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Load balancing on dedicated server

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

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If you have a website on the internet than it is very natural that you have a server to host the site.If you have a good traffic on your website and you have a dedicated server to host your site than it is necessary that your server responds very quickly to all the incoming HTTP requests for your website.If your website is growing and is becoming popular than it will be very difficult for your server to respond quickly to all the HTTP requests made for your website and the site will load very slowly and the users will have to wait for a long time to view the web pages.For this reason you will have to upgrade the configuration of your server or but as upgrading the configuration is very expensive it will no more be cost effective.You will need a cost effective solution to solve this problem.

For this task it is very important to improve the server scalability.As there are many requests made at the same time more servers are needed so that the load gets distributed and the scalability is also increased.This process of increasing the scalability and distributing the load is called clustering and load distribution among the servers which is nothing but load balancing.Load balancing is applied to both database as well as application servers.

Mechanism for load balancing.

The load balancing mechanism used for distributing the HTTP requests among the servers is known as IP Spraying.When there are multiple servers in the group the HTTP requests needs to be evenly distributed.It acts as a single server to one single server to the clients like an internet browser.The equipments used for Ip spraying are “Load dispatcher” and “network dispatcher”.You can call them as “Load balancers”.IP Sprayer is the one which redirects HTTP requests to a server in a server cluster. This all depends on the type of IP sprayer involved so that the architecture can provide more scalability, load balancing and overcome all the fail-over requirements.

You can have a look at one of the load balanced server  so that you get a rough idea of the structure of the load balanced server.clustering-servers Load balancing on dedicated server

Disadvantages of dedicated server

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

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Dedicated servers are very well known by all the people who are associated with the internet and specially the web hosting industry.Many of us are aware of the benefits of the dedicated servers but,as there are advantages of something there are some disadvantages too.Dedicated servers actually do not have so called disadvantages as the major one which is the most important one is the cost of the dedicated server.As dedicated server belongs to one client and there is no other account holder,the entire cost of the server is given by the client.In a shared server as there are a number of users or clients using the same server the entire cost of the server is distributed among all of them according to the plans they have chosen for the usage of the server.As the cost gets distributed it is much more reduced and it gets affordable for all the account holders of the server to pay for the server.But as the dedicated server and all the resources of the server are used by one client he has to pay the entire cost of the server.

The cost of the server is also high because the server physically exists.The server originally costs a hundreds of pounds and the fact that the provider who is providing you the server has to make up the entire amount of server in a short period of time and so he has to keep the cost high so that he can do that as soon as possible.The cost of the data center maintainance is quite high as the data centers are provided with a good security,electricity supply and engineers 24×7x365 days.So naturally the cost of all these services is taken from the clients who are using the servers kept in the data center.Not only this,the cost of the bandwidth and the rackspace that has been filled is also taken from the client.

Your web host plays a major role in deciding the cost of your server.The cost of the server is decided by your web host as he also wants to earn profit when he provides you with the server.The relation of the web host and the datacenter is also important as the datacenter provides the server to the web host which provides you the server,as the web host is providing the service the web host is going to charge you the amount as they want to maintain a profit from your server but at the same time the server has to be kept in the datacenter so that it is connected to the internet.

Advantages of dedicated server

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

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Dedicated server,as the word suggests is only dedicated or in other words given to and owned by one client or customer.Dedicated server is the server which belongs to only one client and there is no other client,account holder or no one is sharing the server with the owner of the dedicated server.As their is no other account holder for the dedicated server it is said to be the best server type as you are free to use the server according to you.One of the best part of dedicated server is the fact that all the resources of the server entirely belongs to you.You do not have to worry about the other account holders (as there aren’t any) and you can use the server resources according to you.As only you are using the resources,you very well know that how much resources you require for a certain period of time.

The dedicated server will provide you the flexibility too.If suppose you want to share the resources of the dedicated server with someone else than you can do that too.So by this you can select the appropriate plan or package for you from the different plans or packages available with the web hosting company that is providing the web hosting service to you.Here again the best part of the dedicated server is noticed.If you have a dedicated server you can customize your server according to your needs and requirements and as there are no other users sharing the server with you,( as mentioned earlier it depends on you) there is no one to complain or have any issues with your customization on the server.The customization you have on the server is definitely going to help you out to increase your business standard or in other words to give you a reputed name in the industry in which you are working.This is because as you have a dedicated server you can allow your website traffic to flourish.

