So you’ve outgrown your shared host and it’s time now to move on to the real stuff. 
Yes we are talking about dedicated servers, those byte crunching beasts. Figuring out all of the options and services can be very confusing.
But No Worry!!
I will try and give you some tips and hopefully guide to your perfect server.

So let’s not waste any time and start with first segment.

What is a Dedicated Server?

Dedicated Server is a single computer connected to a network (internet). This computer and all of it’s processing power is dedicated to a single person or organization. Meaning that the computer resources are not shared by anyone else. You have the full control of the machine and you are free to run any software you want on that computer. 

Generally dedicated servers are used to serve web page requests ( html, images, videos …etc) but they can be used for many other purposes as well.

Do I need one or more servers  ?

To simplefy things we will divide the use of dedicated servers into these two groups:

Full Web site Hosting
Specific Service Hosting (Database, email , httpd …etc)
Single Web site Hosting

Hosting of a single or several web sites. In this kind of setup , all of the services/programs (http software, DB software, email software…etc) are installed and running on one dedicated server. Sometimes these services/programs can also be referred as “servers” them self.
This is the common setup for small to medium trafficked web sites since all of the necessary software needed to run the web site are located on one physical machine.  
Advantage to of this setup is that it lowers the cost, but disadvantage is that all of the machine resources are shared by all of the software and processes.

Specific Service Hosting

Hosting of a single software or service on it’s own dedicated machine. All of the resources on the machine are dedicated mainly for one type of service or functionality. For example, one might host only Database Software on the server so that all of the resources on that machine are only dedicated for processing of Database Queries. You are able to handle more queries, or deliver more pages.
Usually medium to high trafficked web sites will run this kind of setup.  

Traditional setup will consist of one or more server that will only handle web (http) request , then one or more servers only handling database requests and maybe one or more servers only handling processing of the emails. Theoretically there is no limitation on the amount of servers. As a group working together these servers are used to process in millions of requests a day.

Which setup do you choose ?

This of course depends on the amount of requests and traffic that your web site will be receiving. So to be able to answer this question we need to first understand little bit about what services are needed in order for web site to be accessed by the user.

Generally today’s dynamic web sites require two main service types to deliver a full working web site to the user’s browser.

WEB SERVERS / WEB SCRIPTS ( apache, IIS, php, perl, java )
DATABASE SERVER (MYSQL, MSSQL, ORACLE)

Use of the word “servers” in the above text is referring to the application / software and not to the physical machine. This is a common term used to describe the type of application.

Web server handles all of the initial requests from the browser and decides on how and where data from the Database is returned. 
Database server handles requests from the web server in a form of queries. These queries retrieve data from the storage (hard disk) and return it to the web server.

As you can see both web and database server work together to deliver the final product (web page) to the user. 

Usually web server handles more of the logic part so FASTER CPU and bigger MEMORY are always in need more then Hard Drive speed.
While database server handles more of data retrieval so FASTER HD and bigger MEMORY are always in need more then cpu speed.

In any case more memory is always needed

It’s important to note that all of the server software always uses some of the CPU, MEMORY and HARD DISK resources. Eventually they start fighting over the available resources. 
One way to stop this fight over the resources is to separate them onto each own dedicated server.

Another reason to separate service types is that is easier to optmize the machine to run well for one specific task then it is for all of the tasks.
For example:

Since we now know that Database needs faster Hard Drives , maybe we use more expensive faster Hard Drives in DB machine , and leave the cheaper hard drives on WEB machines where HD speed is not as important.
But maybe instead we use faster processors on WEB machines since they perform most of the logic.

Doing it like this we have optimal performance without wasting resources and $$$!

These are just general suggestions , and depending on the web site and it’s functionality these configurations will vary.

Server Features and Components.

Ok now that you understand what each (web, db) server is hungry for, how do you know what components to get?
Because of the sheer amount of different types and models of each component I would need to write several books just to cover that subject. 
So I am just going to give you some general guides for each type of component, which whould help you on your next server purchase.

CPU Speed:

This is a no brainer. More speed (Ghz) that processor has the faster it can do the calculations and faster the pages are going to get returned to the user.
Some CPU architectures are known to perform better then others in server setups so I suggest you do some research on that subject. 

Number of CPU Cores / Processors:

Another no brainer. More cores or processors your server has, more taks it can do simultaneously. Since most of the actions on the server are based on requests and each request usually spawns a separate process, you can see how more CPU Cores enables the server to handle multiple requests at the same time.

Amount of RAM:

I think you see the pattern here “MORE”. Needless to say that more RAM your server has, more requests it can handle at the same time. Reason for that is that each request requires certain amount of RAM so that it can be processed. This amount is dependent of various factors like: Software type, Operating System , Installed Modules …etc
For example popular web server software APACHE can take about 7mb to 15mb of RAM per request or process and that’s not accounting for any other processes already running or being spawned to compliment that each request.

Memory is probably best investment you can make in your dedicated server.

Hard Drive RPM speed

Again the faster the disk spins, quicker it can get to the data on disk. Some popular Har Disk speeds are : 7200RPM , 10000RPM and  15000RPM. 
Biggest performance increase by faster Hard Drives will be seen by applications which access the Disk often. Some of those applications are: Database servers, File Servers and Video Streaming servers.

SATA vs SCSI vs SAS

If you were wondering what all of these acronyms are related to , they are the 3 most common Hard Drive interfaces used in dedicated servers. 
Starting from left with SATA being the most affordable but usually not being the best performer.  While with SCSI generally you get better performance then SATA but at much higher cost and with a lot less disk space. With SAS you get better performance then SCSI and you also get more disk space.
Of course there is a lot more differences between these interfaces. Luckily there is tons of articles on the internet explaining it all. I suggest you spend some time researching.

Generally unless you are running very High Transaction DB server you are fine with SATA. And if you are looking for best performance and you don’t care about the cost then go with SAS.

