subject: Dedicated Server Web Hosting Some Easy Explanations [print this page] What is a Dedicated Server Web Hosting and why do we need them? Well if you are searching for answers to these questions, then it can be safely assumed that, you are familiar with web; you know what a website is and why people need it. Now lets come to our point, first you need to know how, a webpage is hosted. There are lots of servers who, has web server to host a (or many) website. They can put it on rental basis for just the space or many services. In that case, you will have some space, where you can upload your files and they will do the rest of the work. Now, what is a dedicated server web hosting? Well, this is also a server. But in this case, the whole server is on rental basis. You are having full control over the system. You do your own work. Only the hardware is provided by them (bundled with software) with the bandwidth.
What are the benefits of having dedicated server web hosting? Many, on other type of hosting, you dont get the control over the operating system. Now, lets say after a long effort and heavy payment, you have got your companys website fully designed. But after hosting it, you find that some features are not working. Why? Your site was designed on a newer version of PHP, but the server runs an older one. You used IBM db2 database, server runs on mySQL. Or, your designers used a special backend software/module which needs to be installed on the server to make the page working. If you had a Dedicated Server Web Hosting, the .server was yours. All you had to do is just log into the server, upgrade or install anything you need and viola!!! It is working now!
The next issue is security. You have the control over everything. Who can download and who can upload. Its not some space, shared by many and controlled by someone else. You decide everything.
Thats the fun of Dedicated Server Web Hosting. If you are worried about the maintenance of the Operating System and maintaining track of new security issues and installing the patches, no worries. Most of the Dedicated Server Web Hosting comes with that automatically. That means, the owner of the server are as much worried as you, and they will do it for you. You can also do it, but lets keep things clean. You do your software, user, web management and OS configuration. They will do the OS housekeeping for you.
So, you had little walk in the vast world of dedicated server web hosting. You know what is it for and what it does. Lets hope, now you can come up with a decision.
