Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Bluehost Dedicated Server Features And Configuration

By Carmella Watts


There's been a lot of hype about the new Bluehost dedicated server, so this might be a good time to open up the hood and take a peek inside at the specs and support offered. Up until a few months ago, the company was well known as a major provider of shared hosting packages and services. Now they have added VPS and dedicated servers to their lineup, and claim to have rock-solid infrastructure and support systems for customers who want their own private servers.

Bluehost engineers assemble these servers in-house using the best available parts, including industrial grade processors. The company has also developed its own linux kernel, and the servers are loaded with the cutting-edge OS and other server management and web-hosting tools without any outside assistance from a third-party provider. The machines are housed in their own data center, which is located in Utah.

A cloud-based system bridges customers with the hardware, which means that upgrades are seamless and the customer never faces any disruption of service. Support teams work round the clock to make sure all systems are up 24/7. A nationwide fiber network and backup power provided by diesel generators makes their jobs a lot easier. In fact, customers all over the world can expect access through multiple 10 GB fiber connections.

Everything from fiber to support, hardware and the data center is directly under the control of Bluehost. Dedicated server customers can therefore resolve all issues through just one contact, instead of having to deal with multiple contractors as often happens when web hosts outsource functions. On average, customer calls are taken in less 30 seconds.

The managed hosting control panel has been enhanced so that it can facilitate both server management and all the web-hosting tools that are typically used by shared hosting clients. But the best part is at the beginning when a new customer signs up. Instant provisioning has the account up and running within seconds. There are no delays, and the administrator gets full root access and ability to use the control panel and other tools immediately.

The customer data in a machine is safeguarded using a mirrored RAID configuration. The enormous bandwidths available can easily handle a flood of visitors during network peak times. User management is vastly improved with the help of a single log-in used for all administrative access.

The hardware configuration varies slightly based on the choice of package. For instance, the processor may be dual or quad core. The amount of RAM varies from 4-16 GB, while the size of the two HDDs may be either 500 GB or 1000 GB each. Additional storage space can be accessed in 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB increments. The basic bandwidth available per month varies from 5-15 TB.

Bluehost dedicated server packages also include three to five dedicated IP addresses, one free domain name for a year, and KVM for virtualization. Customers can choose from amongst three separate packages. Payments can be made every month, once per quarter, twice a year, or on an annual basis. The company is offering 50 percent off for the initial month on all packages, and they also have a money back guarantee during this first month if the customer is not happy.




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