Dedicated Server Hosting is another sort of hosting service that your business can consider for its hosting needs. Many businesses and institutions find this option to be extremely flexible and advantageous as it allows them the ability to have complete control over the server, from the choice of hardware and the operating system it'll run to a host of other options. And although your company may rent a server, server administration or management is provided by the hosting company as an additional service. However, what many businesses will consider is that generally, dedicated server hosting can offer much less overhead and thus, a larger return on their investment. Dedicated servers are typically housed in large data centers, similar to collocation centers where redundant power systems and other resources are provided. Of course, there's another option besides collocation and it involves the provider owning the hardware while providing support for the operating systems or applications.
Typically, availability, price and employee familiarity determine which operating systems are offered on dedicated servers. Usually some version of Linux or Microsoft Windows Server are provided at no cost, depending on the application and others such as a version of Linux offered by Red Hat Enterprise are offered by hosting companies for a monthly fee basis. With the monthly fee-based version of Linux, Red Hat Enterprises offers regular updates through their network. Support for the operating system depends on the level of management offered through the particular pricing plan you choose with your dedicated server. Dedicated server hosting support could include regular updates to fix security issues and other passes along with other system-wide issues. Other support can include such things as application updates, kernel upgrades, security patches and more.
Interestingly, dedicated server hosting is usually outsourced by host companies as these servers tend to use massive amounts of bandwidth. Because of the exorbitant costs involved with dedicated server hosting, such as large investments in specialized routers and other equipment many companies have been forced to find ways around that through the use of multi-provider blends in bandwidth and other solutions. In fact, many server providers will include service agreements based on what they call network uptime - and through securing multiple vendors for connectivity, providers are more able to guarantee higher, more efficiency uptime. However, there are no clear industry standards that define the management role of a dedicated server hosting provider so each company may use different terms for the same services. Despite it all, dedicated server hosting is another option your business could consider for its computing needs.
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A step-by-step guide to help you configure an add-on domain (a great feature that allows your to host more than one website) on your shared hosting plan.
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Shared Web Hosting
Shared Web Hosting is yet another option for businesses considering their computing needs - and it offers some unique options for companies. In the case of shared web hosting many websites reside on one server. Each site is separate from the other on its own partition. In fact, some companies love this option as the overall cost of server maintenance is shared between everyone involved.
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Reseller Web Hosting
The main idea behind reseller web hosting is that the account holder can use their own allotted hard drive disk space and bandwidth to host websites on the behalf of a third party. How this works is that the reseller purchases services wholesale from the original host, and then the reseller sells services to their customers - for a decent profit.
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Virtual Private Hosting (VPS or VDS)
If you're considering running a web-based business or a website you will probably be looking at several different options based on cost, the number of features you'll be allowed, your own personal or business needs including virtual private hosting (also known as VPS or virtual dedicated server hosting, VDS). Virtual Private Hosting is a most frequently considered a method of portioning a server computer into multiple servers that each have the appearance and capability of running on its own dedicated machine.
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