Step 1:- Select the Entire feature you wanted to install on your local hard drive for client components and click Next to proceed further.

Step 2:- Number of customers prefer dedicated servers website hosting because of it’s reliability, security and more over the physical space. Large number of business such as online shops, transactional websites requires more physical space to store the database of their customer. For database PHP uses MySQL where as ASP.NET uses different version of SQL SERVER. Today we will see how hosting service providers take some necessary steps to install SQL Server over dedicated server.

Step 3:- There are different versions available for SQL SERVER such as SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2.

Step 4:- You just have to install the application by double clicking on the SQLEXPR.EXE (setup.exe)file to start the setup.

Step 5:- As the next windows shows after clicking on the next and check licensing and terms and condition.

Step 6:- A client has to just click install button to proceed to the next level.

Step 7:- Installation will automatically do with all the prerequisites and then click Next to proceed.

Step 8:- It will show SQL Server 2005 setup with all checked services.

Step 9:- Click next before that put your Name as well as your Company name.

Step 10:- Select Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive for Client Components and click Next to proceed. There are two modes available Windows authentication mode and Mixed mode. Choose one of then and enter password for the same.

Step 11:- Click Install for further installation. Wait for the installation to complete and then click Next to proceed. Click Finish to stop SQL Installation. You are done with it.

If you are planning to switch to dedicated hosting you should obviously back up all your website files and your Mysql databases. The former can be done via FTP but your databases should be ‘dumped’ using php MyAdmin this can be achieved by logging on to phpMyAdmin selecting your database and clicking export, you will then be taken to the export page and should select ‘save as file’ ‘compression none’ and then go. Your database will then be dumped to the download file on your hard drive.

If you’re moving your web hosting account to a dedicated server . As you are also planing to move your MySQL databse to the new dedicated server which is gonna be MySQL5 server, there going to be few changes you’ll have to make the necessary changes. You have to make some necessary chaneges to your php configuration script as well to tell your php script how to connect to the new database.

Majority of php apps client use these days include a config.php file – the name can vary some what so refer to your documentation for your application to find out where your configuration file is located. If you can locate your config.php by connecting through you FTP account as well. If you’ve been hosted on a shared hosting server.

Your config file contains lines that probably look something like this:

It contains th sql hostname,user login,password,sql name.and with in the config file you can see the files like this.

$sqlHost=”localhost”;
$sqlUserLogin=”your-domain-name”;
$sqlPassword=”yourpasswordhere”;
$sqlName=”your-domain-name”;

May be the database you’re using could not be located on the same server as your web files, you need to tell the php application to look for your database on our new server – db.localhost.com.

The updation in your MySQL database are going to do on the files would look like this:

$sqlHost=”db.localhost.com”;
$sqlUserLogin=”your-domain-name”;
$sqlPassword=”yourpasswordhere”;
$sqlName=”your-domain-name”;

This could help you to migrating your localhost MySQL to a dedicated server web hosting.

/usr/local/psa/admin/logs/httpsd_error_log

If you are getting the below error message, it means you are using more memory than alloted to you,

[emerg] (22)Invalid argument: could not call shmget

In such a case you need to increase the value of shmall in /etc/sysctl.conf file. Edit the file and increase the value as kern.sysv.shmall=shmmax/4096

If you need the changes to get reflected soon, please execute the following command :-

sysctl -p

You need to reset the psa service, in this way you can access your Plesk control panel.

1. Where are your servers located ?
Ans: All our servers are located in world-class Blue Square Data Centre based in Maidenhead which is 20 Miles West of London, UK.

2. What Brand of servers/Chassis do you use for the Servers ?
Ans: We use only branded Chassis from Dell and we use latest state of the art Intel CPU’s for our servers.

3. Which ISPs do you use for network connectivity of your Datacenter / Servers ?
Ans: Our network transit connections are currently to Level 3, Tiscali, and Deutsche Telekom. We also peer with approximately 150 ISPs at the peering points LINX, XChangePoint, and LoNAP.

4. What is the Datacenter Connectivity and uplink for each dedicated server ?
Ans: We have a total of 40,000mbits of network connectivity for all our Servers. We have 4 x 10 Gbps links for our datacenter. Each Server in our datacenter is setup on 100 Mbps, fully-switched port on an edge switch. Each edge switch is then in turn plugged into two separate aggregation switches at 1gbit, with failover redundancy allowing either 1gbit link to fail.

5. What are the RAM specifications ?
Ans: Our Servers are equipped with DDR2 ECC SDRAM.

6. What types of Hard drives (HDD) do you use and what is the speed of your drives ?
Ans: We use SATA drives on our servers as advertised on our website, all of our SATA hard drives have a speed of 7500 rpm. We also provide SAS drives on some of our high configuration servers. SAS drives have a speed of 10,000 rpm. You can contact our Sales Department through our helpdesk to get more information on the available configurations.

