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In the web hosting industry, a dedicated server refers to a server which is leased in its entirety to a single customer, usually an individual or small business.

In the web hosting industry, a dedicated server refers to a server which is leased in its entirety to a single customer, usually an individual or small business.

Contrast with a which is a virtualized server. In this arrangement is used to share the resources of a single physical server among several customers.

Web hosting providers offer these services to customers who require specialized services not available in typical environments.

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How to verify if a dedicated server is really dedicated?

I ordered a dedicated server 1 month ago and I want to make sure my server is dedicated and not a VPS or Shared server. Are there any tools I can verify that my server is running on bare metal and that I am the only user?
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What is the difference between a cloud server a virtual server and a dedicated server?

What exactly is the difference between a VPS (Virtual Private Server), a Cloud Server, and a Dedicated Server? I'm having trouble finding a concise explanation that isn't littered with advertising.
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Dedicated server provider lying about servers location?

I've been spending some time last weeks researching about dedicated server rentals in Spain and, appart from all of them being really expensive, I found something that's bugging me. So this is a range of IPs used by one of those providers…
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Are Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Processors Server-Grade?

Many web hosting companies are now offering Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors under "cheap dedicated hosting." But my laptop has an Intel core i3 processor, which makes it more likely a desktop processor than a server processor. When I spoke to one of…
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Dedicated server or Cloud Hosting?

This is a Canonical Question about Cloud Hosting When deploying my application to the Internet: Should I chose a dedicated server, cloud hosting or a VPS? What factors should I consider when choosing?
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What is the difference between an Amazon dedicated instance and a dedicated host?

Amazon has two types of "dedicated" infrastructure: dedicated instances, and dedicated hosts. They say: When you launch instances on a Dedicated Host, the instances run on a physical server that is dedicated for your use. While Dedicated instances…
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Renting a dedicated, but getting a VPS. How to detect?

When renting a dedicated server, how can one be certain than he/she is not getting a VPS or some other virtual machine variant instead of a true dedicated hardware box? Which checks can be run (assuming it is a linux box) to detect such case?
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How to design/ensure high-availability of web servers?

I have been given a dedicated server by 1&1 internet, which has two hard drives in a RAID1 configuration. I expected this would be good enough as if one disk fails, the other can take over until the damaged one is replaced. However on two ocassions…
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The importance of ECC memory

Are ECC memory modules important to have on a non-critical server? I was thinking about getting myself a toy dedicated server for lots of random, non-critical stuff. Sporadic reboots are no big deal. I'm looking at one provider but the prices are…
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Are MySQL databases always stored in /var on CentOS?

Are MySQL databases always stored in /var on CentOS? Specifically - If a new CentOS/cPanel server that needs to support MySQL, doesn't have that partition, but only has these, does that mean MySQL data is somehow being stored in a temporary dump…
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Why do modern routers not require clock settings anymore?

From my Cisco books (CCNA level) I learned that in a WAN connection one router must be configured as the DCE and the other as the DTE. In real life I have a DS-3 between two routers. There are no CSU\DSUs (just coax out) or DCE\DTE configuration…
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When does colocation become more cost effective than renting dedicated servers?

The company I use ranges from $136-$495 per month, per server, ranging from low-end (AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+) to enterprise (Intel Dual Xeon X5650, A/B Power). The biggest pro for renting a server is if hardware fails they replace it for you. But if…
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What is a good alternative to webmin for dedicated server management?

I'm using an extra computer I have as a dedicated server, and I'm trying to figure out a few things. First of all, which distribution of linux would you recommend? I love ubuntu, but I'd like to see other thoughts (I know that CentOS is used a lot,…
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How to take snapshot of non virtual server and restore it in VM?

Is is possible to take a snapshot of a non virtual server (Ubuntu) and restore it in a virtual machine? I'm asking because I'd like to have an exact copy of my production server to use as a dev server. Note that I don't have physical access to the…
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Is a VPS with some resources the same as a Dedicated server with exactly same resources?

Apologize if I shouldn't ask this here. I want to acquire a VPS or a Dedicated. I read about VPS and Dedicated and the differences but I don't understand something... Is a VPS with some resources (X CPU cores, Y RAM, Z Bandwidth etc) the SAME as a…
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