Control panel with Dedicated Hosting

[Bronson]

Well, not too sure about the same but I have heard that it is better to consider a control panel with Dedicated Hosting. Is it true? If yes, which control panel should be considered and why?

[jason s]

well it depends on your needs if you are considering Linux based server then best option for you would be cPanel control panel and for the windows users Plesk seems to be the best option.

[Kratos]

Well as jason has said it depends upon your requirements and feature you want have
these are some of the well known control panels

* cPanel
* Cortex from EMS-corte
* DirectAdmin
* H-sphere from Parallels
* Hosting Controller from Hosting Controller, Inc.
* InterWorx
* Lxadmin now called Kloxo
* MachPanel from MachSol, Inc.
* Plesk from Parallels
* XPanel
I will recommend plesk
Hope it was helpful

[Thomas]

Hi Bronson,

Basically Control Panel help you to manage your Accounts, Domains, DNS efficiently but it depends upon the requirement of an individual.

Talking about selection of a Control Panel, It depends upon the OS you select for your Dedicated Server, you can select cPanel Control Panel for your Linux Dedicated Server and you can use Plesk or DotNetPanel control panel if you select Windows Dedicated Server as these control panel are more user friendly as compared to other control panels.

Hope this helps

[Andreas]

Thanks for the useful list,Kratos.

It basically is a matter of choice,if you are a webmaster with some years of server administration skills,you can manage without a control panel. But if you are a novice,then,it is strongly suggested to get a control panel with Dedicated Server Hosting package or with any other package.A control panel can help you manage your web hosting account much effectively.It is helpful for both ie. the host as well as the client.

Below are few benefits of control panels:

• Fast, easy installation gets you up and running in minutes.
  Complete Host/Reseller control on offering any specific application to the admin.

• Modular architecture makes it easy to offer any particular or any application with any hosting package.

• It offers many one click installation applications and scripts.

[carl owen]

Apart from the features of the control panel, it is also important to make sure that the control panel you select is compatible with the operating system of your Dedicated Server for better performance.

For example, Plesk control panel is supported on Linux as well as Windows, however, it is recommended to consider Plesk if you choose Windows as it is more compatible with Windows in comparison to Linux. If you choose Linux operating system, cPanel is the best choice

[Kratos]

Cpanel is the most popular control panel and is recommended for Linux OS based web servers and plesk is the most popular control panel for windows based web servers

[Fletcher]

Hey Bronson,

Kratos have pasted all the good control panels for you, I guess you should try to give your input so that we would understand which way you are flowing :drunk: .

Cpanel and Plesk are the two Best Control panels for Linux and Windows respectively

[carl]

Originally Posted by Bronson

Well, not too sure about the same but I have heard that it is better to consider a control panel with Dedicated Hosting. Is it true? If yes, which control panel should be considered and why?

Yes, if you don't have enough technical knowledge and if you don't want to waste your valuable time in running multiple commands each time, you should consider a control panel to manage your server. If you have Linux based Dedicated server then cPanel/WHM is the best control panel and if you have Windows based server then you should consider Plesk or Dotnet panel.

[NCHosting]

For an linux based servers I would point customers in the direction of cPanel, due to ease of use and Open Source support that is available on the net.

[carl owen]

You can also find some tutorials of cPanel control panel through the below link:

BODHost Helpdesk :: Support Center

Hope this helps