirements of the customer or user.
Other software applications that are available are control panels which are specialized web hosting specific programs. The control panel software contains server applications, software applications and automation tools that can be readily installed on the dedicated server. Database applications, programming languages, server administration tasks, application deployment, and integration into web servers, and the ability to automate tasks via a web based front end are also included in control panels.
Most of the dedicated servers are already packaged with control panels. Most often confused with management tools, control panels are actually automation tools that are web based, created to be useful in the process of web site creation and server management.