If you have a company which earns a lot,or say a good amount of money of your entire amount of turnover then,dedicated server is the best for you as dedicated servers are more reliable,safe and give you a guaranteed up time.If you have a a web hosting company then it is very beneficial to you as you can give your clients the reliability and up time that they need and is very essential for your company so that you build a good reputation and respect among the customers for the company.As dedicated server give you all these features or in other words all these benefits,dedicated servers are much better option than any other hosting type as you will not get or will be able to provide these features to your customers and the fact that if you are sharing the server with any other websites or account holders than it is certainly going to effect you.

Name server configuration on a dedicated server

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

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A domain name server (also called DNS) is an internet service which registers domain names which is very important to start a website.domains are the links or in  other words the addresses of your website.DNS not only registers domain names but also operates and allows you to own the domain names.So it can also be reffered to the internet directory which maintains the domain names and their matching IP address as we have a phone directory.The emails and the domain names are delivered by the domain name system.Accessing the domain name systems means that you can also access websites and emails.It is therefore a very important tool to let all this to happen.Domain name system can be installed from the internet as their are many resources and guidelines to help you out.A central registry has all the gathered information from all the domain name servers across the internet.To get your the information and updates of websites about the domain and where to find domain name or the website of the any indivisual  computer networks check in with the central registry.It will not be possible to locate the website of anyone without the domain name server and the information it provides.It takes approximately 48 hours for the websites new or modified information that is entered into a domain name server so that to find it across the internet.

Backup and FTP Configuration on Unmanaged Dedicated Servers

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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Data loss due to the hardware failure or any other disasters is very threatning if you have some important files.For these important files it is veery important to have an additional protection.If you are looking for an additional backup for your files which are important for you then FTP backup is the answer for you.This is a practical remote backup destination as FTP (file transfer protocol) allows you to store important files offsite.FTP backup is supported by backup4all.You can easily backup your data to a remote computer or device by using FTP connection.

FTP remote backup can be very beneficial to you if you are any of this;

A Company- A company always has some private data which should be secured and even if your company has a policy of backing up locally as a must,you have to consider a remote backup solution to give your company’s data an additional security option against local hardware failure,theft,fire or the natural disaster’s.

An Outsourcing Company-If you are an outsourcing company and you are outsourcing work to freelancer’s or other companies, you must be knowing that backing up offsite files is very difficult.And if you also have employees working on different locations,then your success depends on their work too,so to help you out to have their work protected you can use FTP backup.

A Hosting Company-As a hosting company,you have to give your customer’s the value of the services they are expecting from you.In this case,you have to offer them a a reliable online backup solution which will not only increase the value of the service but also gain trust and respect for the company.But,for this you have to use a good remote backup software to as the value of the service depends on this.The best would be to give your customers a product which is simple and reliable and for this the best choice would be backup4all.

A Computer Consultant- If you are an individual or a company that provides consulting services then you can install Backup4all on your customer’s computers and set it so that it automatically does the FTP backup. You are sure this way that their important data is backed up. The advantage: there is no need for their manual intervention, not to mention that if you set Backup4all to send email notifications, you will receive information on the status of their backup without visiting directly with them.

A Regular user-If you are a person who travels a lot then an FTP backup is very necessary for you because you can access your remote backed up data on the FTP server from any computer,By simply entering the security details known only by you.FTP backup can be used as a personal remote backup solution, protecting your data against theft, fire or other disasters that could affect your hardware and result in data loss.

Using Backup4all you can easily backup to FTP by selecting your FTP server as a destination. You can define the FTP configuration and using the security details that you have (username/password) your data can be backed up onto the FTP server.

Bandwidth definition on dedicated server hosting

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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Bandwidth can be defined as the amount of data that can be transmitted through a communication channel in a given or fixed period of time.Bandwidth can also be reffered to the data rate or the frequency range of a communication system.So,bandwidth can be reffered to both the terms,capacity and time.But,In an analog channel or in a digital channel that is wrapped in a carrier frequency,Bandwidth is the difference between the highest and the lowest frequencies and is measured in hertz(KHz,MHz,GHz) whereas in a digital line,it is measured in bits per second or bytes per second (see mb/sec).

People who are said to be computer people or in other words the regular users use the word bandwidth very broadly.for example:-It is possible that a computer guy may say “Enough bandwidth is not available around to get the job done” by these words he means that there’s not enough people or time to complete the task.However the true meaning is written above.