A hosting service is actually a dedicated server which is used for internet. Here the owner who hosts service actually leases out the internet service without sharing it with someone. This is also termed as managed hosting service. This kind of individual leasing is preferred more over the shared leasing as in individual leasing the hosting company has full control over the type of features like the hardware, operating system, design required as well as other such services requested by the client. Also in addition to all the services mentioned which the hosting company provides, server administration is an add-on service provided by many hosting companies as an add-on service. The best thing about managed hosting is that the investment is very less but the returns on it is exceptional. Therefore it is considered as the best business in the present world. The reason for this is that everyday thousands of websites are coming up and to run these websites a server is needed. Therefore the server industry is booming like anything.
The hosting companies have separate data centres where the servers are kept with a 24 hour power supply as well as ‘HVAC’ system. The hosting companies have to make sure that the system runs smoothly 24X7X365 as the internet industry cannot bear the losses due to breakdown in the server. Even a minute’s breakdown can cause a loss in billions. Therefore keeping this in mind the server is kept inside a sealed environment where even a particle is not allowed to enter the premises. Even the humans have to sterilize themselves before entering the server zone. Not everyone is allowed inside.
The price which the hosting companies charge depends upon the bandwidth, the space one takes and the operating system one chooses. Basically there is no major difference between the prices of LINUX as well as UNIX operating system. Major Price role comes in when one chooses Microsoft windows server or Red Hat network. These are the leaders in the segment. The main features of this operating system are the recent security fixes which get updated with time, patches as well as resolution vulnerability. Updating the server from time to time makes sure that no excess burden is being put up on the server. So this becomes the most important step of the server management. The up gradation occurs in the form of kernels from the core operating system.
