Questions tagged [dedicated-server]
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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Renting a dedicated, but getting a VPS. How to detect? [duplicate]
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 (...
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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 ...
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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....
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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What is a good alternative to webmin for dedicated server management? [closed]
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 ...
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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....
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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 ...
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What should I know before considering a VPS or dedicated server?
I have a plan for the future for an application and web service. The client will have an application that will send requests to a server-side Java backend that will process requests, and the server ...
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Does Google provide hosting servers means like vps or dedicated servers? [closed]
I want to make it sure does google provide hosting servers like virtual private servers or dedicated besides free hosting that is available from sites.google.com
Does google have something like ...
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How to change the ssh port for a specific ip address? [closed]
I get the trouble with putty, so I prefer using shell (linux) to access server via ssh, my ip address has alter port for ssh is 6091, so is there anyway to access server via ssh by command
ssh root@...
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VPS or dedicated server for a web server?
I currently have a small dedicated server at ThePlanet and I want to do an hardware upgrade.
On this server I am hosting a php web application.
I have done some comparaison between ThePlanet, Amazon ...
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How can I handle big traffic spikes on my dedicated server?
I have an E-Commerce site, which gains a sudden peak of very high traffic when I turn on different ads campaigns.
From this moment on, my current dedicated server (Hostgator, 4GB Memoray, 100mbps ...
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Someone parked a domain on my server/IP - should I worry? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there anything I can do about someone who has pointed their domain at my ip?
I'm running a dedicated server with own static IP for a while now. Some weeks ago I noticed ...
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Should my dedicated static IP address point to my domain?
I purchased a dedicated static IP address from my hosting company to host my domain name. The IP will point to me domain when I ping it. However, when I conduct reverse DNS lookup, my dedicated IP ...
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How to review the init script output on a dedicated server?
I have rented a dedicated server, running Debian stable. Is the startup output that you would see on the screen (if you had one) stored anywhere? If not, is there a non-intrusive way to make that data ...
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recommend firewall options for a dedicated server
I'm looking for recommendations on firewalls for a dedicated server that will be hosting a few websites of average traffic (5000 uniques monthly). the hosting company has port and full hardware ...
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Advantage of installing VMs on dedicated vs native?
If I were to buy a dedicated server, what is the advantage of installing 4 VMs for 4 services (mail, Web, Database, Cache/other) vs installing everything on the dedicated server?
Or is it more for ...
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100 Mbit/s Colocation Connectivity [closed]
I have an offer for 100 Mbit/s network speed in as a co-location service.
100mbit includes download/upload all together?
For example: Can I upload with 100Mbit/s while downloading 100Mbit/s at same ...
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Can a properly wired reset switch fail to reboot a frozen system?
Context: We rent unmanaged server hardware. The hoster's web dashboard offers a "automatic hardware reset" command (next to a "send ctrl-alt-del" command), but it fails to reboot the machine when the ...
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Can't get IPv6 setup statically using CentOS6 on a 1and1 dedicated server
I have a server at 1and1 that I'm trying to setup with a set of static IPv6 addresses. I can't get it to work and have tried every forum and guide I could find on google. Their tech support has told ...
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How to "tape the door" of a windows machine upon leaving?
When I was in grade 8, my entire class took a road trip to Quebec in order to "learn french". We basically just ran around Montreal speaking english and having a blast, but come night time, the ...
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DNS PTR record when domain on shared IP address
I own a typical shared IP hosting plan and domain.
I can modify the DNS of the domain from the control panel.
The mailserver shares the same IP address, so my typical DNS config is:
www.mydomain.com ...
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Installing an OS from a netbooted Linux image [closed]
Let's say that you're working on a strange machine with these limitations:
You don't have physical access at all. You get a serial console, and a network.
You get one of six Linux installs to work ...
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When should I consider a dedicated server instead of cloud VPS?
