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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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Should a well-optimized ad server be able to run fine on a single dedicated server?

This is a completely hypothetical question that myself and a colleague have been wondering/debating about, and we thought some of the knowledgeable people at SF could shed some light. Say, for example, you have an ad server that delivers around 10…
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Server configuration

I currently use Linode VPS (512) for my image sharing site. I'm looking to move to an unmetered dedicated server as the cost of my needs on Linode is huge. I have around 60-70GB/day of outgoing data and I need more disk space. My problem is, there…
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bulk vps server

So I'm thinking about get a dedicated server and partition it myself, any recommendation on hosting company that will allocate me /22, /23, etc? What is the cost associated?
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How to move files between 2 servers, dedicated server and azure VM

I am moving from a dedicated server on a hosting company to a new windows azure VM, I need to transfer all files from dedicated server to the new VM, there are about 200GB files to move, I want to know the best approach to move files to the new…
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Fixed ip to specific lan port

How should I go forth to set a fixed/static ip dedicated to one lan port in my switch or router, so that everything i plug in that specific port acquires the same ip? I have a Linksys EA6700 Wireless router and a Cisco SB 300 24x Switch. I've looked…
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How to judge when I need a server upgrade?

I rent a dedicated server for one of my sites (Linux, WHM/cPanel). The site gets a decent number of monthly visitors (over a million), and I am starting to wonder how I should monitor it to discover when a server upgrade will be needed. Obviously I…
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How does one set a dedicated IP address to a minecraft server on Windows Server 2008 R2?

So I bought a dedicated server from staminus.net just for running a Minecraft server. On Minecraft, the default port is 25565. I am wondering how one makes it so that there is no port on the IP address for the Minecraft server. The reason I don't…
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connecting to my dedicated server on the internet

I have a dedicated server with a public. I was having issues getting webdav working so I thought I would try to net use the drive and see if that worked. It did work and I have a mapped drive to my public server's c drive. Should I not do this? Is…
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Does a 150ms latency is good enough to launch a product (USA hosted in Europe)?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my capacity planning? Having worked for weeks on a new mobile app product, we are finally preparing a public launch in the coming weeks. However we wonder if our Europe based servers will be good enough…
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setup mail in virtual dedicated server in godaddy

I bought virtual dedicated server in godaddy. client having domain name in networksolutions. i changed the A record to denote godaddy server. how can i setup mail.there is no mail information such as username,passsword not provided with godaddy…
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How do I know if it is an actual Dedicated server?

I am looking at this offer & I cannot understand whether it is an actual dedicated server (as in dedicated "hardware" server). http://www.ovh.co.uk/products/eg_ssd.xml I am worried, because under Processor it says: Virtualisation: VT…
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RAM meanings when renting a dedicated server

8 GB DDR3 RAM v.s. 4 x 2048 MB DDRII PC667 RAM What is the main difference between 8 and "4 x 2048" They both equal the same amount of RAM right? And what is DDR3 and DDRII?
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Windows 7 on dedicated?

I'm interested in purchasing a dedicated server. I've honed in on the one that I want - http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/eq4 but I really want to use a windows OS. Though Hetzner does offer a windows OS, the fees are very steep -…
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Need to upgrade my dedicated server. Is this a good deal?

I'm looking to upgrade to a better dedicated server at my host LiquidWeb and would like some advice. I currently have a Pentium 4 3GHZ Hyperthreaded, 2GB RAM, and 2 120GB Hard Drives and have been paying $227/month (I've actually been overpaying,…
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How were servers managed before kubernetes and docker?

These days it seems to be taken for granted that containers are being used for servers. I was a junior developer back then but I can recall some stuff. I'll lay out how things were and I'd like someone to add missing parts. create zip file…
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