WHAT IS A DEDICATED SERVER AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
When looking for hosting on the web, you can feel a little overwhelmed by the long list of possibilities offered: private cloud, VPS , shared servers, dedicated servers , outsourced, etc.
If we add the different services around the hosting itself (allocated RAM, advice, support, bandwidth for example), we can easily be confused by the number of offers on the market.
To find out a bit more, let's take a look at the Rolls-Royce of hosting services: the dedicated server.
Since the democratization of the web, the question of hosting has arisen. Whether for a website, a game platform or internal business applications (commercial management, PGI, CMS, etc.), or even database storage, the need to have allocated space at a host blew up the offer.
By definition, a web host manages, directly or not, part or all of a data centre. In these vast spaces, the servers, rows of hard drives mounted in bays, stacked on top of each other, run 24 hours a day.
The host proposes to allocate a space to your project and takes care of the management of security, resources, access to them, etc. Services can go far beyond a simple dedicated space. At Nexylan, for example, our engineers can, among other things, support you in the design and architecture of your Web project.
Shared servers and dedicated servers.
When a large number of websites share physical resources (CPU, RAM, bandwidth, etc.), they are said to be shared. You share all these services with other customers. This type of accommodation offers a necessarily lower price, but with its drawbacks.
The services being shared, the problems often are too.
In addition, shared IP addresses can be a concern if a website on the same server has borderline behaviors (online games, adult sites, etc.). Your site may be penalized by search engines without you knowing why or being able to do anything about it. Google tends to depreciate these kinds of websites and yours could also risk disappearing into the depths of the internet.
In short, if you have to manage large computational loads for your business (internal applications, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, etc.) and you want a service without flaws or worries caused by others, you should go for a dedicated server.
Unlike shared services, you can have access to a machine entirely dedicated to your project. This is also the great strength of a dedicated server: it adapts to your needs and not the other way around.
Upstream, you will be able to choose the configuration of your server from A to Z.
Do you need to run one or more very demanding applications?
You will need a strong and powerful processor , such as an Intel Scalable Silver dual CPU with 48 Cores and 128 GB of memory. A real racing beast.
Do you need a data storage oriented server?
Go for an offer with large capacity disks, our "storage" offer gives you access to up to 16TB of data in RAID.
This material customization is a guarantee of performance but also of adaptability.
If you have developed a marketing campaign, you expect an influx of customers into your e-commerce. You are developing your offer internationally and you will have to anticipate the massive arrival of data.
There are many examples of periods when the activity or your needs will fluctuate. Normally, dedicated hosts listen and support you in setting up a new server.
Dedicated hosting is also synonymous with freedom in its management.
You can very often choose the management interface and the operating system (Linux, Windows server, CentOS, etc.).
There is no limit to the number of applications, websites, you can deploy.
If you integrate virtual servers on your dedicated server, you can also use your favorite virtualization software: VMware, etc.
Moreover, at Nexylan, we offer all our customers a management interface developed by us in-house: N-Admin. This tool has been designed to automate and facilitate the management of your servers, your performance, in short, your hosting in the broadest sense. All with sharp and attentive technical support.
Because choosing a dedicated server means having, in addition to 100% customization, access to professional services.
Additional services are often reduced to a minimum in shared offers.
Dedicated hosting is accompanied in most cases by support for the hardware. Which is a minimum for this kind of service.
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However, with serious hosts, the services go much further.
Nexylan's offers not only integrate services that seem "fundamental" to us, but that are not found with all dedicated hosting players: custom-made infrastructure, performance optimization, increased security, server migration, firewall, support, etc.
All our customers have access to our 24/7 outsourcing and monitoring service.
Our servers are hosted in France on 3 sites several km apart and close to our offices, all our equipment is rigorously chosen.
Because our philosophy is simple: if we offer high- performance equipment and tailor-made dedicated servers, it is normal to support our customers with the same desire for performance.
Our support therefore necessarily goes further to make the customer relationship a bond of trust. You will not find “ready-made” offers at Nexylan , but personalized offers.
This is why we can intervene upstream with advice and support, particularly on the design of the architecture, the choice of equipment calibration (hardware, network, etc.), but also during the life of the project itself: recalibration of servers, performance analysis, evolution of infrastructures, etc.
If you opt for a dedicated hosting offer, you want performance and security. With Nexylan , you will also have peace of mind and daily support unequaled in France.