What is a dedicated server? A few definitions:
From Wikipedia:
A dedicated hosting service, dedicated server, or managed hosting service is a type of internet hosting where the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating [...]

Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are a virtualization of the server operating system that splits a single physical server into multiple virtual servers. This practice was common in old mainframes but new operating systems, especially Linux, have made the practice much more common in the Web Hosting industry.
VPS fills a void between shared web hosting and [...]

The web hosting landscape can be difficult to navigate. It literally took me months before I could reliably discern what allows certain companies to stand out given all the data and “noise” on the subject. The companies, thus far, who receive my pick as Premium Web Hosts are ICANNWholesale, HostGator, and DreamHost.
What is Premium Grade Web [...]

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If you are reading this page then you need the concept of web hosting explained. You may not be specifically knowledgeable about the technical aspects of Web Hosting and what all the terms mean but by browsing the web you are constantly accessing web pages that are hosted by individuals or companies across the [...]

Windows server and Linux are the two most prevalent server operating systems in use today and there are passionate proponents of both.  It’s not my intent to enter into a religious debate on the windows vs linux issue.  The following windows vs linux table is a bottom line breakdown of the features available to each:

Linux
Windows

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Although I discuss web hosting bandwidth (also known at data transfer) in the web hosting rating criteria section of web hosting, the topic deserves some special consideration to better inform hosting choices. The term itself, bandwidth, takes on many different definitions depending upon the technology discussed (radio, data line capacity, web hosting, etc.) [...]

If you are in the market for web hosting services and have been doing some searching on the Internet you have likely run across companies offering reseller hosting. Many companies offer both shared hosting and reseller hosting among their “product” offerings.
To keep things simple, my main web hosting rating list reviews what is commonly called [...]