Archive for the ‘Dedicated Server Hosting’ Category

Discount on Dedicated Server

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Discount can be offered on a Dedicated Server and the percentages differ from one hosting company to another. Generally, dedicated server hosting companies offer discount on yearly prices or to dedicated server resellers.

BODHost.com offers two months free of dedicated server hosting service with our yearly prices. We also provide dedicated reseller service with increasing number of discounts on every dedicated server leased from us.

Unmetered Dedicated Servers

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Dedicated Server Bandwith refers to the data transfer rate from one to another in a given time period and is often represented in bits p/sec

For example, visitors to your server, web site, or applications use Dedicated Server as the traffic moves from your server to the Internet and vice versa. Connectivity refers to the “access providers” that supply bandwidth, or data transfer rate, through various connection points across a network or footprint to one or multiple data centers where dedicated servers are housed.

Dedicated Server bandwidth are measured as follows following:

• Average bits and Transfer Speed
• Unmetered Dedicated Server
• Total Byte Transfered

95th Method: Line Speed - average utilization, refers to the speed in which data flows from the server or device. Measured utilizes bits p/sec , kilobits p/sec, megabits p/sec and gigabits p/sec

Unmetered Dedicated Servers : Unmetered Dedicated Server is the total Mbit/s Speed allocated to the server and configured with Port switches. Unmetered Dedicated Server services usually have an additional charge.

Dedicated server providers utilize huge number of bandwidth, lesser price from more no. of providers. This is in place of expensive infrastructure.

Network Uptime are packaged along with Service level Agreement provided by the dedicated server hosting provider. Most offer 100% Network Uptime with redundant hardware.

Basic Dedicated Servers come with 2000GB or 2TB High-Quality Bandwidth Per Month. These can definitely be upgraded to a Unmetered Dedicated Server

Unmetered Dedicated Servers

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Unmetered Dedicated Servers

Bandwidth is one of the main features of a dedicated server. This mainly refers to ( Incoming / Outgoing ) Data transfer of the server. Basically, formula of bandwidth is calculated on monthly basis or 30 days. Bandwidth basically is in referance to packets.

Unmetered Dedicated Servers does not refer to unlimited capacity, however it is a rough figure of the projected bandwidth per month. This can be offered in many connection types such as 10Mbps / 1000Mpbs / 1Gbps.

At BODHost, we offer many different types of Unmetered Bandwidth Options :

- 10Mbps High-Quality Unmetered Bandwidth Per Month
- 20Mbps High-Quality Unmetered Bandwidth Per Month
- 50Mbps High-Quality Unmerered Bandwidth Per Month
- 100Mbps High-Quality Unmetered Bandwidth Per Month
- 1Gbps High-Quality Unmetered Bandwidth Per Month

Buy Dedicated Server

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Are you looking forward to buy a Dedicated Server ?

If are you looking to purchase a Dedicated Server, there are a few important points that we need to take care of. Basically, we need to understand our requirements such as how much disk space / storage do we require ? or how much bandwidth do you require ?

Once we have understood the requirements, we need to understand what applications are required on the dedicated server. Budget would be the next question which ofcourse is main for many client who need a dedicated server. The next would be which is the hosting company we should opt for ?

In order to research for a good dedicated server hosting provider, you need to refer a lot of reviews, uptime stats, Support test checks and others. These are few of the important points when we look forward to buy a dedicated server.

Cheap Dedicated Server Hosting - A Myth

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Cheap Dedicated Server Hosting are main focus of many Data Center’s today due to the basic fact of fierce Competition faced by them. It has been known that price has become more important than quality. Ofcourse, this can easily be contradicted at some point. Quality and Cheap Servers differ from one Data Center to another. BODHost.com believes in providing quality services as well as cheap prices to customers. We offer a fully managed dedicated server which only starts at 99USD Per Month with Free Setup!

Client’s should always make sure they do not compromise quality in any case. The basic fact remains, the better performance you have on the servers, the better is the profit you will earn from it, so why compromise ?

Cheap Dedicated Server Hosting packages, if not opted with the appropriate hosting company / Data Center , can directly affect an important business website. So, eventually it is upto you to decide, what do you need ?….Performance - Quality - Profit or LOSS!!!

Dedicated Server Reseller Service

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Dedicated Server Reseller is yet another concept in hosting industry. These days there are many hosting companies which resell services bought from a Data Center. The hosting companies basically add their own profit margin and sell them to their customers.

