Dedicated Server Hosting | VPS Hosting http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Hyper-V on Windows Dedicated Servers http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/hyper-v-on-windows-dedicated-servers/ http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/hyper-v-on-windows-dedicated-servers/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:28:10 +0000 bodhost http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/?p=919 This technology basically applies to server and hardware. It allows multiple OS to run on a single windows dedicated server. It is one of the key feature of Windows Server 2008. Hyper-V is basically hypervisor-based technology that supports highly reliable virtualization platform. Windows hypervisor is one of main component of Hyper-V. It’s partitioning is simple and is responsible to maintaining isolation between the partitions. It is known to be secured and does not have any third-part device drivers.

It provides features as production server consolidation, business management, software test and development, dynamic DC  development. It can easily be managed and flexible to requirements. It suppost multi-processors on 64-bit. It also allows migration of virtual machines from one physical host to another with integration with System center virtual machine manager. Hyper-V is available in windows server2008 x64 editions.

]]> http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/hyper-v-on-windows-dedicated-servers/feed/ Dedicated Server Hosting and Types http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/dedicated-server-hosting-and-types/ http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/dedicated-server-hosting-and-types/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:31:10 +0000 bodhost http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/?p=849 Dedicated Server Hosting

There are many types of dedicated server hosting packages and as per client’s requirements, each dedicated server should be setup accordingly.

1) Basic Dedicated Server Hosting

If a client has outgrown from a shared / reseller / vps hosting account, he eventually upgrades to a dedicated server with his basic requirements. Client’s do not require much RAM, Hard Disk and basic Operating System installed on the dedicated server hosting package. Their main aim is to improve the website response time.

2) High-end Dedicated Server Hosting

This is probably the next stage of a basic dedicated server hosting package where a client is looking for more performance of the server as he has understood that his requirements are on a rise now which is then followed by a Quad Core Configuration. However, different client’s have different requirements and setup of the dedicated servers as per their selection is important. Infact, at times there are many pre-requisites that a web server hosting company should take care of.

3) Bandwidth Dedicated Server Hosting

If a client needs to run live video streaming website such as you-tube. He will not only need a high-end server configuration, but also good amount bandwidth which ranges from basic standard metered bandwidth per month to unmetered bandwidth of 100Mbps or 1Gbps Unmetered Bandwidth. The requirement of Data Transfer is high on these kind of websites and it should be able to download or upload on the server as fast as possible.

4) Application Dedicated Server Hosting

Dedicated Server Hosting packages that are utilized to host Applications are known as Application Dedicated Web Servers. Client’s host all kinds of legal applications such as live chat softwares, Flash tutorials, Media file installations and many more.

5) Database Dedicated Server Hosting

Client’s who run Databases such as MySQL or MS SQL on a dedicated server are known as Database Dedicated Server Hosting. These require more of storage space and higher-end server configurations in order to completely manage dedicated servers.

6) Server Mirroring Dedicated Server Hosting

Many client’s require their data mirrored to another server. This is because they do not like to loose any data at any point of time. Servers are synchronized in order to transfer data from one server to the another. RAID Configurations are setup on the same theme as dedicated Server mirroring. The only main difference is that RAID mirrors / strips on Hard Disks and Server Mirroring is Server concept.

]]> http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/dedicated-server-hosting-and-types/feed/ Load balancing dedicated server features http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/load-balancing-dedicated-server-features/ http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/load-balancing-dedicated-server-features/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:55:48 +0000 bodhost http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/?p=844 Load balancing dedicated servers offer many features when compared to a dedicated server. Some of them are as follows :

- Asymmetric load : load can be shared with the backend dedicated server servers. This way, it improves performance on the front-end servers.

- Immediate Activation : In case of failure, the backend server can immediately brought online.

- SSL Load Management : SSL connections can be managed through load balancing hardware.

- Protection against DDoS : SYN cookies and delayed binds. They can work offline and protects from DDoS counter attacks.

- Compression of HTTP : gzip on web browser to reduce load on the data transfer.

- TCP Offloading / buffer : Every HTTP requesy has different TCP Connection. It can serve every client that reaches the sever and takes care of every task.

- Caching of HTTP : It can store the data that are static, it reduces the load on the dedicated web server and does not need to retrieve the data everytime.

- Filtering : Traffic management and filtering.

- Security on HTTP : It can hide HTTP error page, remove HTTP response and cookie encryptions in order to maintain high security on servers.

- Priority Que : Differentiating between decent traffic and bad traffic.

- Request Switch : Requests can be sent to different load balancing servers as per URL that is requested.

- Authentication from client : Authentication for clients to access the website.

- Firewall : Un-secured connection to the load balancing servers are prevented and not allowed. This ensures security on the dedicated server.


