Dedicated Servers
Unlike normal hosting plans or the virtual dedicated server hosting plans in which multiple customers’ accounts are put on a single server, a dedicated server is reserved exclusively for the account and usage of a single customer. This means that the dedicated server customer has exclusive rights to their server’s bandwidth, memory, and storage space, and performance is not affected by traffic and the usage patterns of other customers.
When the customer purchases a dedicated server, in fact a server box is leased to it that is configured and set up according to the preferences of the customer, but remains at the data center of Go Daddy. A dedicated server account provides its customer with a dedicated IP address and full control of server usage and software installation, with administrative (root) access to the server. In other words, a dedicated server is dedicatedly works under complete command of a single customer.
The customer can use a dedicated server for a wide variety of purposes, including gaming servers, database management, traffic-intensive websites, and high resource demanding web applications. Dedicated servers are particularly useful for companies and individuals who run very high traffic websites or applications and who need the bandwidth, versatility, and consistent performance of a dedicated box. The dedicated server plans of Go Daddy feature lightning-fast processors, supported with up to 08 GB of RAM and much more, all backed by the best service and support in the industry, available LIVE 24 X 7 Customer Support. With the exclusive Server Concierge of Go Daddy, the customer needs not to worry about complex setup activities of the server. If the customer feel uneasy in configuring the server for its use, it can leave this to the expert team of Go Daddy and their team of experts would help get the server up and running for the best performance. The customer can choose the plan that rightly meets its needs, and then the customer can customize the server to meet its unique needs with extra bandwidth, control panel options, backup plans, firewall protection and more.
Economy Plan of Dedicated Servers
Economic Plan of the Dedicated Servers of Go Daddy is the basic or the starting plan of this service. The plan is an affordable way available to the customers to have their dedicated server for hosting their web applications. The plan offers the customers to host their web application on an Intel ® Pentium 4 – 3.0 GHz CPU with Linux CentOS Operating System Platform. This plan comes with a RAM of 02 GB and storage space of 240 GB which is provided by means of two separate hard drives each of 120 GB. The usage bandwidth of five hundred GB is provided for a month in this plan. The customer can choose from the options of four different terms of the plan. One month term plan costs around $70 USD for a month. The six month term plan costs at the same rate however if the customer chooses a 12 month term plan, the cost is reduced to $63 USD for a month, hereby saves about 10% of the cost. The 24 month term plan further drops the cost to $56 USD for a month, hereby allows the customer to save about 20% of the cost.
Value Deal Plan of Dedicated Servers
Value Deal Plan of the Dedicated Servers of Go Daddy is second lowest plan of this service. The plan offers the customers to host their web application on an Intel Core 2 Duo – 2. 13 GHz CPU with Linux CentOS Operating System Platform. This plan comes with a RAM of 02 GB and storage space of 600 GB which is provided by means of two separate hard drives each of three hundred GB. The usage bandwidth of one thousand GB is provided for a month in this plan. The customer can choose from the options of four different terms of the plan. One month term plan costs around $100 USD for a month. The six month term plan costs at the same rate however if the customer chooses a 12 month term plan, the cost is reduced to about $90 USD for a month, hereby saves about 10% of the cost. The 24 month term plan further drops the cost to $80 USD for a month, hereby allows the customer to save about 20% of the cost.
Deluxe Plan of Dedicated Servers
Deluxe Plan of the Dedicated Servers of Go Daddy comes as third from lowest plan of this service. The plan is offers the customers to have powerful hardware system for big requirements in a small budget. The plan offers the customers to host their web application on an Intel Core™ 2 Duo – 2.66 GHz CPU with Linux CentOS Operating System Platform. This plan comes with a RAM of 04 GB and storage space of 600 GB which is provided by means of two separate hard drives each of 300 GB. The usage bandwidth of one thousand five hundred GB is provided for a month in this plan. The customer can choose from the options of four different terms of the plan. One month term plan costs around $150 USD for a month. The six month term plan costs at the same rate however if the customer chooses a 12 month term plan, the cost is reduced to $135 USD for a month, hereby saves about 10% of the cost. The 24 month term plan further drops the cost to $120 USD for a month, hereby allows the customer to save about 20% of the cost.
