Understanding Dedicated Servers for Dedicated Customers

 Thought of starting out with the problem statements first before actually getting down not so deep to understand the essentials of a dedicated server and WHY a dedicated server should be high on priority if not essential at the moment for you or your online communication channels of your business – big or small.  

How dedicated Servers could be a Useful Investment for Small and Medium Business owners

Problems-

a)    Common Error 103 (net::ERR_CONNECTION-“Site is Down”. Customer frustrated.

b)   You want to check the results at the UCAS website but the site failed to load or provide any useful information. It (site) reads unable to process request due to high traffic. Students are getting anxious and venting on twitter.

c)    You wanted to book a ticket online from an upcoming travel portal urgently but due to high traffic your card request was not processed. Reputation punctured.

d)   QUOTE-‘Shared server is not really my cup of tea. Time to grow up’. A logical issue faced by a mentor, coach and personal advisor. #GrowingUp

e)    Slow speed, now what, shall I check any other site? Customers drifting

f)     “This news has left our website crashing boss, people asking all sorts of question and we still do not have any customer care yet”, a junior executive of a startup company to his Boss, a day after the print/TV media covered their new sensational product on a weekend show. Exciting times but can not connect properly with patrons.

g)    Your have some idea about servers but don’t get it really. They don’t need (@IT) education?

h)   You want to know the exact web traffic details but can not. (Perplexed)

i)     The gaming website you have just discovered falls short on service when it comes to real performance, slow processes. (Many competitive websites will steal the show (users))

j)     You have lost precious data from a website you managed a decade ago and wish to retrieve it somehow. Data Lost Case

We have addressed some topical and logical issues above. Below are three questions for some people who have some idea about servers in general.

A)   The data you (your firm) handle requires absolute secrecy and respect privacy of your customers. You do not want to share your details. What do you do?

B)   “What is a cloud server? Can this act as a dedicated server as well for my business?

C)   You have just bought a domain name and have big ambition to do well, now what. Can you handle huge data?

Understanding dedicated servers- Dedicated (solely your) Servers (web host) is an exclusive storage point where your website data located  is stored, processed, analyzed and presented in the manner you would like the data to be seen. A recent BBC article explains how students were frustrated because a website could not load data due to high traffic congestions during result time. With more people getting access to information and trying out various methods to disseminate information, a dedicated server typically serves most of the purpose a big organization needs. Like data storage, protection and customer support to begin with. Dedicated servers are rented and they come with different plans. It depends upon what operating system you are using or what hardware your firm uses. For example in operating systems which run on Android, BSD, iOS, GNU/Linux, OS X, QNX, MS Windows, Windows Phone and IBM z/OS may require a dedicated server for complex and intelligent computing systems.

What is a computing system? It is a blend of hardware and software. Hardware like monitor, keyboard, Computer data storage, mouse, hard drive disk and CPU etc. can be touched/felt where as software is a product of a concept or an idea and presented as an application to be further used and developed by engineers for common good. In a dedicated server you may not need all the OS or hardware so the requirement can be tweaked according to the requirement/s. customized service will help you manage better how to publish your content before the ‘dedicate audience.’

Web Traffic Speed and Dedicated Servers- Do you worry that if your website slows down or display similar problems intermittently, your customers will run away? There is an entire server management process which runs like a clock so that your business runs well. For example OS/ Application updates/monitoring/management, Technical support,

Firewall services, Anti-spam software, Antivirus updates, Security audits

DDoS protection, mitigation intrusion detection and other backups run systematically to provide seamless user experience. Web servers can always be customized and specifically tailored according to a customer’s requirement.

The need is normally based on the kind of traffic your site attracts, the strategy you may have to increase traffic and anticipating it and/or if your site consumes high amount of resource or processing power. Take control of your business now!

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