Dedicated Server
Reseller Hosting

Dedicated server reseller hosting employs a computer (web server) whose resources are devoted exclusively to the needs of one web host. That one web host then makes all the decisions about how to divide those resources among his or her end-user customers.

Dedicated servers are also used by individual companies in support of a single, highly trafficked website.

Speed and Flexibility

Dedicated hosting provides significantly faster information access and greater flexibility with software deployment, security, traffic balancing, and scalability than shared shosting.

Dedicated servers also come with greater responsibility on the part of the reseller who must administer the server while running their business.

Warning - Server administration is a complex process that contains many nuances which are best handled only by people who possess the necessary technical skills.

Make The Right Decision Now

So before signing up for a dedicated server, do your homework and be careful to make the right choice as it will be a nightmare if you wind up having to move all of your customers to a new server later on.

For this reason it’s important to select a hosting provider whom you can trust to be your long term business partner.

Down The Road

Most long term hosting resellers will graduate to dedicated hosting at some point in their business' evolution but it’s not usually a good way to begin without having some solid technical fundamentals in place to operate a web server.

The technical requirements of running a dedicated web server is beyond the scope of this writing as it very involved but, fortunately, other solutions are available for people who lack the time or the inclination to become experts on managing web servers.

Managed Hosting

One such option is to buy a fully managed or partially managed dedicated web server. This means that your wholesale host’s experts will administer your web server and even offer some technical support to you and your customers when needed.

For a small hosting business this is a great benefit. However, even if you have a fully managed server, you'll still need some degree of server admin capability.

It's Not Just About The Money

You should discuss this with your prospective wholesale service provider before leasing a dedicated server.

The move to a dedicated server from a private label hosting plan is a significant step and it comes with a much greater degree of responsibility on the part of you and your company.

Along with this responsibility comes the additional commitments of both time and money. Besides the significant monthly cost of leasing the dedicated web server, you'll also have to hire or outsource an administrator with the skills to manage it for you.

Dedicated Server Reseller Hosting - Advantages

• The feeling that you are running a large, professional company
• You have full control of all your web server's resources
• You have the freedom to install any software software you choose
• You have the ability to monitor all server resources, thereby heading off performance problems