A dedicated server is a type of hosting service that provides an entire physical server to a single customer. Unlike shared hosting, where multiple users share resources on a single server, a dedicated server gives the customer complete control over their server. This means they can customize hardware and software configurations to meet their specific needs. With a dedicated server, customers have access to all the resources of the server, which includes CPU, RAM, and storage. This allows for increased performance, scalability, and security. Dedicated servers are ideal for websites and applications that require high levels of performance, such as e-commerce sites, video streaming platforms, and online gaming sites.

When we lease you a dedicated server (although we lease you the server, it’s all yours to manage) it’s custom-configured to your application, e.g., website, web hosting, database, gaming and video streaming. And it can be more than one – for even better performance capabilities. If that means you’re a bigger (or rapidly growing) business, that’s all the more appealing to go with dedicated server hosting.

If you’re looking for the most power and control over your hosting environment, dedicated server hosting is for you. And, it’s also recommended that you have advanced server administrative skills to best manage your dedicated server.

A dedicated server can run any type of website. However, unless the site is mission-critical with very high traffic (or using high intensive resource applications), dedicated server hosting will provide more power, but may not be necessary. Other solutions like shared hosting, Web Hosting Plus or a VPS may be better suited for less resource-intensive needs.

You can put a control panel on certain operating systems. We have control panels that are simple to use, such as cPanel/WHM or Plesk Obsidian Webhost Edition (which has WordPress tools). They only work on Linux CentOS.

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If you have a VPS hosting account with us, you can upgrade to our dedicated hosting by ordering a new server. We'll move your data from your current account to your new server for fully managed customers. If you don't want to move your data manually, we offer paid migrations.

Yes, because the upgrade includes a new server purchase. Although the average time for us to provision your new server will likely be a few minutes, it may take up to 24 hours or more.

You can choose between two types of disks: HDD and SSD NVMe. HDDs have more storage space, but aren't very fast. SSD NVMe is designed for better performance, making it perfect for customers who need their computer to work quickly when they read or write files. An SSD is faster than an HDD due to having no moving parts. We offer NVMe SSDs, which are even faster than normal SSDs and use a different specification so that they're not slowed down by old connections. NVMe SSDs can perform up to four times better than SAS disks, which are the fastest option currently available.

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a means for storing data on multiple hard disks, then linking the disks so that the operating system on your server views them as a single entity. Yes, we provide RAID-1 with all of our dedicated server hosting plans.

Although the average time for us to provision your account will likely be within minutes, it may take up to 24 hours or more. But, if you need your hosting right away, call us at and we'll do our best to speed things up.