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Dedicated server means leaving a full set of computer hardware that does not have to be shared with anyone else, to host your web site or application over the internet. There are many control panels available in the market which gives you a web-based GUI interface for basic configuration of your server. However, you will still need very good technical knowledge to manage it. If not an expert you should be at least an intermediate in administrating and patching servers.
You get the liberty to choose your own set of software like Operating System (OS) and application servers, which is a major benefit of dedicated server. Above all, it also gives you an authority to install your own set of security and become responsible. If something goes wrong you are free to format the server as many times you want.
There are few very important technical aspects of choosing a dedicated server that you are going to manage yourself. For example, choose the right Operating System; This completely depends on how intricate and advanced you want the system to be. Additionally you have to be aware of what the operating system entail and how is it going to support your website or the application that you will host on your server. Other options like system vulnerability resolutions, security fixes and patches as well as kernel upgrades are also needed to be considered. In order to ensure safety and security of the server, you need to know about the application updates, security patches and service packs.
Secondary options but equally important, are the bandwidth and connectivity of the server or the datacenter you choose as your host. Normally you get 2 options for bandwidth and connectivity, 10 Mbits or 100 Mbits and they both further come with half-duplex as well as full-duplex. Today you also get 1 Gbit port but it is very expensive and certainly not required for a site with average internet traffic. There are additional 2 sub options for connectivity, one is fixed bandwidth, with this option a fixed amount of data transfer is associated to your server which is calculated as bandwidth per month. For example if you have 50 Gb bandwidth allocated to your server then you will be able to exchange total 50 Gb of data in / out of your server. Going over the limit will incur extra cost or suspension of services. Second one is un-metered bandwidth; here you get a fixed capped data pipe that you can use to its limit. For example you have a 10 M bit full-duplex data pipe assigned to your server then you can use its full capacity without worrying about the amount of bandwidth used. This option is used by streaming or high traffic websites. With this option the end users start experiencing slowness if the limit of the data pipe is reached.
The main reason why many people opt to outsource dedicated server management to experts is because the overall cost of management turns out to be very low, in comparison to the investment of your own time or having an in-house person. One more benefit you get with the managed dedicated server is the SLA (Service Level Agreement). It means, up time is assured and you are always able to point your fingers on the provider in case of a disaster or downtime. It simply works as an insurance of your up-time and data security.
A perfect managed service provider will have pro-active monitoring and automated patching of their servers. Datalame is one of the companies that provide such kind of managed server in London.
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