Dedicated Hosting Explanation

When we talk about hosting servers, there are 3 principal varieties - hosting servers, VPS (private virtual web servers) and dedicated servers. Shared hosting servers host a lot of customers and so the system resources per web hosting account are limited, VPS give you more configuration freedom, but also influence other virtual private web servers on the hardware node if used imprudently, and dedicated servers give you the independence to carry out everything you see fit without intervening with anyone else.

Why would you require a dedicated servers?

Dedicated servers are typically much more expensive than shared servers or virtual private web hosting servers. Why would anyone, then, want to use them? The reply is rather simple. If your corporation has a regularly visited web page, or just has very special server setup requirements, the best choice is a dedicated servers. For somebody who is willing to invest in safety and dependability, the greater price is not a concern. You are bestowed with full server root access and can use 100% of the web server's resources without anyone else using these system resources and intervening with your web pages.

Hardware architectures

The majority of hosting firms, including us at Pittsburgh Hosting Company, offer different hardware architectures you can pick from in consonance with your necessities. The hardware configurations include different types of processors, a different amount of cores, different RAM and hard disk drive sizes and different bandwidth usage quotas. You can choose a hosting CP, which is a handy software tool if you would like to utilize the dedicated servers for web hosting purposes only and prefer not to resort to an SSH client for all the modifications you will be making. We offer three types of web hosting CP software - Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel.

The hosting CP of your choice

If you are a self-confident Linux OS user (our dedicated web hosting servers are powered by Linux or other Unix-based Operating Systems), you could manage your dedicated servers via an SSH tunnel only. That, however, could be inconvenient, even more so if you decide to grant complete root access to someone else who has less technical expertise than yourself. This is why having hosting CP software pre-installed is a bright idea. The Hepsia Control Panel software that we offer does not offer full server root access and is mostly suitable for somebody who runs plenty of web pages that demand a lot of resources, but would rather manage the sites, databases and mails through an easy-to-use hosting CP. The DirectAdmin and cPanel hosting CPs, on the other hand, give you full root-level access and include 3 levels of access - root, reseller and user. If you intend to resell hosting packages rather than utilizing the dedicated servers solely for yourself, you should choose one of these two.

Web server monitoring and backup services

Last but not least, there is the issue of monitoring the dedicated servers and of backing it up. In case of a problem with your server, like a non-responsive Apache or a downtime, it is useful to have some kind of monitoring system enabled. Here at Pittsburgh Hosting Company the system administrators monitor all dedicated servers for ping timeouts, and, if you order a Managed Services upgrade, they monitor the individual services on the dedicated servers too. Backups are also a bonus option - the web hosting solutions provider offers you data backups on our own backup servers. You could choose a type of RAID that would allow you to store the same data on 2 server hard disk drives as a protective measure in the event of a hard disk failure, or in case someone whom you have ranted full root-level access deletes something by accident.