To RAID or not to RAID

So yes we are still stuck with the hard drives. When you see a word “RAID” being used in a server setup , that means that server has 2 or more HD’s joined in an array forming one logical unit. Raid usually provides increased storage reliability through redundancy. There are different RAID setups and you’ve probably seen some: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 , RAID 10 …etc
Two most common ones you will see in server setups are RAID 1 and RAID 5

What you need to know about RAID 0 is that provides you with some performance and increased total disk space but has no redundancy. If one drive fails, you loose your data. 

RAID 1 provides redundancy thru mirroring and in certain cases performance increase, but you do not get increased disk space. If one drive fails you can still continue operating and be able to replace the broken drive without loss of data. This setup requires two Hard Drives.

RAID 5 provides redundancy and increased disk space. It requires minimum on 3 Hard drives. Maximum of disk space you can have is Size of Smallest Drive) * (Number of Drives – 1). If one HD fails you can still continue your operations.

RAID can be implemented via two common methods, via software or via hardware. 
Software RAID uses Computer resources  while Hardware RAID uses it’s own dedicated resource on the card.
If you have a powerful machine then performance difference between Hardware and Software RAID could be negligable

Generally it is thought that if available Hardware RAID is a better choice. 

If you have an option to “RAID”  your server, I say go for it, at least RAID 1. Servers are 24hr nonstop workhorses and any interruption due to single Hard Drive point of failure could cause serious downtime for your web site.

Bandwidth

Bandwidth is the term used to describe the amount of data that server will deliver over period of time. Hosting companies can choose to offer various pricing structures for cost of bandwidth.
But some of the most popular ones are:

Metered Bandwidth
Unmetered Bandwidth

Metered bandwidth packages usually come with certain amount of included bandwidth a month and if going over the included limit you are charged certain fee per transferred GB ( GigaByte ) of data.

Unmetered bandwidth packages allow you to to transfer as much as you can at the maximum included transfer rate. This maximum transferred rate is measured in Mbps ( megabits per second ).

Each pricing structure type offers its own advantages and disadvantages.

With metered bandwidth you usually have access to much faster connection so your speed can burst up to the hosting provider’s maximum bandwidth capabilities. This enables the user to download the file quicker if capable. Since you are charged per amount of data transfer, you are only limited to the speed of your uplink port.

With unmetered bandwidth you are limited (capped) to certain speed of your connection (10Mbps, 50Mbps, 100Mbps …etc). Amount of data you transfer is not measured. In nutshell hosting company says here is your max speed so you use it up to the max speed or not , you are charged one flat fee for that speed.

With metered bandwidth you have to make sure that amount of data transfer included a month can actually be delivered over a included uplink port. 
For example : Lets say with your server you get 6,000 GB of outbound transfer a month but your uplink port speed is 10 Mbps.
With this type of uplink speed if you were to continuously transfer for one month at the maximum speed of 10 Mbps you would only be able to transfer  3,240 GB of data. So to fully be able to utilize all of the allowed transfer usage you will have to upgrade to higher port speed.

Operating System

Usually hosting companies offer several different types of Operating Systems , but most of them are grouped into Linux/Unix based and Windows Servers.
OS X Server is a very rear breed to find on dedicated servers.

Choosing an operating system is mostly dependent on the requirements of software , libraries and applications you will be running on your server.
Certain software is available on both Linux , Unix and Windows , while others are only available for specific OS.

Linux based Operating Systems are very popular choice since most of them are free and usually require less resources to run then windows.

Control Panel

Control panels allow for easy management of dedicated servers. They allow you setup new virtual hosts, domains, emails accounts and various other tasks that can without a control panel be vary tedious and hard to setup.

Some are free and open source but for most of them you have to pay. Usually paid ones come with more features and support.
Most popular paid ones are : Cpanel, Plesk , DirectAdmin.
Most popular free ones are : Virtualmin GPL, Webmin, ISPConfig.

If you are a novice with dedicated servers and your web server is unmanaged by the hosting company then I would strongly suggest having some kind of control panel installed. It will make your server management easy and you will be able to spend the nights actually sleeping instead of trying to figure out why your apache server is returning “500 Internal Server Error”

One thing to note is that some Control Panels take over your OS and embed them self so deep with the OS that it can make doing setups and installs not supported by the control panel difficult.

Web Hosting Support and Management
Managed or Unmanaged?

Most of the Dedicated Server packages come as “Managed” or “Unmanaged”.

With unmanaged servers it’s your responsibility to manage the server. Meaning that installing and configuring any software on the server falls on you. Unmanaged servers are usually much cheaper and if you do not have any “System Administration” experience it can be difficult to manage the server.
One option is to get some type of control panel which can make the management of the server much easier.

With managed servers responsibility of managing of the server falls on the hosting company. If you are very new to all this or you do not have time to manage it your self then this is your best bet. Usually managed servers are much more expensive. Managed services come with different levels of management. Make sure that you find out exactly what is included in the management of your server, some tasks or software might not be covered and you might get charged hourly support rates.

Remote Reboot

Is referred to an option that enables you to instantly Hard Reboot your machine. This is usually done via web interface and it is useful since gives you the control to restart the server at your command. Once in a while something will happen with the OS or software on the server so that it crashes or freezes.
This requires the hard restart of the machine (cutting the power off to the machine, and starting again).

If remote reboot is not available , you can usually issue an email ticket or call the hosting company them self and they will perform this for you. Problem is that sometimes support team might not get to your ticket in a while, which is why remote reboot comes in handy.

Technical Support

Things do go wrong and they usually happen when you least expect. Servers crash, Hard drives fail, Processors can burn out and what do you do then? You are possibly thousands of miles away from the server and there is nothing you can personally do. You are in the hands of technical support.

There is all types of hosting companies out there, from those run by one person to those run by hundreds of skilled technicians. Some offer 24/7 manned phone, chat and email support, while some have only limited email support. Be careful when choosing your hosting company, pay good attention to the level of support they provide and see what is covered. For support that is not covered in your plan some hosting companies charge as high as 0 per hour. Make sure you read their SLA (Service Level Agreement) to see if they offer any guarantees for any down time as well

Conclusion

I hope that this article was able to give you some insight in the world of dedicated hosting and help you in your choosing of dedicated server.
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Dedicated Servers and Webhosting:

When you think about normal webhosting it’s often on a shared hosting plan. This type of hosting is usually cheaper than a Dedicated Server or Reseller Hosting. These types of Hosting are usually unmanaged, But with the right company there usually there to help unless you run into a problem. There have been many horror stories from some of these companies. When something like this happens, It’s usually better to find another Hosting solution.

