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Sunday, September 14, 2008

What is a Dedicated Server?

By Adam Gufarotti

Whether you lease or buy a dedicated server, you have total control over what operating system, software and applications are installed. The company's sensitive and financial information is stored in a centralized and secure location with security access created and monitored by the company itself. When shopping around for associated services like control panel access you can broker advantageous licensing deals.

Fast Growing Internet

Shared hosting is no longer valid in the fast growing internet side of your business. Allowing users from outside of your business to have access to the same IP address can seriously affect whatever security measures are in place. Users uploading and installing, sometimes incorrectly, applications and other operating systems can also have a negative impact on the performance of your site. During times of high traffic volume the speed and connectivity of your site can be slowed down or crash altogether costing time and money that is not recoupable. Sleepless nights occur and extensive frustration is extended when a website is down or sluggish and you are waiting for your host to repair the problem. Having no control over the communication portal of your business is no longer valid as growth and the need for speed increases.

Control over your technical environment is crucial for every business today as the internet has become a mainline of communication of goods and services to their customers. Dedicated Servers have now expanded into a universal product and service. Maintaining control over your business is a given, now with the easy acquiring of personal dedicated servers it just makes sense to extend that control technologically. Great peace of mind also comes with having remote access to your own dedicated server, from anywhere in the world, if it becomes necessary to re-boot your own server and you can do it in an instant.

More Economical

Small businesses are realizing that leasing a dedicated server through a host is not only economical but sets in place a system that can grow along with them. Renting space through a colocation host is also a viable alternative to keep the budget at a manageable level when office space rent is at a premium.

Manufacturing and warehouse based businesses that have the room to house their own dedicated servers but have air quality issues can purchase specific cabinetry to encase their server racks. There are air-conditioned cabinets with sealed, silent cooling systems for environments that have particle or dirt filled air. Having your own personal dedicated server is now affordable, adaptable and easily incorporated into your growing business.


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