Load-balancing dedicated servers with affordable prices are the best solutions to remain online always!

]]> http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/load-balancing-dedicated-server-features/feed/ What are Load balancing Dedicated Servers ? http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/what-are-load-balancing-dedicated-servers/ http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/what-are-load-balancing-dedicated-servers/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:18:17 +0000 bodhost http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/?p=841 High-availability, redundancy, performance have become an important factor of web server hosting. Access to Internal as well as external client IP to keep 100% uptime. Any downtime occoured can bring-in loss to the company. It is also known that load-balancing dedicated server hosting configuration are highly priced. BODHost provide cheap and Affordable load balancing dedicated server configurations that suit every pocket. Even small Intel P4 configurations can be setup as load-balancers reducing a good amount of cost. However, the main concept remains that every requirement is different from one another.

BODHost understands every requirements of a client and provides them with reliable load balancing dedicated server solutions. load balancing servers improves performance on a dedicated server by managing and distributing load among servers. for example, application server and database server. It means application will run from the application server and the database will be retreived from the database server. This reduces the load on one server and distributes it between two dedicated server configurations.

Bandwidth and traffic management on load balancers are also taken care of. Fail-over dedicated server hosting setup and management are all part of BODHost dedicated server management technique program. We also run dedicated server monitoring technqiues that runs through the servers to check if the servers are functioning appropriately.

At BODHost, we understand that how important your business is and make sure everything is running smooth. If you have any questions in respect with load balancing dedicated server setup configurations, please feel free to email our sales department or dedicated server department through http://support.bodhost.com/

]]> http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/what-are-load-balancing-dedicated-servers/feed/ Exchange Dedicated Servers FAQ http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/exchange-dedicated-server-faq/ http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/exchange-dedicated-server-faq/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:12:52 +0000 bodhost http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/?p=902 1. How does Exchange dedicated server hosting Work ?
Ans. Exchange Mail Servers are nothing but standard Mail Server with a lot more features which is integrated with Active directory and an aim to meet requirements of a Exchange Server client.

2. What is basic difference between Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2007 ?
Ans. Basically, if you start, MS Exchange Server2003 is a 32-bit application whereas MS Exchange 2007 is 64-bit application. Also, there were no role infrastructure in MS Exchange 2003 where as this is not the case with MS Exchange Server 2007. It has Role Infrastructure which are mailbox, hub transport, client access, edge transport, unified server. It also support CCR which stands for Continuous Cluster Replication which is required for dedicated server clusters.

3. Is it possible to import addresses and messages from my old mailer ?
Ans. Yes, it is possible to import addresses and messages. However, you will need to download all mails to your local machine and then configure Exchange Server account to import it to Exchange Server.

4. What are the minimum hardware requirements for usage of Exchange Dedicated Server :

For Exchange Server 2003, you will need the following minimum hardware specifications :

- 32 bit Hardware
- 4GB Minimum as AS will be installed on the same server.

For Exchange Server 2007, you will need the following minimum hardware specifications :

- 64 bit Hardware
- 5GB Minimum as AD will also be installed on same server

5. How to backup and restore for Exchange Dedicated Servers ?
Ans. In order to complete the process, you will need System sate backup for AD restoration. For Exchange Server, you need to take backup of all the files, MDB files, EDB files, STM files and LOG files. This is the same case with Exchange Server restoration.

6. What does fully managed exchange dedicated server include ?
Ans. Basically, it refers to all exchange server configuration along with backup and patch installation.

7. How many mailboxes can i create with Exchange Server ?
Ans. You will be able to easily create 3000 Mailboxes with approx. 8MB each per Mailbox. However, it is also dependant upon the server configuration of the dedicated server hardware. Following is an example :

2GB - Operating System
1GB - Application Installation
1GB - Exchange Server
Mailboxes with 8MB for email user

2 + 1 + 1 + Mailbox with 8MB

However, Microsoft recommends 5MB per Mailbox

8. What are the features of Exchange Dedicated Server Hosting ?

- Mobile Access
- Public foler ( Only available in MS Exchange Server 2003 )
- Share Calendar
- Share Mailbox
- Mail Group
- Mailbox access as per permission
- Direct “Out of office” Message setting ( Outlook email client )
- Meeting Request ( Outlook and Exchange combination )

9. What is Outlook Web Access or OWA in Exchange Server ?
Ans. It is Outlook Web for accessing email through internet.

10. Is Anti-virus and Spam filering on Exchange Dedicated Server ?
Ans. Spam filter is available in 2003sp1 and 2007. It is based on IP report.

11. How to Access my emails via my mobile device ( e.g. Blackberry ) ?
Ans. This setting needs to be enabled on Exchange Server and mobile device needs 5.0 V and above installed on it.