Shared webhosting may also be an option depending on your personal Internet Business needs. Most Small Businesses will eventually need to move forward with Dedicated IP options. These options are of utmost importance if you wish for your Business to do any type of Ecommerce. In these instances you will need a Dedicated IP and Class 2 SSL Certificate.

You do not have to have Dedicated Hosting to implement a Dedicated IP and Class 2 Turbo SSL (Secure Socket Layer). The Dedicated IP can be purchased from your Shared Hosting company and added to your existing Hosting account. This will probably run your about .00, .00 a year for the Dedicated IP and a one time .00 fee. Considering that you have to have them to make your site secure it’s well worth the added cost. Any type of hosting you choose, Your Hosting should be able to provide you with the solution you need. With the SSL you will most likely have to shop around for it. Also your Payment modules may also be a factor in your decision of a Certificate.

Google Check out only accepts certain SSL providers for there shopping cart. So be sure your aware of the ones that your solution accepts. Price will defiantly be a factor, Especially if you run a Small Business as I do. There will be many that are out of the question for the Small Business because of there high cost, Some as much as ,000 for 2 years. But, There are affordable SSL solutions for around .00 a year, Which won’t break the bank but will also give you the security that you are looking for.

If you are looking for cheaper dedicated servers, you should be careful while choosing the right specification and package. Things to consider are operating system, data backup and monitoring service, hardware options, space, bandwidth and technical support. Ask the hosting providers to give you a few websites for references, read hosting reviews before you sign up and be sure that the price is affordable.

Having a dedicated server hosting account provides more flexibility for a company that needs to acquire hosting for their website. It also allows the client to have much more control over the server, or servers, that are being used. Some of the control that is available for dedicated hosting accounts, which is not available with shared hosting packages, is having a choice of operating system that is used, customized script installations and hardware choices.

A dedicated hosting service, which is often referred to as a dedicated server or managed dedicated server hosting, is one specific type of internet website hosting that a company can choose, in order to get the site files uploaded and have their website displayed online. When a client chooses any type of dedicated hosting, they lease the entire server and it is not shared with other clients of the hosting company.

There are many instances where a company with a growing web presence will hesitate to make the move to a dedicated server hosting arrangement. They have the mistaken idea that it means the dedicated servers have to be housed and managed on-site. In reality, most of the websites that are run on dedicated servers are located on the premises of the managed dedicated hosting company, which provides round the clock maintenance and support.

Managed dedicated server hosting is a beneficial choice because the hosting client has the security of knowing that they are the only one using the server and that it is 100% exclusively used for their website needs only. This eliminates issues of potential downtime that might be caused by problems on another website that is on the same server and with security issues as well. Many companies have a great deal of proprietary information and customer databases that need to be protected, and managed dedicated servers help to add an additional layer of data safety.

While shared web hosting plan options are less expensive, they are also less secure. In addition to the security issues, there are also accessibility issues that should be considered. If another site on a shared server has a large promotion and experiences a sudden surge in traffic, then that could cause all websites on that server to load slowly or even be inaccessible for periods of time. With a dedicated hosting service, the only traffic flow that needs to be considered and planned for is under the control and plans of the company using the dedicated hosting.

Dedicated hosting services is the best choice when a website project is considered to be “mission-critical” and when the site owner wants to concentrate on the content development and design elements of the site and leave all the technical issues to the experts. The web server hosting providers that offer dedicated server management are responsible for having a technical support staff available around the clock to immediately take care of problems, and assure that the server is up and running at all times.

When a company is new or has a fairly minor presence on the internet, shared hosting is usually more than sufficient and is a budget friendly choice. However, as the traffic demands and complexity of the website grows, then a dedicated server hosting account will likely become a necessity at some point.

For a user it doesn’t matter that in what way and at which place he/she should host the web site but the whole marketing strategy will get affected when user’s site suffers from downtime. Since, several years there are people using almost a dozen different web hosts providers. By that time, if one talks about really good ones which are virtually hassle-free, then they are just one or two and who charges good amount of fees.

One cannot deny the fact that web hosting costs have declined remarkably in past few years, still one should not measure a hosting service only on the basis of price. It may probably happens that service provider demanding high charges can also be the reason of user’s loses of several dollars in the business.

While exploring a reliable host user should give preference to quality in front of cost. Only paying excessive amount is not the criteria, rather user should find a host through whom he/she can enjoy several features without much hassle.

Technical assistance:

An ideal hosting company provides 24/7 tech support to their clients. User should ensure that company should not only have an email support but also phone support, so that in case of an emergency one can directly contact a representative to tackle down his/her problem.

Period of Down Time:

Every hosting provider will claim one or the other form of uptime guarantee. One should carefully analyze the written material on the small print in order to fully understand their actual assurance. There are certain chances that the assurance provided was only for the website but not for the email services.

One can find several hosting providers in the market claiming for a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Which denotes that they are assuring downtime will be not more than 45 minutes each month. Certainly, if the user is involved in a big business such a small spare of time can be critical and can be quite enough to damage the whole business operations.

The user will certainly get some compensation if the hosting provider fails to meet the assured up time, but it will be not quite enough for the user to fulfill the damage occurred due to lose of traffic and even in the business. If the user is suffering from down time more then one’s a year then he/she should look for another host providing adequate service.

Server Load Monitoring:

One should verify that his/her host should bear the feature of handling the server load that user’s site will produce. Particularly, when user’s site will catch a large amount of traffic while dealing with majority of host’s, it is at that time that user will receive a restrictive amount of bandwidth only. If he/she exceeds it may needs to be compensate with extra amount of money.

Hence, one should have full knowledge of bandwidth allocation. So that, nothing undesirable should not happen while user was enjoying a large amount of traffic.