Currently I have a web app running where I have 9 VPS servers connected to a Load Balancer. As my web app has been getting traffic, I've been purchasing new VPSs to handle the load. Managing so many ...
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Optimizing apache server load
We have an issue with a dedicated server load.
We have 16 processors with 4 core @ 2.40GHz, if I understood correctly cat /proc/cpuinfo output.
Unfortunately, I don't have access to free -m or ...
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pg_hba.conf entry for host
Im getting this error with postgre in my centos vps
Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry
for host "::1", user "xxx", database "xxx_xxx", SSL off in
Here is my ...
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Best way to duplicate a server?
We currently have a dedicated server with one company that utilizes cPanel/WHM and are moving to a new dedicated server also with Cpanel/WHM. I can get it so cpanel is installed then migrates the ...
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IPv6 web server unreachable
I've bought a new dedicated server with 2 IPv4 addresses and a /56 IPv6 subnet. When I ping to my domain names on the dedicated server I get a message back. But when I ping from outside nothing ...
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Document and best practices for configuration of a dedicated server (Centos) to serve just one website
I have just bought a dedicated server and they provide me a IP address, access info as root and machive with Centos 5.
I would like to serve my django app in that machine but because I have no ...
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Modifying IP Whois results?
Okay, I recently bought a dedicated server from santrex.net
If you go here: http://domaintoip.com/ip.php?domain=188.72.215.27
It displays the whois information for that IP, santrex.net
I want to ...
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Transferring data from old dedicated server to a new one
I have a Windows 2003 dedicated server account with WebFusion and they are just awful, I'm not afraid to say. I would like to transfer to a GoDaddy Windows 2008 dedicated server in the next week or ...
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hosting, which one to choose? shared, vps, dedicated, colo?
I have a local centos setup with the following installed. Ive got kind of used to my local server (i like setting up my own servers) and would like to find the easiest way to replicate it online. I ...
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Virtualization as a way for scaling
I'm asking this question to find out what are you best practices to prepare your system for scaling, I know that basically you don't have to over optimized before really having to, and that's the best ...
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centos mysql keeps crashing, what to do?
I recently got a dedicated server under CentOS with OVH. Everything has been working fine since 2 months, but starting a few days ago mysql keeps crashing and that causes various problems with my ...
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Does SQL database perform significantly better on a dedicated machine vs Azure cloud
I'm looking into splitting our database server and application server and am evaluating offerings from Rackspace and Azure specifically around the database server. We are a Saas Web application and ...
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How to be server admin noob and manage security on Linode/SliceHost/Webbynode?
I'm considering moving a Rails app from a shared hosting provider to a dedicated server or a service like Linode, SliceHost, Webbynode, etc. where, if I understand correctly, the security of the ...
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Convert dedicated server from Linux to FreeBSD
I have a dedicated server with CentOS 4 on it. I want to put FreeBSD 7 on it, but I do not have console access nor physical access.
I was thinking of doing a generic install of FreeBSD on a local ...
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Which one to go Dedicated server or Cloud Hosting?
We are going to outsource a solution from the data-center (for some reason), it is a web solution built on .NET and SQL server and it has scheduled night services. I searched for Cloud Hosting (IaaS) ...
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cannot use any yum command: no space left on device
if i use any yum command, i get
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
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File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
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Amazon EC2 + EBS , is it financially smart for smaller startups? [closed]
I am trying to consider where to host my website and I am really sold on Amazon web services but I can't really decide if this is the course I want to take because of pricing. For one thing, I am not ...
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Which Linux Flavor should I use for web hosting?
Love the site! I am getting ready to CoLo Dual Processor 3.0 Xeon server and was wondering what the best flavor of Linux is to install. If someone could point me in the right direction this would be ...
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Is a vlan for one server unnecessary?
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I've been researching web hosting solutions in Japan. Based on this question one of the services available seems to be a VLAN. I've read about the advantages of such a system for a large ...
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