Web Hosting Dedicated Hosting

What are the most essential features for a managed dedicated server plan? I want to open an online business that will allow customers to have accounts. Some managed dedicated hosting plans have features that others do not and I am a litte confused. One company mentioned something about bandwith overage but I was not sure on what it meant.

which is the best dedicated server / managed hosting service out there? i would like a comparative list of service providers and their rank and their price so that i can choose which one would be the best for me.. i want to have SSL few ip addresses and ofcourse all the basic stuff including a 2-4 free domains with it... can you guys help me out?

Which webhost(s) offer affordable, reliable, and easy to maintain dedicated hosting? I need suggestions for good webhosts that offer affordable dedicated hosting and support for people who don’t know much about managing their own server. I currently operate several high traffic sites and am in need of affordable (cost not exceeding $150 per month) , reliable (offers great support), and easy to maintain dedicated hosting (I know nothing about managing a server myself). I'd prefer to hear from people who have had actual hosting experience with the webhost. Thank you for your time.

What are some reliable yet inexpensive hosting solutions for dedicated servers? I have developed a java based web application using struts, tomcat, mysql etc. I want to host all of these on a server (OS platform should not matter since it is all Java and mysql) that runs in some reliable data center. I want to get the benefit of all the managed services (they take backups etc right) but have my own server for dealing with the user-load and also that the Java apps dont run nicely on shared hosted systems (and they will not have all the tools and libraries we use). I am looking to see if there is any data center in India as well that has proven connectivity. Whatsoever information on this topic is much appreciated.

hi, I have a dedicated server with windows 2003, how to manage my server to host websites and to be public FTP hi, I have a dedicated server with windows 2003 , how to manage my server to host websites and to be public FTP

Can someone recommend me a book about running a dedicated webs server? can someone recommend me a book from amazon or any where on managing and learning about running a dedicated server I am running a Linux: CentOS 4 I want to learn how to Install and run virtually anything on the server, Host multiple Web sites on one server account. Learn security and trouble client problems like down time and errors. Please any books out there

Where can I get a low-cost, but still reliable Windows Virtual Dedicated Web Server? Should have control panel Where can I get a low-cost, but still reliable Windows Virtual Dedicated Web Server? Should have a nice control panel for managing the websites. The plan should allow hosting of unlimited domains and loads of bandwidth. Please suggest me some websites. Pls. note - reliability (uptime) is my prime concern.

Who should my first employee be in my video sharing website? Hello, First i know very little when it comes to programing and software etc. I want to find out how and who to hire for my website project. From the research i have done it seems that i could start off getting hosting from a Managed Hosting with a dedicated server for around $100 to $400 to start out with. I was told because its a youtube clone type site that i would be better off with this type of set up. Now the question is: Who is the person called who will be able to correct software,install new software, change the content/design of website. The go to person when there is trouble? Software engineer? Also who is the person who i go to when i need to upgrade a program or ad another program to my website. I would like to start placing small classified ads to get help with my project and want to know who i should hire and what roll they should play. Please keep in mind I am trying to save money I need to hire the bare MINIMUM I would need to make the company run. thanks you

Is there any type of "regular maintanence" that needs to be done with Linux web servers? Pretty straightforward. I'm a designer looking to upgrade to a dedicated server hosting plan, but as the host does not manage the server themselves, I am wondering if I'll need outside help. I can work my way around SSH and install apps and such, but don't know much about maintaining a server, if this is needed.

Should I install Visual Web Developer Express (VWDE) or SQL Express on my dedicated server? Server Specs: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Service Pack 1 Computer: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz, 0.99 GB of RAM I want to install Dotnetnuke on IIS 6.0 to manage my internet hosting business.

Unmanaged dedicated server questions? Hello, I am considering starting a website that will require a dedicated server the thing is that I would much much rather an unmanaged server to a managed one simply because a managed server is soo much more expensive. The problem I have is that I have never before administered a server of my own with such depth and control over it and the extent of my knowledge is an account with a shared host. The site will only be using a small php script and I couldn't imagine any intensive changes to the server ever being needed. My question is would you recomend me getting an unmanaged server? Are they difficult to administer? Can you learn how to administer one just by having one?(exerience) Are they as daunting as they sound? Are there any guides out there for how to manage a fedora core 6 server with WHM and Cpanel? (Links Please) How could someone administer a server without having a control panel(cpanel/whm)? Sorry I was not trying to compare dedicated to shared but to give an example of the depth of my knowledge, although I have run a webserver before on my own computer it isn't quite the same because i am using windows xp. The reason it needs to be dedicated is because the site will be cpu/ ram intensive. I dont want to go into detail about the site although I'm sure people can draw their own conclusion not that it is necessary. Also where do people learn this stuff without going to an education establishment and taking a course in it?

Want to buy a cheap dedicated fast server? I have a server which i bought yesterday that i would like to sell......server is really cool......just that i was looking for a server for streaming puposes and this server is very slow for that, but its very fast when it comes to transferring data, storage and for hosting sites.....the details of server are given below...... Processor: VIA C7 2.0 GHZ Disk space: 160GB SATA2 RAM: 1GB DDR2 400MHZ Bandwidth: 100Mbps Unmetered Managed: NO Its already setup so you can save on that too.... Looking for 60$ atleast because it was bought for 70$.....it can be negotiable though......if anyone is interested please contact tvforcesupport@gmail.com or email at the same address.......

is IP to IP (direct IP connection) for video chat possible?? I'm currently using Yahoo Messenger for chatting with webcam and notice that more often than not, the video streaming lags. While at the same time, I have this device from D-Link (DVC-1000 which is a stand alone webcam for video conferencing that turns your TV into a video conferencing device. Of course the other party should also have this device) and upon observation and comparison, I can't help but notice that when I use DVC-1000, there's no lag at all while YM based and/or MSN Messenger based video chats often has lags in video streaming. Could it be that D-Link's host server for this service is better and more dedicated for video conferencing than MSN and Yahoo?? Lastly, any of you guys have a much better host for FREE video conferencing that is better than MSN & Yahoo? And of course, nothing will beat I guess direct IP to IP video chatting as there will be no host to manage the process, is this direct IP to IP video chatting possible? If so, how do I set it up?

Email Question? I have a web site that I am soon to manage and the client has an OPT IN email newsletter database. Do you think its best to go with a third party host for this with a dedicated SMTP server or try and run batches from the regular host SMTP server? The have tried the later and have been getting about 40% bounced back email. I think its the server timing out. The database is Access, the list contains about 8000 records. The email is sent twice a month.