Secure Server:

Secure server can be very useful for the users who do not want their credit card details or storing personal data to be disclosed to anybody. This is because protection is a demanding aspect for every internet shopper.

There are few of the hosts who navigate their clients to the secure portion of their server and due to this URL will actually change making site inaccessible to the visitors. The drawback of this is that several web sites place their online store on such a secure area which will remove user’s potential web pages making it away from the potential search engine rankings.

To avoid all these problems one can secure an area in his/her own site, which the user can do through buying a secure certificate for his/her domain name. This is later “installed” by the web host providing infinite secure areas in his/her site with own domain. One can consider it as a remedy of professional level getting rid of all sorts of troubles.

In-House Hosting:

There are several companies which are the web hosting providers altogether in favor of hosting their sites on their own in-house servers. Thus, one can get few benefits of doing this but one should go for this if he/she possesses a full-time IT person who is specialized in web server management.

One can promote site accessibility through In-house hosting. The capability by which visitors can access to the site and can download material from it highly rely on user’s local ISP and the connection efficiency. Still connectivity with broadband DSL or cable, cannot provide adequate speed as required. It will raise the time taking for the download and adversely affect the efficiency of site if there is a huge amount of traffic.

There is no assurance of uptime while dealing with In-house hosting and in some way also lag behind in adequate technical support.

However it doesn’t matter whether user’s server is suffering from downtime, or there is no Internet access, or scarcity of power, one’s site will remain inaccessible to the visitors.

Thus at last one can conclude that there are several pros and cons of every hosting need.

What can be the suitable one is up to the choice of the user.

Varieties are spread out….go and search out.

What is a Dedicated / Virtual Dedicated server and why is
it different than normal web hosting. Web hosting offers you
limited control of how the server your web site is hosted on
behaves. Normal hosting plans put many customers’ accounts on a
single server and you upload your files to that Server.
Dedicated / Virtual Dedicated servers allow you to actually
control your own server where you receive Admin access to
install and run virtually anything YOU want on the server. You
can host multiple web sites on the one server account, and even
sell hosting and host other sites on your server.

I have referred to Dedicated and Virtual Dedicated Servers. You
may ask, what is the difference? Virtual dedicated servers are
similar to Dedicated servers as they offer many of the same
features, but at a much lower price.

With a virtual dedicated server, the customer shares the server
space with a limited number of other customers using the same
server box. Each virtual dedicated server is isolated from the
other accounts giving the user full control of their own server.
Virtual dedicated servers are useful for companies and
individuals that run complex applications that need the
bandwidth, consistent performance, and flexibility of a virtual
dedicated server.

With a dedicated server, you actually lease a server box that is
dedicated to only you and is set up to your preferences. The
dedicated server customer has exclusive rights to the server’s
bandwidth, memory and storage space. Also, a dedicated server
account provides full control of any software installation on
the server. Dedicated servers are useful for companies and
individuals that run very-high-traffic Web sites or applications
that need the bandwidth, versatility, and consistent performance
of a dedicated box.

Dedicated / Virtual dedicated servers are an excellent choice to
use for gaming sites, database management, shared hosting, and
hosting of Web sites that receive high amounts of traffic.

Companies now offer your own customization of your Dedicated /
Virtual Dedicated Server. This allows you the flexibility to
choose one of their popular pre-packaged plans, or go wild and
customize and configure your own virtual dedicated server by
selecting your own options.

One bonus that can help you decide on where to get your server
from is the

support they offer, the value they give you when signing up and
what system

you will actually be running the server on. With support, the
standard now

is to be offered 24×7 email, telephone and Web-based tech
support, as well

as you having access to modify your server 24×7. Sometimes a
free offering

when purchasing the server is given. You should look for
companies that

offer Free and quick setup of the server, so you may be running
in no time.

So you have decided you need a Virtual Dedicated Server or
Dedicated Server. Now what? You need to choose a company to
purchase your Dedicated / Virtual Dedicated Server from. Here is
a company I recommend for purchasing your Dedicated / Virtual
Dedicated Server from.

Domains at Retail – offers 24×7 email, telephone and
Web-based tech support for your Dedicated / Virtual Dedicated
Server, allows you to pick a pre-configured server or to
customize your own server and will set up your account for free.
Visit Domains at Retail at
http://www.domainsatretail.com/wholesalehosting.html for your
Dedicated / Virtual Dedicated Server needs!

Good Luck with the purchase of your Dedicated / Virtual
Dedicated Server and start running your server today

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According to the Wikipedia, Game Server is a remotely or locally run server used by game clients to play multiplayer games. Most video games played over the Internet operate through a connection to a game server. These game servers are offered by the Game Server Providers, companies that lease dedicated game servers. Presently, in the web hosting industry, game server web hosting is one of the fastest growing segments.

Game Servers are of two types, Listen Servers and Dedicated Servers. Listen server are usually used in situation in which the server typically runs in the same process as the game client, allowing a player to both host and participate in the game. Listen servers are mostly operated by individuals, often in LAN situations rather than over the internet. Dedicated servers are the servers which can be run by individuals, but are usually run on dedicated hardware located in data centers, providing more bandwidth and dedicated processing power. Mostly, for hosting game servers for most PC-based multiplayer games dedicated servers are used.

Unlike traditional business hosting, Game hosting is far more demanding. It requires significant amounts of specially formatted server space to meet the demands of many players choosing one game at a single time. There are literally millions of consumers around the world who opt to play games online, which all translates to a need for reliably organized and dedicated service.

Heavy traffic is not the only issue that should be addressed when looking for a game server web hosting service however. Easy to use control panels which can help the site owner automate and organize many processes is also something that should be considered an absolute “must”. This is because the online gaming environment requires a lot of customer support and service, and also many applications and software updates and fixes which can only be managed with a good control panel feature.

Additionally, the amount of space required to handle the needs of the gaming software may limit the number of games available and the gamer server web hosting company selected. The games are each assigned a special “node” on the hosting equipment and each node has a limited number of “slots”, which translate to the total number of players who can access the game at any given time.

