Hosting Dedicated Server Hosting

Question 1

What is the defining characteristic of dedicated server hosting?

Accepted Answer

You rent an entire physical server exclusively for your own use

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You share the server with hundreds of other users

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You only get a virtual partition of a server

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Resources are dynamically allocated from a pool

Question 2

Which type of hosting is most appropriate for a high-traffic e-commerce site processing thousands of transactions per minute?

Accepted Answer

Dedicated server hosting

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Shared hosting

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Free hosting

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Subdomain hosting

Question 3

What does 'IPMI' allow a dedicated server administrator to do?

Accepted Answer

Remotely manage the server hardware including rebooting and reinstalling OS even if the server is offline

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Monitor website uptime from a browser

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Increase RAM automatically

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Configure firewall rules via GUI

Question 4

What is a 'colocation' (colo) hosting arrangement?

Accepted Answer

Renting space in a data center to house your own physical server hardware

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Hosting multiple websites on one server

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A type of shared hosting with better resources

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Hosting servers in multiple countries simultaneously

Question 5

What is the typical billing model for dedicated server bandwidth in the US market?

Accepted Answer

Monthly flat fee for a set amount with overage charges or 95th percentile billing

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Pay-per-request

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Free unlimited bandwidth always

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Per-user billing

Question 6

Which RAID level provides both striping and mirroring for a balance of performance and redundancy on a dedicated server?

Accepted Answer

RAID 10

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RAID 0

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RAID 1

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RAID 5