Infact, many hosting companies sell fully managed dedicated server to their customers. However, there are many disadvantages of a dedicated server reseller. One of them may be the price which will soon or later be known to the customer and he will eventually move to another hosting company or Data Center.

Another thing is the support in relation to the hardware that has been utilized at the Data Center Location. If there are any major hardwre issues, they are not sorted easily and may take a long time to resolve. Most small hosting companies are dependant on a large Data Center.

Linux - Terminal Server Client

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Through Linux Terminal Server Client, we can connect to a Windows or Linux destop which can be accessed through Applications. Click on Main menu => Internet => Terminal Server Client. It basically is a graphical representration to the command line vncviewer and RDP through “tsclient” Command

For remote access, Terminal Server Client are the best way to connect. It can also share sessions and supports through VNC, Xnest and Citrix ICA client. Once you connect, make sure you have administrative rights to the server you are connecting.

It is possible to setup Linux Terminal Server Client on linux dedicated servers and it’s connection to other applications or Operating System.

Exchange Server 2007 and Features

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Microsoft Windows Exchange Server 2007 has many key features which are improvise from Exchange Server 2003. First one is server roles which reduces the time for installations and configurations that wer done manual by windows server administrator. It is provided by Analyzer which not only analysis the problem but also assists with the solutions. Windows Exchange server 2007 can easily connect to outlook express 2007 with auto-configurations. Exchange Management Console / Exchange Management Shell easily manage with Server roles and rules. Migration tools performs to reduce the complication with multiple mailboxes migration.

It has also been introduced with command-line interface which can be checked by administrators. Pre-defined permissions can be assigned easily with Exchange Server 2007. With 64-bit architecture, memory usage is increased. Routing through Active Directory are not required in Exchange Server 2007. Troubleshooting tools solve issues easily and updates at regular intervals. Web services API update information on mailboxes or calendars and can also integrate with Outlook Web access. One of the exchange server setup is as follows :

Anti-spam filtering is set at network settings. It also blocks various viruses, malware etc. It also comes with Microsoft Forefant security for anti-spam / viruses and be customized. Exchange Server also continuously replicates which is essential for cluster servers. In this case, manual migrations of mailboxes is not required. Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption are encrypted o Exchange Server Server 2007.

Transport rules of Exchange server also has transport rules to allow organizations to manage records with folders. One of the feature is Flexible Journaling which help admin to journal e-mail per database and through Multi-mailbox search it is very easy to search for mails.

Scheduling Assistant assists with schedules of meetings, this is mainly for corporate organizations. With Calendar Attendant, it simplifies and maintains calendars and reduces the load of notifications. Resource Booking Attendant are marked in Address Book and be customized. It has much enhanced Outlook Web access which is provides better functionality than the version that was released earlier. LinkAccess receives link on Microsoft Office Sharepoint to to display document. In this, VPN or tunneling is not required. Authhentication and security is improved. Exchange Server also has a voice mail system which can record message in the absence of the administrator. Exchange Server has ActiveSync which maintains secure connections with a server and a Mobile device.

Windows Exchange Dedicated Server are normally setup on Cluster Servers.

Exchange Dedicated Servers

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Migration from Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 is an important process. Following are two types of Migration Process and important points :

- It is not possible to more Exchange Server on Windows 2003, to move up to Windows Server 2008
- Due to Failover Cluster Setup, clustered mailboxes are not possible to move.
- You cannot upgrade Stand-alone Server to Windows 2008 Server without upgrading Exchange Server.
- Recovery features cannot be used while upgration.
- Exchange Server can be moved from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 by pre-installing server and migrating data on to it.
- Process also includes replication of mailboxes, folders, data.
- If we migrate on pre-installed server, we will not have to manually modify the files.
- It also reduces downtime.
- In terms with cluster servers, it is important we keep the existinf data and remove any third-party applications, Exchange and then upgrading the Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008. All pre-requisites should be fulfilled while migrating from one operating system to another.
- In order to maintain the data, it depends on the number of servers in cluster.
- In case of multiple mailboxes, move all mailboxes to another server and then uninstall Exchange.
- It is important to uninstall Exchange and Windows Powershell from passive node in cluster
- We need to check all tasks for each server role
- Server role recognition is important
- Windows Server 2008 with Exchange Server 2007 should be planned
- EdgeSync process should run same version of Exchange Server 2007.
- Edge Transport Servers subscribed to Active directory.
- Exchange Server 2007 does not have cross-operating system

Windows Exchange Dedicated Servers are normally setup on Cluster Servers.