The best contemporary game server web hosting companies make about ten to fifteen nodes available on each server – which is a good illustration of the kind of space the games and functions require. This also introduces the need for reporting features that quickly let the website owner know which of their games is receiving the most attention or usage. Such information is critical in expanding offerings or eliminating a game that may be taking up to fifteen percent of a company’s server space.

Hosting providers usually supply their clients with game server hosting services that include the most technologically advanced servers and network connections, very often with the preinstalled software to start online gaming business immediately. The most popular games using the technology of distributed servers are: Doom 3, Medal of Honor, Halo, Unreal Tournament, Counter Strike, Quake 3, etc.

Many online gamers also like to discuss the games they are playing and to socialize with fellow gamers, because of this it is important to see if the game server web hosting company provides applications such as chatting or forums which will add to the enjoyment of the customers.

Finally, though the game server web hosting sites are relatively new, they still require as much security and updating as traditional server equipment. Because of this it is important to inspect each company before making a final choice.

As fast as your game server might be, there will come a day when a problem arises. Perhaps your server will become laggy, maybe it will get hacked, or it might not work at all. When these things happen, your line of defense will always be your game server provider’s support team. Any decent provider will offer free support with your server, and some even offer 24-hour support! Good support is the key to having a good game server, and you shouldn’t give any provider that doesn’t offer it a second glance.

So, just what is good support? A good support person will answer all your questions fully and completely, be polite at all times, and fix your problem in a reasonable amount of time. Preferably, all issues should be solved in less than 24 hours. Most gaming server companies offer support via special online ticket systems, but some go as far as to offer instant message support, email support, and in some cases, even phone support.

To have your problem fixed as quickly as possible, it’s important to open a support request as soon as the problem is first noticed. When filing a ticket, tell your provider exactly what the problem is. Give details about when the problem occurred, what you were doing at the time, what game your server runs, your server’s IP, and how the problem specifically impacts you. Doing these things will not only get your problem solved faster, but will make life easier for support personnel.

Just like with any computer product, a decent game server will have good support. Though providers with better support may be more expensive, it will spend more time online and less time down, giving you more fragging action. No matter how good or bad your particular game server’s support is, keep one thing in mind: you always have the power to change providers.

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Dedicated Server Web Hosting: Extra Bandwidth As Well As Security

When you start your web business and are searching for a web hosting service, why not consider either doing it yourself or hiring a company that can provide you with dedicated server web hosting.

With dedicated server web hosting, the server is completely dedicated to your website and your website traffic. That means that the server isn’t clogged with several sites that the company or server may be hosting. This can cause problems in the long run, such as the system crashing because of too much traffic and more. Also, with dedicated server web hosting, you have the extra security because the server is dedicated to your site and your site only so it’s more focused on security breaches and keeping others out of your system.

Dedicated server web hosting can be done on your own. You only need buy the server and set it up to only host your site. Of course, you are going to need how to work the server and you’re going to have to be at least a little computer literate. If you’re not, take a class or ask a professional to help you set it up. Buying and managing your own dedicated server web hosting can be a cheaper way to go about web hosting but you might be in trouble in case your dedicated server web hosting crashes or malfunctions. Sometimes, it’s good to have a professional on hand in case you need the services.

Ask A Professional’s Help

Search your local yellow pages or ask your friends and acquaintances if they have any companies or professionals in mind who will handle your dedicated server web hosting for you. It might cost you a little more but there’s no price that you can put on the added security and the fact that someone is watching over your network in case anything should go wrong.

So, be smart about your web hosting services and if you have the money, you should definitely try dedicated server web hosting. Find a company who handles this sort of work, ask to see examples of their work and ask to talk to referrals who have used their services before so that you can determine if they’re who you want to go with. Your web site is important to your business, this isn’t something you want to take lightly.

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How To Start Forex Trading In Malaysia

In Japan and Korea, there are millions of housewives who are trading foreign exchange currency online part time and making small daily profits to earn extra income. In fact, there are an estimated more than 40 million educated forex traders are trading forex online for living.

In a recession time like now, less money made from the Husband caused less money given to the Housewife as well. When many companies are retrenching and pay cutting, the income of the Husband, who is the only one who make money, would be definitely affected. Therefore, the Husband might also provide less and less monthly allowances to the housewife for food and other daily necessities. With all the cleaning and nursery jobs for the beloved kids, it is not easy to get a part time job and earn extra income for the family. What else can a desperate housewife do?

Eventually, full time housewives could trade forex online part time and make extra income like USD50 to USD100 per day for food, groceries and other necessities. What does a housewife need? All they need is just a computer with internet access at home. Then, they need to learn a proven and tested forex trading strategies and start trading. How To Start Forex Trading In Malaysia

Somehow, some housewives may have other concerns, like they have no time to look at the forex market! The Forex market is running 24 hours from Monday to Friday only. Forex Traders can always enjoy lifestyle and quality time with their families during weekends. A part time forex trader will only need 1 to 2 hours per day to make money from the lucrative online forex market. A currency pair like USD/JPY moves up or down within 200 to 300 pips in a day. To earn USD100, a good fx trader will only will need to profit 10 pips within a very short period of time. Housewives just have to scarify 1 hour of their afternoon nap time or 1 hour of watching TV time to make extra money daily.

There is another advantage of a housewife trading forex. In general, women are more discipline compared to men. The secret of every successful forex trader is using proven and tested forex strategies coupled with conservative money or risk management and very tight discipline (follow the winning forex strategy all the time). Many male currency traders tend to imply their own theory using existing forex strategies and sometimes enter to a trade even though it is not a confirmed trade!

So, how a housewife shall start to make part time extra income in forex trading? First, learn to trade forex with a reputable financial school. In Malaysia, there are more than dozens of forex schools but not all are very good. Find a forex training course that will provide continuous supports and coaching is very crucial. After that, start practicing your forex trading online until there is a consistency in monthly profits, for example at least 5% to 10% per month. Then, just continue to trade forex and make extra money part time every day. How To Start Forex Trading In Malaysia

For the small business website owner, choosing the right hosting package can be a difficult task. This is just because of  the different hosting packages that are available in the market, and it is pretty much hard to say which hosting plan suits your business requirements. To overcome this issue, the website owner needs to understand the hosting packages that are provided by hosting companies.