Power Player Plan of Dedicated Servers
The Power Player Plan of the Dedicated Servers of Go Daddy comes as third from lowest plan of this service. The plan brings to its customers the fastest processor and plenty of memory for providing great performance to their hosted web applications. The plan offers the customers to host their web application on an Intel Core 2 Quad – 2.83 GHz CPU with Linux CentOS Operating System Platform. All other specifications are same as that of the Deluxe Plan of the service. The plan comes with a RAM of 04 GB and storage space of 600 GB which is provided by means of two separate hard drives each of three hundred GB. The usage bandwidth of one thousand five hundred GB is provided for a month in this plan. The customer can choose from the options of four different terms of the plan. One month term plan costs around $200 USD for a month. The six month term plan costs at the same rate however if the customer chooses a 12 month term plan, the cost is reduced to $180 USD for a month, hereby saves about 10% of the cost. The 24 month term plan further drops the cost to $160 USD for a month, hereby allows the customer to save about 20% of the cost.
Premium Plan of Dedicated Servers
Premium Plan of the Dedicated Servers of Go Daddy is second lowest plan of this service. This plan brings to its customers the top of the line performance, high storage and wider bandwidth to their hosted web applications. The plan offers the customers to host their web application on an Intel Core 2 Quad – 2.50 GHz CPU with Linux CentOS Operating System Platform. This plan comes with a RAM of 04 GB and storage space of two thousand GB which is provided by means of two separate hard drives each of one thousand GB. The usage bandwidth of three thousand GB is provided for a month in this plan. The customer can choose from the options of four different terms of the plan. One month term plan costs around $300 USD for a month. The six month term plan costs at the same rate however if the customer chooses a 12 month term plan, the cost is reduced to $270 USD for a month, hereby saves about 10% of the cost. The 24 month term plan further drops the cost to $240 USD for a month, hereby allows the customer to save about 20% of the cost.
Storage Monster Plan of Dedicated Servers
The Storage Monster Plan of the Dedicated Servers of Go Daddy is second lowest plan of this service. This plan provides the customers with the huge storage spaces for hosting the massive data bases, and media libraries with the hosted web applications. The plan offers the customers to host their web application on an Intel Core 2 Duo – 2. 13 GHz CPU with Linux CentOS Operating System Platform. This plan comes with a RAM of 04 GB and storage space of two thousand GB which is provided by means of two separate hard drives each of one thousand GB. The usage bandwidth of one thousand five hundred GB is provided for a month in this plan. The customer can choose from the options of four different terms of the plan. One month term plan costs around $200 USD for a month. The six month term plan costs at the same rate however if the customer chooses a 12 month term plan, the cost is reduced to $180 USD for a month, hereby saves about 10% of the cost. The 24 month term plan further drops the cost to $160 USD for a month, hereby allows the customer to save about 20% of the cost.
Common features of all Dedicated Server Plans
Irrespective of the plan and the term chosen by the customer for the dedicated servers of Go Daddy, following are the common free services offered by the company -
* Free rapid setup
* FREE $50.00 Face – Book ® Ad Credit (One promotional credit per customer for a new Face – Book ® Advertiser account)
* FREE $60.00 MySpace ® myAds Credit (One promotional credit per customer for a new MySpace ® myAds account)
* FREE Up to $100.00 Google ® Adwords ® Credit (One promotional credit per customer for a new Google ® AdWords ® account)
* FREE SSL Certificate (SSL certificate is free only for the initial hosting plan term purchased, after which it will automatically renew at the then-current rate)
* FREE 10 Fotolia ® Credits (One free promotional credit per customer, good for ten free download credits at Fotolia ®)
* Bandwidth Overage Protection
* Three dedicated IPs
* The world-class data centers of Go Daddy
* Best of breed routers and servers
* TippingPoint ® Intrusion Prevention Systems
* 24 x 7 email, telephone and Web-based tech support
* 24 x 7 physical security
* 24 x 7 network monitoring
* FTP access
Every customer of virtual dedicated server of Go Daddy is provided with Admin access to its account with which the customer can install and run virtually anything on the server. The customer is permitted to host and manage multiple Web sites on one server account. A great degree of versatility is provided to every customer with which the virtual dedicated server can be used for a wide variety of purposes, including gaming, virtual (i.e. shared) hosting, and hosting of traffic-intensive Web sites.