Definition

Lease or exclusive use of entire server without sharing it with anyone else.

Dedicated server usually is necessary for website which gets a big amount of traffic or consumes a good deal of system resources (which stems from a big amount of traffic). Generally server is customized and serviced by web hosting provider, which saves your time and eliminates the need for system administrator. You do not need to organize network, buy routers, etc.

Who is it for

Medium business – if you have a middle-sized company, which has a lot of products and clients. Dedicated serever in this case facilitates selling goods and tech support because you do not need to hire system administator and other special staff.
Big business – if this company needs the same as a middle-sized company but does not want to pay a lot of money for colocation hosting.
E-commerce – if your business is based on selling goods using the Internet (online shopping site or selling software which is available for downloading).
Big projects – if you get a tons of traffic, your site needs a mass of disk space but you do not want to hire system administrator.

How to choose a dedicated server – tips and tricks

There is no universal solution because you have no limit in getting any additional space, support or services.

We recommend to choose dedicated server in accoring to your need in disk space and traffic.

It is easy to understand how much disk space you need: just “weigh” your site and add 20-30% to the sum. This guarantee stable work if your site is going to grow up in the future.

Future traffic can be defined in such a way: take an average size of the single page (including graphics, scripts and styles), multiply the total to the number of expected page views per month, and add 10-20% to the sum. For example, if an average size of the page is 80KB, planned page views per month – 10 million, you need to order 800-900GB of traffic. Actually you need less traffic because static pages and images are often cached on client’s proxy servers and computers.