LEVELS OF WEB HOSTING SERVICE - DEDICATED WEB HOSTING

Dedicated level of service means that the computer which is used to serve your web site(s) is yours and yours only (you are effectively leasing it from your web host). No one else will be consuming computing resources of your machine and you have the complete freedom in terms of configuring both the server and all software running on it.

Before you can start with such service, you will need to agree with the provider on the terms of your lease and the exact specifications of the machine you will run your site(s) on. Typically, providers offer several pre-configured server machines, but they should be able to accomodate special requests - e.g. installing additional memory or adding an extra hard disk.

†Main Characteristics Of 'Dedicated' Hosting

Cost: high (normally, from $250/month with almost no upper limit)
Equipment investment: typically, none (the machine is leased)
Bandwidth: high
Degree of control: very high