Main features of dedicated servers

A dedicated server is far more expensive than a shared server but it also provides many benefits that allow users to improve their websites. Nevertheless, a dedicated web hosting is not suitable for everyone, not just for its higher price, but also because of the needed responsibility of the user for the maintenance of the server.

It is recommended to examine the need for it and your ability to manage a dedicated server prior of getting one. Many people get excited because of the substantial benefits they are getting from a dedicated server but very often disregard the involved responsibilities.

Most important features that you actually need with a dedicated web hosting:

1. A very flexible web hosting that allows you to manage and put together the software configuration, to modify the server behavior, adjust the timing for some automated scheduled tasks as well as other particular features and options available for your website.

2. No limitation regarding the main areas as you are one and only user of the server. The entire CPU, memory and bandwidth is at your disposal and for your usage only.

3.  You get the top level of security one can have. As you are not sharing the server with any third party, nobody has access to your server and to the data on it, there are no risks of any data loss. However, if you consider that you need a higher protection from any potential virus attack, you can set up your own firewall.

4. A greater reliability that is guaranteed, as in the case of a dedicated server, you will have less or no problems at all with the server. Keep in mind, that the server up-time might be as high as on average 99.85%.

5. A dedicated server allows you to efficiently handle your website’s traffic as it will help your website to load faster and to avoid any traffic blockage. You have the independence to remotely handle your dedicated server.

6. A dedicated web hosting allows you to have a quicker server response time, because you are independent from the response time of other websites, as you are not sharing the dedicated server with anyone else.

7. You have full and unconditional control of the dedicated server and thus you can modify everything you want and configure the software as you consider it necessary.