Explanation of Dedicated Packages

When we speak of hosting web servers, there are 3 basic types - hosting servers, VPS (private virtual hosting servers) and dedicated packages. Shared hosting servers accommodate a lot of clients and therefore the resources per web hosting account are limited, VPS give you more server configuration independence, but also influence other virtual servers on the hardware node if used rashly, and dedicated servers give you the possibility to do everything you wish without interfering with anyone else.

Why would you require a dedicated servers?

Dedicated servers are normally much more high-priced than shared web hosting servers or VPS servers. Why would anyone, then, use them? The explanation is pretty simple. If your company has a resource-consuming web page, or simply has very explicit web server setup requirements, the most logical choice would be a dedicated servers. For somebody who is ready to invest in security and reliability, the bigger price is not an issue. You acquire full server root access and can use 100% of the dedicated server's resources without anyone else utilizing these resources and messing with your websites.

Hardware architectures

Most website hosting firms, incl. us at OKCISP (OKC's Internet Space Provider), offer several hardware configurations you can select from based on your demands. The hardware configurations include different types of microprocessors, a different amount of cores, different RAM and hard disk sizes and different monthly bandwidth quotas. You can pick a Control Panel, which is a handy tool if you wish to utilize the dedicated servers for website hosting purposes only and prefer not to use a Secure Shell terminal for all the changes you will be making. We offer three types of web hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The web hosting CP of your choosing

If you are a self-assured Linux user (our dedicated hosting web servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could manage your dedicated packages through SSH only. That, though, could be inconvenient, especially if you want to give complete root-level access to somebody else who has less technical experience than yourself. That is why having Control Panel software pre-installed is an excellent idea. The Hepsia Control Panel user interface that we provide does not include complete root access and is mainly appropriate for someone who owns many web pages that consume lots of resources, but wishes to administer the web sites, databases and mailbox accounts using a user-friendly hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting CPs, on the other hand, grant complete root access and offer three levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting packages rather than using the dedicated servers solely for yourself, you should select one of these two.

Server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the matter of monitoring the dedicated servers and of backing it up. In case of a predicament with your dedicated hosting web server, like a non-responsive Apache or a network downtime, it is good to have some kind of monitoring platform enabled. Here at OKCISP (OKC's Internet Space Provider) the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you have a Managed Services package, they monitor the separate services on the dedicated servers too. Backups are also an extra feature - the hosting solutions provider offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could choose a type of RAID that would permit you to have the very same data on two disk drives as a protective measure in the event of a server hard disk drive failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted complete root-level access erases something accidentally.