Definition of Dedicated Hosting Packages

Free and paid shared plans are one of the most widely used website hosting products on the marketplace. They are splendid for small-scale web pages that do not require lots of resources and do not attract that many web site visitors, but for large-scale web pages with many 1000's of website visitors, a more powerful platform is required. If you require a reliable, no-holds-barred web hosting platform that can handle even millions of everyday hits, a dedicated hosting is your finest option.

Handle the High Load Generated by Your Sites with a Dedicated Hosting Server

With the dedicated solution, you rent an entire physical machine whose resources will be used solely by your sites. Just as any computer, each dedicated hosting server has one or more CPUs running at a particular speed, a specific amount of memory, one or more hard disks, etc. A hosting server is actually a computer with hardware meant to handle high load and certain software activated on it, like web server software, PHP and MySQL software platforms, and so on, which permits the websites accommodated on it to be accessible online.

Managed Dedicated Hosting Solutions

A dedicated hosting server can be managed either by the web hosting corporation, or by the client, on the basis of the given dedicated hosting plan. In either case, the side administering the dedicated server has access to a software tool to restart it at any time. Administration is done via a web hosting CP tool that permits you to supervise the tasks running on the physical machine.

Operating Systems for Dedicated Hosting

There are various web server Operating Systems such as Windows, FreeBSD, different Linux distributions, and so on. Given web hosting companies provide dedicated hosting using one particular OS, whereas others offer customers a choice. MSSQL databases and .NET web sites require a Windows web server, for example, and will not work on another Operating System, while PHP and HTML based websites utilizing MySQL databases will perform on any OS. Prior to leasing a dedicated hosting server, examine what the hosting provider provides and what the requirements of your web site are.

Software Apps for Dedicated Hosting

By default, each dedicated hosting server comes with all the software platforms needed in order to run a website - web server software, database software (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), PHP software, an FTP server and so on, so as soon as you get the web server, you can upload your web site files and get the website online. Most web hosting vendors offer root access, i.e. you can install any software apps on the dedicated hosting server and update any settings. Particular script-powered platforms need server-side apps that should be pre-installed in order for them to run. A lot of shopping cart software scripts, for example, involve such a precondition, and receiving complete root access to the dedicated hosting server is essential for running an online store. Other web hosting service providers do not give root access, but help the client install the needed software - this is the so-called managed web hosting solution, as compared to the unmanaged web hosting service, which comes with complete root access.

Dedicated Hosting by 'LIGHT Cloud Hosting'

The website files on the dedicated hosting server can be administered either via a Secure Shell (SSH) client or via a Control Panel graphical user interface like cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hepsia, etc. There are tens of Control Panel graphical user interfaces out there, and normally web hosting providers provide a couple of them, and with root-level access at hand, the client can install any of them. All web site files, databases, e-mail aliases, access logs and script installations are managed easily through a GUI in a web browser, so no advanced knowledge is required. Some hosting CPs also have a reseller backend panel, so if you purchase a dedicated hosting server, you can not only host your files, but also sell shared website hosting packages to other customers to make money. We, at LIGHT Cloud Hosting, offer free billing software and a domain reseller account with every dedicated hosting package of ours, which enables you to set up your very own personal web hosting company and earn profit in no time as the hosting business is incessantly flourishing.