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Application Server Hosting
A web hosting service is a type of internet hosting service that helps organizations and individuals to host their website online. This enables other people to access their website through World Wide Web. This has become one of the most popular commercial activities where the web hosting companies provide space on their respective servers for the individuals and organizations to host their website. The space can be bought on monthly rental basis or even it can be leased for a certain period. The space ranges from hosting a few pages for a website to occupying the entire server for hosting their application.
Application server hosting is a type of web hosting service in which the individuals and the organizations rents or leases the entire server for hosting their application. It is a dedicated hosting service in which the server is not shared with anyone. In application hosting service, the client gains full control over the administration of the server. The choice of hardware and software are made by the client. The dedicated servers are housed in data centers. They provide surplus power sources and also provide HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning) system. Since the servers are running 24x7, redundancy of data should be made available for restoration and recovery. Dedicated hosting service is highly beneficial for a complex business organization or for a e-business site where more space and security is needed.
A dedicated server consists of an operating system, related software and connection to the internet. All these are housed in hosting provider's data centre. In a dedicated hosting service the choice of the platform on which the application will be run is a crucial selection. There are several vendors available in the market offering operating systems for the servers. Operating systems like Linux and Unix are available at free of cost where as commercial vendors like Microsoft and commercial versions of Linux are offered to hosting providers on a monthly basis. Securing your dedicated server is very essential. Dedicated servers are extremely secured by the providers to ensure safety of the data stored in servers. They deploy various antivirus software for scanning harmful elements like virus, Trojans, intruders, hackers.
Various essential management activities that are carried out in a dedicated server are server monitoring, application updates, performance tuning, intrusion detection, back up and restoration, technical support, application monitoring. Dedicated server providers provide the following types of hosting service.
Fully Managed Dedicated Hosting - This type of hosting is the most popular today. In this type of hosting the company that offers the server space takes care of all the managerial functions required to be executed on the server like monitoring, updates, security etc. This is one of the most efficient type of hosting because everything is taken of experienced technical professionals. The client can only use the services being provided remotely. No changes can be made by the client on the server.
Managed Dedicated Hosting - In this type of hosting all the essential managerial functions on the server are done by the company that provides the server space. Clients are offered full freedom and they can perform some management tasks on the server.
Self Managed Dedicated Hosting- In this type of hosting only the server space is offered by the provider .All the management functions are carried out by the clients. Essential care should be take with the professional if the client is not technically sound.