7. How many websites can I host on a dedicated server ?
Ans: There is no such limit you can host unlimited number of websites on your dedicated server however it is sensible not to overload a server with more websites than it can cope with. This is dependent on the specification of your server and the type of websites that you want to host on it. WebHosting UK entry level server will comfortably host around 500 average websites.

8. What Operating systems do you Support ?
Ans: We Support Debian 4.1, CentOS 5.2, Fedora Core 8, Fedora Core 9 and RHEL 5.x Linux Flavors on our Dedicated Linux Servers while for Windows Servers we offer Windows 2003 Standard, Windows 2003 Enterprise, Windows 2008 Datacenter and Windows 2008 Web edition only.

9. What is your uptime Guarantee for Dedicated Servers ?
Ans: We offer 100% network and power uptime guarantee on all our dedicated servers.

10. What control panels do you support on your dedicated servers ?
Ans: We offer cPanel/WHM & Plesk Control panel options on our dedicated Linux servers for additional pricing whilst on Windows we offer Plesk control panel options. You can install any other control panel as per your requirements but we won’t support those control panels. As a part of our managed service we will provide support for OS related problems only if the control panel is not purchased through Webhosting.UK.com .

11. Do you include a backup service with the dedicated web hosting server plans ?
Ans: We offer 20 GB remote backup space free of cost with all our dedicated servers. Once you sign up for the dedicated server, you will need to contact our support dept. on setup of your server to allow our system admins to login and setup the backup scripts.

12. Do you provide RAID 0 or RAID 1 with your servers ?
Ans: We do offer RAID 0 or RAID 1 hardware configuration with our servers. Both these RAID configurations need 2 Identical hard drives. RAID 0 doesn’t help in case of Hard Disk Drive failure, RAID 1 mirrors data on 2 identical drives which allows you to swap drives incase of failure of one server hard drive. In the event of a Hard Disk Drive failure on RAID 0, data will be lost. More information on RAID can be obtained from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

13. Do you offer Load Balanced Servers ?
Ans: Yes. We do offer Load Balanced servers on Linux as well as on Windows platforms. We can setup a load balanced cluster using Cisco Load Balancing routers or by using windows load balancing feature which is inbuilt within the windows OS.

14. Do you offer MS Exchange Server ?
Ans: Yes. We do offer fully managed MS Exchange Server. We provide both MS Exchange 2003 and MS Exchange 2007 servers.

15. Do you offer Mirrored Servers ?
Ans: Yes. We do offer fully managed mirrored servers. We setup mirroring architecture on both the servers at no additional cost which effectively means you will only need to pay the applicable fees for the two servers. For Mirrored Servers you will have to consider two Dedicated Servers of similar configuration.

16. Do you offer unmetered dedicated servers ?
Ans: Yes. We provide unmetered bandwidth connection options with our Linux/Windows dedicated servers. dedicated servers. We offer 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps Unmetered bandwidth connection with the dedicated server.

17. Where are your Support staff based ?
Ans: Our support staff are based in three locations. Some staff members are based in the Datacenter and the rest of the staff members are based in our offices in London and Durham.

18. Is there any money back guarantee on Dedicated Servers ?
Ans: We offer 30 day money back guarantee only in case of hardware failure or if the hardware is not as per the advertised specifications. We don’t offer any refunds for software related problems as you should communicate with our support team or the accounts person in charge of your account to get those sorted.

Ans: Yes. Webhosting UK provides Custom Branded Dedicated Servers. These servers are servers with custom IP whois information in the IP whois look up. Custom branded dedicated servers is mainly a concept designed for medium and large web hosting providers.

For example: A reseller hosting provider uses private nameservers to hide his actual hosting provider’s details from his clients and to portray that he himself is the web hosting provider. Similarly medium and large webhosting providers prefer dedicated servers with custom whois information to not let their customers know, or easily find out, where their services are located. Such Dedicated Servers with “custom” whois information in the IP whois are called custom branded dedicated servers. With custom branded dedicated servers your customers won’t know that you get the hosting service from us. We remain completely in the background and management of the server hardware and software will be taken care of by us.

We can not offer Custom branded dedicated servers with the standard number of IP address we provide on a server. It’s not possible to rename IP whois information of few IP’s. This service is not available with Semi-Dedicated or Virtual Private Servers or Shared hosting. Customer who wants to opt for custom branded dedicated server will need to buy complete IP subnet.

