Dedicated web server hosting

Dedicated server hosting means that you own you own server and manage it. You can install any software and operating system (Windows, Unix, FreeBSD), any web server software, any Control Panel. The prices for the dedicated servers start from about $30 at ev1servers.net.

$30 USD is a small price for not very fast web server. Such server is acceptable if you wish to host 1-5 sites without havy scripts and large traffic. If you want to start your own hosting business or host 20+ sites with many scripts, you should order the better server. It should cost about $100 a month. Usually, webmasters buy the dedicated web servers if they manage large corporate sites or run specific services. For example, if you wish to host peer-to-peer site, you need the dedicated server. For some specific email services (autoresponders, automatic notifiers) you need you own server too.

What other advantages of the dedicated hosting?

• You can configure your web server exactly for your needs. You can setup any Control Panel and maange the site remotely and securely. You can custommize the server as you want. Admins of the hosting company do nto have the access to the confidetial information stored on the machine.
  
  
• You need not purchase the high expensive equpment and high speed Internet connection. You pay about $100 a month for the leasing of the server.
  
  
• The servers are scalable. You can upgrade the hardware for the cheaper price comparing with the retail prices.

As for disadvantages, we talk about dependency from the hosting company (hosting provide), it is not so easy to transfer the data and server configuratio from one hosting company to another; and the expensive price (about 10 times more then the low cost web hosting).

As for the sample, you can have a look at GoDaddy hosting service. For $109, the offer very fast web server with 2GB RAM and 2000 GB bandwidth. Very incredible!

Because the dedicated server is not a cheap service, hosting companies started offering virtual dedicated servers. Virtual web server acts like a normal deidcated server (you have root access, can reboot it, inbstal any software and OS), but it is not a phisical server. The special software (like Virtuozzo from sw-soft.com) shares the normal server resources and creates virtual servers. The virtual didicated servers costs less, certianly. The average prirces start from $20 a month.

Another hosting resources:

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Shared low cost web site hosting
Local hosting (UK, USA, Germany, etc)
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