In dedicated web hosting circles, you might hear the name “Plesk” tossed around. What is a Plesk, how do you use a Plesk, and why do you need a Plesk?! The Parallels Plesk Panel is a software package used by commercial web hosting companies to help you control your hosting account, VPS account or dedicated server.
Parallels Plesk Panel allows a server administrator to set up new websites, reseller accounts, e-mail accounts, and DNS entries through a web-based interface. The administrator can create client and site templates, which predetermine resource allocation parameters for the domains and/or clients.
Parallels Plesk Panel for Linux/UNIX supports multiple POSIX platforms, including Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Red Hat Linux, SUSE and Ubuntu. Parallels Plesk Panel for Windows supports Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
Parallels Plesk Panel installs custom versions of or manages versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL databases (Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine under Windows), Apache Tomcat Java platform server, ColdFusion server, as well as CounterStrike and Battlefield 1942 game servers.
When it comes to the dedicated hosting game, Plesk is one of the best control panels out there – second only to cPanel in performance and reliability.
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