Dedicated server hosting gives you complete control of the server hosting your web site. Dedicated Servers allow you to choose what runs on the server, its security levels and any configuration settings. The two main types of dedicated servers you will find upon looking is a server running either Linux or Windows as the operating system.
Linux Dedicated Server Hosting
These servers come with the free Operating System Linux installed on them. The main configuration setup of software on a cheap linux dedicated server is to use Apache as the web server, in addition to PHP and mySQL. On these servers, root access will be given to control all aspects including domain and web site configuration and the conf file if running Apache web server. Since Linux is a free operating system, there is no overhead cost for licensing and this results in the Linux Dedicated Servers being a cheaper option.
Windows Dedicated Server Hosting
Windows servers are normally running a version of the Windows Server operating system. You will normally see the newest version of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 running on these servers. The common configuration setup for a Windows server is different than a Linux server as it runs IIS as the web server and SQL server to handle database requirements. A Windows dedicated web server is able to run a WAMP (Windows, Apache, mySql, PHP) configuration. Windows servers do typically cost more because windows is not a free operating system, like the Linux OS is.
The owner of the server will ultimately need to decide if they would like Linux or Window on their dedicated server, as it depends on their server needs. With different needs comes different choices. Those looking for a cheap dedicated server solution will want to purchase the cheaper Linux servers. Anyone running open source PHP applications will almost always want to select a Linux server as their first option. Windows server is the only way to run .Net applications that are built to use a SQL Server database. In the end, the choice of what server you pick will be based on your own web site hosting requirements.
While you have chosen the operating system, you will then need to decide if you want to pick a managed or unmanaged dedicated server solutions. If you want to handle everything including patches and configuration, you will want to go with an unmanaged server leaving all the responsibility with you, while a managed server will take care of this for you, including server backups for a lot of them.
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