Mostly, website owners and webmasters choose from Dedicated Hosting and VPS Server Hosting because most of the time these hosting packages suits their business requirement. But lots of people gets confused while choosing their perfect business solution. In this article we will try to understand what is VPS Hosting and what is Dedicated Server exactly.

VPS Server Hosting :

With VPS Server hosting you can host your website in shared environment, but the resources of the server are dedicated to only your account so the performance is not at all affected by other sites.

You can expect VPS Server Hosting plan cheaper than Dedicated Hosting.

Dedicated Hosting :

With Dedicated hosting you can get all that what you want. This type of plan normally provides a higher level of security, support, and maintenance with a assured level of availability.

For e.g., if you want to install latest CMS software that may need a lots of resources than a traditional website or if you think that your website has grown large and you need more resources for more better performance. In that case, its good to shift on Dedicated Hosting.

The cost of dedicated servers depends on the type of server that you choose. It depends on the server that we choose therefore you need to understand the requirements of your website and as well as applications before paying for a dedicated server hosting. If you are not sure, sign up for a plan that can be upgraded at any point of time. If you have the budget, then you should think about managed hosting.

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The name of the game in Forex trading is predicting the movements of the market. Whoever can answer the question “What will the EUR/USD do next?” is sure to make a nice bundle. The only way to really do this with accuracy is via Forex fundamental analysis A.K.A Forex news.

Putting aside the age old dilemma about Forex fundamental analysis vs technical analysis, no one debates the importance of watching Forex news and adjusting your trading accordingly.

At the end of the day, Forex news and Forex fundamental analysis is what drives the market. A war in one country or a political revolution in another is the kind of news that will have a direct impact on the Forex market and its future trends.

No one is saying that you should ignore technical analysis, the Forex charts will definitely help you in your trading but news and fundamental analysis are two tools you should focus your attention on when trading this market.

Most Forex brokers offer trading platforms with integrated Forex news and Forex fundamental analysis, and if your broker does not, it might be time to move on. Forex Fundamental Analysis Blog

The worst mistake a Forex trader can make is to trade Forex in an abyss. Forex is not a casino and if you do not have a technique including news and fundamental analysis, then you are making a fundamental mistake that will cost you big losses.

In addition, some might find reading the charts to be a little too technical and complex for them, but it is safe to say that anyone trading Forex can handle the task of reading the Forex news and fundamental analysis, They are usually written in simple language that is easy to understand and digest. What you do with the information you get in today’s Forex news is another story completely.

Forex fundamental analysts can take one look at today’s news and conclude that the USD will rise or fall today against the Yen, something that requires training over an extended period of time. Having said that, a large part of fundamental analysis or analyzing the Forex news, is common sense that any person with no prior training can do, at least on a basic level.

In conclusion, trading Forex should be taken very seriously if you want to end up on top, and one of the first moves to make is to choose a broker who offers top notch integrated Forex fundamental analysis in the trading platform. It also helps to keep another window open, perhaps on CNN to stay updated on today’s Forex news. Forex Fundamental Analysis Blog

There are several advantages of paid hosting over free one.
•    First, the user will receive more useful features with paid hosting. Comparatively advanced level of technical support provided the user is in need of it. In a sense, Paid hosts will get very fast connections to the Internet for users of the site will appear quicker. Featured with the accommodation facility paid the user does not need a banner to display per page, the advertising company hosting and advertising to the world that he / she is in a free host. Along with great hosting packages starting from $ 4.99 a month there is no trace of any reason why one should not go with a paid host.

The following rule deals with the simple choice of operating system. You can find hosts offering Windows Hosting or Linux Hosting. It is attractive to the windows, and choose a name that everyone is familiar and many people mistakenly think that because their PC runs windows they need a Windows Host but in this case it is a total misunderstanding. Whatever package you chose windows or linux you will receive a control panel through which you can manage the site. These are graphical environments through which one can control many aspects of your site from the configuration of web mail and installing forum software to form a database. Passing in front of the marble halls of several major business firms prefer to host their websites on Linux servers. Due to the fact that the Linux server that normally runs faster and is comparatively safer than a windows server. This happens in part because of the way that operating systems are built. Windows try to include all possibilities in terms of the basic package while Linux allows the company to add the features they need.

The last thing to consider when choosing a host is the list of features to be presented. If the user does not have enough knowledge about html he / she can go to find an alternative host that supplies in the construction site with free software and an increase of a few even deliver free domain names. You should see a number of different companies and assess what this rule, together with their hosting plans. The technical aspects you should consider are: the amount of disk space available to him, the amount of monthly bandwidth, number of he / she has with them for use. The user must find the number of email accounts that he / she is receiving so customer support functions should not be ignored and the user must identify what is their response time is real and if it exceeds one hour the / she must look elsewhere, also check if the hosting company offers a money back guarantee or not.

The user should try to find what are the additional services that the host is included in the package, for example, make daily backups that offer or not? One must ensure that they offer support for PHP as it is day by day, becoming the programming language of choice with web programmers.

So you can come to a conclusion that while the choice of a site should look for a paid host with a Linux hosting and then compare prices offered by different companies to get more competitive.

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It wasn’t easy but we did it, k to 0k on both demo and live accounts. Let’s take a moment to celebrate and then get down to business. There, was that long enough? Ok.

Why did some people make it and other give up or

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Windows Virtual Server Hosting is a type of web hosting that gets formulated into effect through the segregation of a physical server into many virtual servers. Every virtual server that comes out of this segregation has the individual capacity of and appearance to perform on its own and has all of its functions in place. It also has its own fully developed operating system and the one that its contemporaries have does not affect its own functionalities. It also provides the end user an advantage of rebooting independently. Virtual dedicated server hosting are much better than some other forms of hosting for the fact that they offer a lot of space and freedom to user and comparatively cost very less.

