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The processor, or CPU in a dedicated web hosting server is like the brain behind the machine. It is an electronic circuit that can execute the commands on the server in question.
This term has been in use in the computer industry at least since the early 1960s. The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed dramatically since the earliest examples, but their fundamental operation remains much the same.
The book, the Web Host Manager Administration Guide, is a great reference book for any dedicated server admin to keep handy at all times.
WebHost Manager is a package used by web hosts to manage their servers and the individual user accounts they hold. It is part of the same package as cPanel, so the host uses WebHost Manager while the client uses cPanel. WebHost Manager is at the core of many web hosts’ business. Using web host manager, you can keep track of the accounts on your server, monitor their bandwidth and disk space usage, and much more.
Dedicated hosting is a tricky beast.
Knowing everything a dedicated hosting server should provide is enough to make your head spin too. So with that in mind, and to help you start the new year off right – I thought I would share with you some of the more important features to look for.
Lunarpages is stepping up in performance and power with two new hosting plans I am sure you will get a kick out of. Not only are they giving people more CPU, RAM and other server resources – they are doing it at half the price of the competitors out there. Here is a little more information about both their new Xen VPS hosting packages and the new Dedicated Intel Core i7 servers.
Xen VPS Hosting
Here is a little more information from the article:
What makes Xen VPS hosting so great? Xen-powered VPS are completely independent from the hardware node, and each other. This means that you are able to run updates independently of the hardware node. This also means that one customer can’t crash a service or the server. If one front end server ceases to work, the VPS’ that were running on that server can be restarted on other Xen servers, almost instantly.
Read More About: Xen Power Added to Lunarpages VPS Hosting
Dedicated i7 Hosting
Here is a little more from the article:
Not only does it come with the unparalleled security, control, and management options all our dedicated servers come with. It also comes packed with the best processor in the world of dedicated hosting.
What is so great about Intel? CoreT i7 processors? – Lunarpages’ Dedicated i7 Hosting Plan takes advantage of Intel’s Core i7 processors, the most recent technology from Intel. This provides a faster, more intelligent, multi-core technology that applies processing power where it’s needed most.
Read More About the Intel Core i7 Dedicated Servers at Lunarpages!
When it comes to dedicated hosting, you want performance over anything else. With these two new hosting offerings, Lunarpages is able to deliver in performance, speed and reliability.
RootCheck scans the system looking for possible trojans, scans the ports for malicious activity ,and checks for rootkits, and also the logs, permissions and more.
Installation Instructions
Login to your server and su to root.
wget http://www.ossec.net/rootcheck/files/rootcheck-0.4.tar.gz
tar -xvzf rootcheck-0.4.tar.gz
cd rootcheck-0.4
./install
This will take you to an interactive installation. Make sure you have CPAN on your box because rootcheck requires the Perl Modules IO::Interface.
If the installation is finished you will get this message
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Compilation successful. Ready to go.That’s it! If everything went ok, you should be ready to run RootCheck. If you any doubts about installation, please refer to INSTALL file.
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Scanning the System
Now you are ready to run rootcheck.
There are quite a few options butthe simplest one is
./rootcheck.pl
If the installation was perfect you would get a progress screen of the scan after which the results will be written into results.txt the result is quite explanatory and gives details of all suspected files.
Hope that helps you with your dedicated web hosting RootCheck issues.
What is the benefit of paying more for dedicated web hosting? Well, for one – you get bang for your buck. These days, dedicated hosting solutions are becoming more and more upgradable, so it might be time to start looking at what services you can add to get better performance from your dedicated hosting server.
Now, what is there to upgrade? I thought you might ask that. First things first, you have to look at giving yourself:
Many dedicated hosts offer tiered systems too, to help match you up with a bigger better plan, rather than adding thing one by one. This might be more expensive up front, and less in the long term picture of things. Why? The reason is, is because you get more performance, which is well worth spending the money – if you can bring more people on to the dedicated hosting account.
So when push comes to shove, looking at extra features or paid for upgrades is never a bad thing.
RAM in the dedicated web hosting world, is the amount of Random-access memory a server has. Not to get too geeky on you, it takes the form of integrated circuits that allow stored data to be accessed in any order.
RAM is really needed for your computer whenever you decide to perform an operation. Let’s say that you want to do some word processing on your computer. All the letters that you type are going into a temporary file that is stored in the RAM. If your computer shut down in the middle of your document creation and you powered it back up, most likely your information would be lost. Why? Because it was stored in RAM.
The same thing could be said for your dedicated server. The more RAM it has, the more processes it can take care of at the same time. Much of the web hosting lingo out there makes more sense if you think of it in relation to your personal computer. The two things are much more similar than they are different, that is for sure.
Why is dedicated hosting so important to business?
Well, for the most part it all comes down to reliability. You don’t want your important business web site hosted on the same sever space a Pokemon fan page is on, that might get hacked – and bring your web site down along with it.
Power is also something that many businesses are looking for, and you can’t get more CPU or Bandwidth on any other web hosting plan. Dedicated hosting makes it possible to get your web site going and keep it running, by having more server resources to work with.
So there you have two reasons why businesses turn towards dedicated hosting. Know of anymore reasons? Feel free to leave them in the comments!
How much do you know about Red Hat as it pertains to dedicated hosting?
Red Hat is one of the largest and most recognized companies in the Open Source community, probably best known for their enterprise-class operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
The advanced platform really eliminates the costs and complexity of enterprise-class virtualization, high availability and storage management. Here is more about the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server from the developers:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is available in two variants for servers. A base Red Hat Enterprise Linux server is designed for small deployments while Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform is designed for mainstream customers and provides the most cost-effective, flexible, and scalable environment. Both versions are based on common core technology. Both include a comprehensive suite of open source server applications and virtualization capabilities.
To learn more about Red Hat as a dedicated hosting OS of choice, be sure to check out this link:
For dedicated hosting needs, Red Hat is one of the best of the best.
Many people often ask, when it comes to managed services from any dedicated hosting provider, what exactly are the services managed? Here is a good example of what you can expect to see.
Some dedicated web hosting providers might also have several levels of service you can pick from when it comes to managed services. This usually covers light management for little things, medium management for an average number of services, and large-scale server management which allows them to practically run all the difficult things for you on the server side. The important thing to remember is to find the right web host that meets you dedicated web hosting needs.