Contact us through 24×7 Live Chat or call today to discuss custom branded dedicated server solution with WebHosting UK on 0808-262-0855, or request a quote online.

1. You do not have to purchase or maintain your own equipment.
2. Better website performance b’coz you are not sharing the server resources such as processor power, memory and hard disk space with other web sites on the same server.
3. No chance of your website being affected by another website on the same box, as in shared web hosting environment.
4. As nobody else has access to the dedicated server you can be sure of having a much greater degree of security.
5. If you need to install customize or third party software/applications or configure the server to your own particular needs then often a dedicated server is the solution.
6. Dedicated Server has its own unique IP address.
7. You can upgrade the server resources like Memory, Disk Space, Bandwidth or Processors as the need arises.

Ans: All our Linux/Windows dedicated servers are fully managed and come with full administrative access to give you complete control, as well as the ability to customize the server as per your needs. The key to our clients’ online business success is smooth and seamless functioning of their web server. Dedicated servers require constant monitoring, care and maintenance which is taken care of by our experienced System Administrators. They ensure that your web server is always available, has the latest security updates installed and technical issues if any are resolved as soon as possible.

Web Hosting UK Linux/Windows Dedicated Server management responsibilities include but are not limited to the following tasks:

• SSH Security and Configuration
• Optimization and Hardening
• Firewall Configuration
• Server Monitoring Process
• Linux Server Security
• Apache Tweaks
• Environmental security
• Security Audit
• Securing Binaries
• Firewall Configuration
• DNS recursion restriction
• Email scanning for viruses and spam
• RDP security
• Windows Server Security
• Scripting mail components
• Scripting Languages
• Image Upload components
• System Security
• Server Migration
• 3rd Party Software Installation
• WHM/CPanel and Plesk control panel Technical Issues
• Initial Server Setup
• Backend Server Software Upgrades
• Database administration
• Application monitoring and updates
• Intrusion detection
• Performance tuning

Please visit our fully managed dedicated server information pages to view our complete list of functions which are performed by our seasoned System Administrators to maintain your managed Linux/Windows dedicated server round the clock to ensure that it performs in a safe and secure manner 24x7x365.

Dedicated Server Management Overview:

• Linux Server Management
• Windows Server Management

The phrase SQL server hosting can refer to a MySQL or MSSQL database software program that supports the Structured Query Language (SQL) or it could mean a dedicated database server with a version of SQL loaded on it. There are several versions or dialects of SQL as a software program, including MySQL, MS SQL (which also is called Microsoft SQL server) and PostrgreSQL. All of them use the standard SQL language as a base, but then add their own unique extensions to create a unique SQL server language.

SQL Server as Database Server

As a database server, Microsoft SQL dedicated server, is among the most popular in use. A SQL server is relatively inexpensive compared to other database servers, such as Oracle, and is capable of handling most databases. Oracle still has an edge over SQL server in very large databases.

MSSQL server is growing very rapidly in client/server systems that use distributed databases. A SQL server can be used simultaneously by many users on a local area network or linked via the Internet.

WebHosting UK provides variety of Intel powered Microsoft SQL servers. We have expertise in setup and management of SQL Servers , particularly in complex clusters. SQL server web hosting database is much more dynamic than a web site, so we take care of the complete SQL server configuration and maintenance allowing you to focus on the management of your business-specific content.

For more information about Microsoft SQL server hosting, please contact our sales department.

Web Server is basically what most people refer to when they say ‘server’. The basic function of a web server to is host and show up web pages over the Internet via a web browser. This usually involves a web server program such as Apache or IIS on a single physical server or it can be part of a cluster of multiple databases, applications and web servers configured to act as a single unit.

Web Server Foundation

Although there are many ways to implement a web server the most common way with the help of which a web server provides web pages over the Internet is by storing the content of the web page files on the hard drive of the server. The web server then provides these stored files using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to visitors who request it through their web browser as a web page.

Many web servers also include functions such as email, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), scripting languages support and other programs which are useful in creating web pages. A web server can also be used to act as the front-end for application servers and to provide access to application programs. In other words a web server is an integral part of making applications available via the web.

When numerous small web hosting accounts are created on a single web server it is called shared hosting. When the web server has only one user and it is dedicated only to his websites, it is called a dedicated web server or dedicated server hosting. A dedicated web server can also be used as a part of a cluster to improve throughput and reliability.

Web Server Hosting

A web server can be hosted in corporate data centers, but the trend is to outsource them to hosting companies for increased reliability, security, 24/7 monitoring, Server management and to lower the overall costs. So when looking for a web server provider look for one who has a tier 1 data center for increased levels of redundancy and improved system uptime.