Virtual server hosting can be realized through those applications that control various servers. The security and reliability provided by the platform is unparalleled and the user experience too has been talked about very highly. There are multiple benefits provided by Virtual dedicated Server Hosting. These benefits include the likes of familiar interface, easy installation, effortless administration and enhanced adaptability. Organizations which have a lot of traffic coming to their websites make use of this type of hosting services and those requiring customized environments too hire these services. The licenses that are provided to the end user certify that these hosting services are bona fide and that organizations will have no problems in constructing websites on these software platforms.        

Performing virtualization becomes very simple through these hosting facilities. They can be connected with directly through remote desktop and terminal services. Administrators get complete access over the whole server system and also the authority to install and uninstall programs. The software can be installed as well as customized and subsequently can be implemented with ease. The benefits that the end users get through these virtual server hosting services is that every type of application that would work on Microsoft can be constructed and simplicity of the applications can be taken care of as well.

The Windows Virtual Server Hosting Services do not cost that much. Costs also get reduced quite substantially and the quality platform that these services provide to the end user is quite overwhelming. The developers get the chance of their lifetime to produce some scintillating applications through these services and streamline the operational structure of the organization. The interface becomes too easy to work on and the installation too does not consume too much time. The administration of all the applications that are run on the server becomes quite simplified for the concerned personnel to handle and the ones who work on applications constructed and run on these servers will find the whole process very friendly and easy to adapt with. The servers have earned a lot of acclaim in the IT services industry for making a lot of tasks easier and have been quite instrumental in shaping up the way applications perform. In the end, it is these virtual servers that make the difference between good and mediocre applications.

With so many people launching their own websites for business and commercial purposes, there is this greater need to utilize managed web hosting services as opposed to shared hosting services. Make no mistake about it; there are many benefits to using shared hosting services. The number one benefit is of course, its affordability. Since there are multiple users sharing the cost of web server maintenance, prices can be offered at very, very low rates.

However, subscribing to managed hosting services is a worthwhile investment to online entrepreneurs and ecommerce minded business people. There are more benefits to using a single web hosting service.

What is managed web hosting in the first place?

This type of Internet hosting goes by a number of names, like: managed web hosting, managed dedicated servers, managed hosting, dedicated hosting services, and dedicated servers. In this type, web developers or website owners usually have full and exclusive control of the server(s) that they are utilizing. This means that they have a controlled pulse on the server hardware, software and operating system that is active in their website(s).

In some instances, web developers can even opt for server administration as well; and the server company can provide technical support on a regular basis.

What are the advantages of using this type of Internet hosting?

As stated earlier, there are more advantages to using this type of Internet hosting. A couple of which includes:

1. You can choose your own operating system and operating system support. You can either choose a Linux system (or other open source operating systems such as CentOS, Debian, Fedroa Core,) Microsoft Windows SPLA Server, and Red Hat Enterprise. Having the liberty to choose the application means you can avail of operating systems that you are most familiar with, which practically saves you time in regards to learning the ropes of a new system. Aside from that, you can also choose which OS would actually fit your budget best. If you are a bit tight with the buck, you can always go for OS that is open source technology based, because these are usually offered for free.

You can also have add-on services or support systems like: application patches, OS kernel upgrades, system extensive vulnerability resolutions, and even upgrading on the latest security fixes.

2. If you are particularly pressed for time, you can easily outsource the managerial duties for this Internet type of hosting. You can very easily hire a 3rd party service provider to do: backups and restoration; database administration; DDos (distributed denial-of-service attack) protection and mitigation; disaster recovery; DNS hosting service; firewall services; intrusion detection; load balancing; monitoring duties in regards to the server; performance tuning; programming consultation; software installation and configuration; technical support; user management; and updates on the application, antivirus programs, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) hardware and the operating system itself.

3. Finally, since you are having exclusive control of the web server, you can use extreme security measures on your website(s.) This is particularly helpful to online based companies who rely on the gathering, storing and the encryption of large volumes of data. The Internet hosting company can very easily provide you anti-virus applications as well as scanning systems and firewall protection against possible hackers, spammers and worms.

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After designing of website next important thing is to get it hosted on the internet. The task is not at easy as there are so many companies offering various types of web hosting packages like shared web hosting, dedicated web hosting, managed web hosting etc. Now the problem is which one to use?

In general it is considered a good idea to go for shared web hosting if the user is in a small business and wants to save cost. However before finalizing the deal it is good to know what is shared web hosting service and what are the merits and demerits of shared web hosting.

Defining shared hosting:

If extremely high performance and high bandwidth are not the points in question, then shared web hosting service can be a most convenient and economic way of hosting web sites.. As name implies, in case of shared web hosting service, the web server that hosts the web pages is shared by several other websites. Talking about number of websites on a shared hosting server, they can be in thousands. Now due to the fact that just one server is fulfilling the requirements of many other websites, the plus point is they can offer cheap prices for their server.

As there are so many websites hosted on a single web server, still there is no pint of worry for the user as the web hosting providers will not compromise on any kind of security and performance issues in case of shared hosting servers. Not only that, shared hosting web servers are operated, monitored and look after around the clock by IT professionals, so as to minimize server downtimes.

Shared hosting servers run on UNIX or other multi-user operating system and each website hosted on the web server is provided a separate account in the operating system. These websites hosted on shared servers are provided unique shared IP addresses and are provided with a fix amount of web resources.

The following are some of the merits and demerits of shared web hosting:

Merits:

1. Cost effective: Due to the fact that many websites are hosted on a single web server, web hosting providers provide economic shared web hosting services. Generally, the cost is as low as -10 per month for shared web hosting services. Now-a-days due to cut throat competition in web hosting industry, one can find several web hosting companies offering huge web space and bandwidth with as high as 1000 MB disk space and 40 GB bandwidth.

2. Feasible: Due to the fact that shared hosting web servers are operated, monitored and look after around the clock by IT professionals, who are experts in their respective field, one can concentrate more effectively on his/her web business and the problem of downtime and maintenance will not bother him/her any more.

