3. Web-Hosting Implementation on aDedicated Platform

3. Web-Hosting Implementation on a
Dedicated Platform
The basic concept of Web hosting on a dedicated computer system consists of
hosting one Web site on one computer system. The dedicated environment offers
complete flexibility and security to both the WPP and the customer.
Web hosting on a dedicated computer system is the simplest and most
straightforward method of operating a Web site. Because the computer system
contains only one Web site, the configuration of software is standardized, as
outlined in the software-installation documentation. Furthermore, system
resources ar e dedicated to only one Web site and, therefore, are not constrained
by any other process not associated with the operations of that site.
The essential components of Web hosting on a dedicated computer system are as
follows (see
Figure 2
):
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computer system hardware
•
operating system (including transfer control protocol [TCP]/Internet
protocol [IP] stack)
•
Internet connection (IP number and domain name)
•
Web server software (HTTP)
Figure 2. Dedicated Hosting Basic Elements
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Additional software applications can be added to the computer system to enhance
the Web site and to simplify the process of uploading content. One of these
applications is a file transfer protocol (FTP) server for remote access to the
computer system for transferring HTML content files