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<\/span>There is no such thing as an un-dedicated server so what is a \u201cDedicated Server?<\/span><\/h4>\n

The term \u201cDedicated Server\u201d became common with the birth of the web hosting industry. Hosting providers like Online Tech would put multiple web sites on a single server. This became known as \u201cshared” server\u00a0hosting.<\/p>\n

Due to security or volume, some websites required a server that was \u201cdedicated\u201d to just their website. That dedicated server wouldn’t host any other websites and a company could do whatever they wanted to that server- hence the term \u201cdedicated server\u201d was born.<\/p>\n

Dedicated servers are contracted for a certain number of months (e.g. 24) for a specific monthly fee (e.g. $\u00a0199\/month). This generally includes: the server hardware; part replacement including service; a secure data center environment (but not always); and a connection to the Internet. The server configuration (mostly the selection of CPU, disk space and memory), the amount of internet access and the quality of the hardware, and the type of data center will generally dictate the monthly fees.<\/p>\n

Dedicated server hosting<\/a> is\u00a0ideal for companies who want to focus their IT staff on leveraging the power of their applications rather than managing the server, network and data centers. Generally, a dedicated server does not include server management functions like security, backups, restores,\u00a0system administration functions and monitoring that a “managed” dedicated server\u00a0would include.<\/p>\n

In an upcoming posting we’ll talk more about the differences between a raw dedicated server and a managed dedicated server<\/a> and the pros and cons\u00a0of\u00a0each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no such thing as an un-dedicated server so what is a \u201cDedicated Server? The term \u201cDedicated Server\u201d became common with the birth of the web hosting industry. Hosting providers like Online Tech would put multiple web sites on a single server. This became known as \u201cshared” server\u00a0hosting. Due to security or volume, some websites required a server that was \u201cdedicated\u201d to just their website. That dedicated server wouldn’t host any other websites and a company could do whatever they wanted to that server- hence the term \u201cdedicated server\u201d was born. Dedicated servers are contracted for a certain number of months (e.g. 24) for a specific monthly fee (e.g. $\u00a0199\/month). This generally includes: the server hardware; part replacement including service; a secure data center environment (but not always); and a connection to the Internet. The server configuration (mostly the selection of CPU, disk space and memory), the amount of internet access and the quality of the hardware, and the type of data center will generally dictate the monthly fees. Dedicated server hosting is\u00a0ideal for companies who want to focus their IT staff on leveraging the power of their applications rather than managing the server, network and data centers. 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