Dedicated Server and its benefits - Host Discussion Blog

Jerin · 08-18-2010, 01:03 AM

A dedicated server is a single web server within a network of computers, dedicated solely to one customer, most often a large business.

A dedicated server better meets the needs of a large business for several reasons. The client can customize the hardware setup as well as the software to meet exact needs. Data access is faster and high traffic is easily accommodated.

Benefits of Dedicated Servers
The shared web hosting is an inexpensive entry point for low traffic websites, running within the setup constraints of the standard accounts. As some sites expand, the shared hosting accounts become limiting. Some of the advantages of having a dedicated server are enumerated below:

Performance
You are not sharing the system resources such as processor power, memory and disk space with other sites on the same server.

Greater Reliability
You do not run the risk of the server being slowed down, swamped with traffic, or crashed by another site on a shared server.

Security
As nobody else has access to the server you can be sure of having a much greater degree of security.

Custom Configuration
If you need to install special software or configure the server to your own particular needs then often a dedicated server is the solution.

Custom Firewall
Run your own custom firewall to enforce your own access control policy.

Your own IP address
Most shared hosting sites share a single IP address, with site traffic directed by the server examining `host headers'. In contrast your dedicated server has its own unique IP address.

Upgrade Path
More memory, disk space or extra processors can be added as the need arises.

SLAs
A Service Level Agreement.

Nile Hadwards · 08-20-2010, 12:24 AM

Nice post Jerin, You covered very nice points in these thread. Thanks for sharing with us!

sandy0444 · 12-29-2010, 06:23 AM

I think its a very "to the point" , short and simple info.
Thanks for sharing......

outshinesol · 01-28-2011, 05:53 AM

Hi guy I recently made a post to explore some of the benefits of dedicated servers. And I want to share with you I hope you like it

Dedicated servers hosting India seems to be very advantageous for your online business that is running large resource intensive websites. A Dedicated server is a type of internet hosting where the client leases the entire server which cannot be shared anyone. Dedicated server is one such server that is hosts your site exclusively and lets a complete access and control over the server. Having a secure private network can give great peace of mind. There are some considerations for few advantages of Dedicated Servers India.

Complete Access System

If you are owned server you will have complete control over anything which happens to be in servers. You decide which scripts you choose to allow, and of course you also get to decide which online activities should be allowed. You would have full admin access to the server & can configure your server to support your unique environment by using dedicated servers.

Increased speed

While you use dedicated server hosting you benefit from the fact that your business has a server dedicated to your website, and your website only. Servers should be deployed with dedicated server’s instant support.

Security

Information on a shared server is likely to be less secure than information on dedicated servers. A dedicated server can also be provided with its own firewall. If you are storing highly sensitive information on your server, this increased security will obviously be a high priority.

Flexibility and Software

With dedicated hosting, you are normally able to install your own software on your server since it is a dedicated environment and your actions will most likely not affect anyone else. If you required installing your own script or software on the server it won’t be possible in shared Hosting.

Advantages of Cheap dedicated servers are most obvious ones, but of course there are some more features why businesses required a dedicated servers India. Be sure while having dedicated hosting to you, you must setup the hostname, name-servers and install all the necessary pre-requisites. Hardware chasis procured from IBM & Dell ensures prevention from hardware failures as well as degradation of performance from the server box itself.

stratogen · 01-31-2011, 08:01 AM

The points you make are certainly valid but these days cloud hosting has some major advantages. If reliability is important (which it is to most sites) then cloud hosting is going to be a better bet. You can still get the same performance of a dedicated server but without the fragility.

cyberls · 02-14-2011, 10:17 PM

Cloud Hosting is the new revelation, but if you consider the cost part ,you will have second thoughts. The vps's are made cheaper these days with good support provided. So why not stay with vps or dedicated??

kaethy · 03-09-2011, 05:58 AM

A dedicated server is itself, the physical piece of hardware that your hosting provider rents to you. It has its own processor, hard drives(s), Random Access Memory (RAM) and bandwidth capability. Your website and its associated software will be hosted exclusively on this dedicated server’s hard drives. Dedicated servers allow you to install and run almost any program. They additionally allow other users, whom you have given access, the ability to connect to your dedicated hosting server and use those same programs at the same time you do. This has made dedicated servers very popular amongst internet gamers. Dedicated gaming servers offer all the same features of regular dedicated hosting servers but they are intended for less serious pursuits.

Performance
You are not sharing the system resources such as processor power, memory and disk space with other sites on the same server.

Greater Reliability
You do not run the risk of the server being slowed down, swamped with traffic, or crashed by another site on a shared server.

Security
As nobody else has access to the server you can be sure of having a much greater degree of security.

Custom Configuration
If you need to install special software or configure the server to your own particular needs then often a dedicated server is the solution.

Custom Firewall
Run your own custom firewall to enforce your own access control policy.

Your own IP address
Most shared hosting sites share a single IP address, with site traffic directed by the server examining `host headers'. In contrast your dedicated server has its own unique IP address.

Upgrade Path
More memory, disk space or extra processors can be added as the need arises.

SLAs
A Service Level Agreement.

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inter-viewer · 05-05-2011, 09:40 AM

All those advantages are only available at the reliable hosts, which are far not everyone offeirng the named service. May name particularly hostv.com provider.

Josh-A · 05-12-2011, 05:30 AM

The main advantage of Dedicated server is that it offers Dedicated amount of resources like CPU and RAM which is only allocated to a single account. No other user shares the server resources with you. So you won't get performance issues like in Shared where if any client uses more resources than allocated to his account, other client's websites gets hampered due to this. This ensures that you get a better performance. Moreover you can install any 3rd party application on the server and also customize the server as per your requirement. This will make the server even more better to use as you can change the settings at any point of time.

shakir · 06-06-2011, 02:30 AM

yh agree dedicated is the best but the price is not affordable and for medium and small site no need. Now shared is very advanced and not like before offering almost host unlimited features dedicated ips etc for cheap price and even big sites can run on it

jimfaster · 08-12-2011, 01:47 AM

More control over what can be installed and optimized.
Also the resources that you would be able to use compared to shared hosting.
Loading the page should be much faster.

I suggest people go with the VPS (Virtual Private Server) first, and when there is a need for a good dedicated (real) server.

PeakWebHosting · 08-17-2011, 02:00 PM

Definitely agree with the security part. Cloud is getting a lot of hype but it cant offer the security that dedicated can. A public cloud instance cannot pass any sort of compliance check (PCI, SAS70, HIPPA, etc.) And cloud's scalability feature can be misleading because of the small use required to keep the price low.

Asher ross · 08-18-2011, 11:10 AM

Hi, Dedicated servers are the most reliable servers to host any website with central control and security over every single aspect of hosting resources.

jhone007 · 09-06-2011, 04:27 AM

I am using dedicated hosting for my one of the site.I accept that this is more expensive then other hosting but you can fully control on your site & security .You can use your whole web space. There is high speed of your website cause of high dedicated ram for your website.

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