3. Utility options: In case of shared web hosting, though web resources are shared, utility options are provided by the hosting company so that user can manage his/her website using control panel or similar tools. User is having an option to upload files, modify /remove web pages, add database, check web statistic etc. Not only that, user is also provided facility to create domain name specific e-mails accounts.

4. Efficient: Now-a-days shared web hosting service usually comes with web space and bandwidth that are more than sufficient for small business websites. Efficiency lies in the fact, that in addition to above, one can add more resources and can even overrun the web space or bandwidth usage.

Demerits:

1. Problem with response time: As the web server is shared, websites in the shared web hosting have to face problem of slower server response time as compared to dedicate server hosting.

2. Problem of Reliability: In case of shared web hosting, problem of reliability remains as usually web hosting providers may take care of the security and performance of the shared server but it is also possible that some of websites hosted on the shared server run a nasty program or script or over-utilize the resources, resulting in bringing down the web server. Thus due to fault of one all websites have to suffer downtimes and inaccessibility in case of shared web hosting.

3. Problems related to sharing: As discussed above also, due to fault of one all users have to face the problem for example if there is any one “bad” website in shared web server, due to it all websites on the server can be banned altogether by ISP or search engine due to shared IP address. However it is worth to note that one can always pay extra to get a dedicated IP address to avoid the above problem.

4. Problems related to Security: As many websites shared one server, problem of security always remains in case of shared web hosting as it is quite easy to hack one’s sensitive datas by another on the same server.

Thus in conclusion it can be said that before deciding to deal with shared web hosting, one should consider all the merits and demerits of shared web hosting as highlighted above. One should not forget the success of his/her business depends upon his/her website which in turn depends upon good host provider.

For successful operation of e-business, it is important to make sure that website is performing in the best possible way. The website should be reliable and easily available and this depends upon the web hosting service provider. Two best kinds of web hosting services are dedicated web hosting & data center colocation. There are large numbers of companies providing web hosting India which claims that they deliver best service. Dedicated web hosting & data center colocation turns out to be the preferred option for the business organization. The selection between the two depends on the requirements of the business organization.

Dedicated web hosting and data center colocation have many advantages & choosing between the two depends on the requirements of the business owner. In case of the dedicated server, the entire server is rented out to the clients, while in data center colocation multiple clients house their servers and network at a common place and get connected to telecommunication and other networks. The speed of the website will also gets upgraded by a great extent as network traffic is outsourced to Data Center service provider.

Using colocation service mitigates the risk involved in online business. Data center colocation helps in business development. The same also plays a pivotal role in managing infrastructure & developing provisions. There are large numbers of companies providing best data center in India. Using Colocation services would curtail the risks associated with the e-business. As specified before, data center colocation curtails the risk & enhances security level. Moreover, you need not worry about bandwidth as overall efficiency is improved & bandwidth is optimized owing to the routing system used in data center colocation.

Although data center colocation is expensive in comparison to dedicated web hosting however, it offers you the benefit to customize useful options as per the requirements of the business organizations. Moreover, service providers have excellent power back up. They have automatic generators which start when utility power starts failing. Also, as generators do not start instantly data center colocation have excellent power back up which ensures that important data of the clients does not looses.

However if you are seeking affordable collocation, India serves as a preferred destination. Dedicated web hosting and Data center India are available at very affordable price list. Moreover, affordability comes along with quality. Besides, by outsourcing services to data center in India you get other benefits related to tax and incentives. Looking at the above benefits large number of companies are going for Web Hosting India

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If you have a high traffic website with dynamic features, then switching to a dedicated server is probably the best choice for you. The major advantages are faster load time, increased security, and total control over your website.

This dedicated server is a single web server, devoted solely to the use of one organization, unlike shared servers that host a number of other users and websites. Particularly suitable for larger corporations that process and store high quantities of secure data, dedicated servers often require a higher capital investment yet have a number of key advantages:

1. Higher speed and performance levels

By switching to a dedicated server, the entire host is devoted to running one organization’s software and website. With a shared server, the actions and usage of other websites can impact upon the response times of a website and can even cause a time-out, especially if one website has a promotion and experiences a sudden surge in traffic.

2. Increased capacity

Because a dedicated server is created for just one organization, capacity is only limited by the size of the server rather than the number of users present on that host. Dedicated servers provide a more reliable website which can run full-time with less server jamming. Websites can feature more complex functions and there are fewer limitations on the number of email accounts and attached databases.

3. Increased security

By sharing the server with other sites and users, there is a possibility that other customers may be able to view secure files and in some cases overwrite certain files. This can be extremely risky if a company stores and processes highly sensitive data. If any website on the host is attacked by a hacker or virus, this also makes the rest of the sites on the server vulnerable.

4. Increased site control

With complete server dedication, it is possible to have more control over data access and over what happens on that server, such as which scripts can be run and which online activities can occur.

5. Ability to customise hardware set-up

Dedicated hardware is provided for the server which can only be used by one customer. This allows the customer to have control over the hardware and make any alterations or upgrades.

6. Customised software

Many shared sites have limited features and software availability due to security and stability issues. For example, JSP support on shared servers is still rare. With a dedicated server, there is greater freedom of choice as to which programmes run, allowing a customer’s individual needs to be catered for.

7. Creation of more than one domain

Companies that have multiple divisions or chains benefit greatly from a dedicated server in that they can create several domains on one server. This is more cost effective and efficient than each outlet renting space on a different host and creates a uniform sales platform with a simplified administration and support system.

8. Increased reliability

It only requires one rogue website in a shared server to cause a search engine to ban the entire server, due to the shared IP address. With a dedicated server, reliability is no longer compromised by other customers’ poorly written scripts or security problems.

9. Effective large website maintenance

A dedicated server provides the ability to run a large website, which can be remotely controlled and operated, without the need to employ large numbers of staff. There is no requirement to purchase or maintain server equipment and server upgrades are more cost effective.

10. Technical support

Many dedicated server providers offer additional administrative, trouble-shooting and management support.

If your website does not have any of these qualities, then you know that it is time to move your site to a dedicated server. You’ve put a lot of work into your website, so you deserve to have the best service possible.

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