12. Is it possible that i can access my emails from anywhere ?
Ans. Yes, if you are Mobile is compatible and you have access to Internet.

13. What kind of storage system does BODHost offer ?
Ans. We offer basic 3ware RAID 1 Configuration on our Exchange dedicated servers.

14. Can i integrate shared calendars, contact and public folders ?
Ans. Yes, this is one of the unique features of Exchange dedicated servers.

15. Are there any size limits on the emails that are configured on Exchange Server ?
Ans. We don’t impose restrictions on the limit. However, Microsoft recommends 2GB Per Mailbox.

16. Is it possible to migrate Exchange Server from my existing provider to you without any service interruption ?
Ans. We make sure there are no interruption of services during migration from another dedicated server to us. Once the process is completed by our windows technical department, all we need to do is set MS record to mail server.

17. Is it possible to upgrade from MS Exchange Server 2003 to MS Exchange Server 2007 ?
Ans. Yes, upto a certain level. MS Exchange Server 2003 only run 32-bit hardware whereas MS Exchange Server 2007 run on 64-bit Hardware. However, Transition is definitely possible.

If you are looking for a Exchange Dedicated Server Configuration Quotes, please email us at sales@bodhost.com

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Load balancing dedicated server Hosting are one of the most advanced web server solutions used these days as the requirements of client’s are at inclination and in order to manage the requirements, it is important to setup a specification where every activity on the server is distributed accordingly and load has been managed. There are many of load-balancing. Hardware Setup of load-balancing is much costlier when compared to a software load-balancing setup.

Following are few of the ways of setup :

Round Robin DNS Load Balancing dedicated server :

It is basically DNS binded server that load-balances multiple dedicated web servers. This is normally known to be used for group of clusters. Some of the main advantages is that is very simple and can easily be implemented.

The only disadvantage is that the DNS server does not know if any server goes down. It knows only the difference of the IP and does not know by server port. The IP can be cached by others and request will not be forwarded to the other server.

Hardware Load-balancing dedicated server :

Hardware load-balancers route TCP/IP packet to different servers in a cluster. They are highly-reliable but with a cost. It used network gatewat to route traffic. The only disadvantage is that it is cheaper to software versions.

Software Load-balancing dedicated server :

These days, software load balancing dedicated servers are normally used which are integrated with web servers and application servers. They are much cheaper when compared to a hardware load-balancer and can easily be configured as per requirements. Unlike, Round-Robin, it can easily route based on different parameters. It requires additional hardware for complete setup of load-balancer.

]]> http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/types-of-load-balancing-dedicated-servers/feed/ Introduction to Exchange Dedicated Servers http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/introduction-to-exchange-dedicated-servers/ http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/introduction-to-exchange-dedicated-servers/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:50:51 +0000 bodhost http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/?p=824 Exchange dedicated servers are basically servers which enables send and receive of emails. It basically enables sharing of emails without connecting online. It can be send from one server to another without being connected online. It integrated with Microsoft outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express and email applications that are used for business on a dedicated server. It provides to confidential information, improving efficiency and simplifies communication of large organizations.

This also enhances security and reduces the risk factor and can be configured on mobile devices. Exchange Server can store emails on a dedicated server which is not the case with POP3 setup. Employees of organizations may send private information through this applications.

With exchange dedicated server Hosting configuration, emails and information can be stored on servers which can only be accessed through client devices. Exchange dedicated servers run on MS windows servers and operating system. Microsoft Outlook Web access also provides browser access systems. It supports devices such as blackberry, Treo, Motorola, QPocket and oher smartphones.

]]> http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/introduction-to-exchange-dedicated-servers/feed/ Server Side Includes http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/server-side-includes/ http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/server-side-includes/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:35:45 +0000 bodhost http://www.bodhost.com/web-hosting/?p=821 When the number of website pages increases, we need to maintain them accordingly. Everything needs update. These are widely utilized to handly situations with the same content that appears on different pages.

SSI should be enabled on the dedicated servers. Most dedicated server hosting provides provide SSI because it is one of the requirements. Operating System and SSI file name extensions are related along with the dedicated web server that is used by web hosting service. In case of windows dedicated server, .htm or .asp is used for Windows ISS and .shtml for Linux Dedicated Servers. .shtml are for SSI files. SSI executes before server side scripts such as :

file.ext is in the same directory as the page.

SSI is used for header and navigational panels of website. It allow the website to centralize navigational links in one file which has all the pages of a website. Webmaster needs to update the main file and effect is seen on all the pages that are includes. This is normally see with navigations on websites.

We suggest that websites hosted on dedicated server Hosting packages should include Server Side Includes.