As many users have experienced, after a while your growing web site will outgrow the standard shared web hosting environment provided by many of the web hosts in today’s industry. This leaves many people wondering what their next step is, a dedicated server?

A dedicated is a excellent next step, but does come at a much higher cost than your standard shared web hosting package and in many cases is not a feasible upgrade due to just the cost of the server itself.

With that comes Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDS) or Virtual Private Servers (VPS) which are usually much more affordable for many users, starting at around $20/Month. So now you have found your upgrade path, but what is a VPS/VDS?

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One of the many questions we see here is how to install IIS onto your Microsoft Windows based server.

I am pleased to say, the installation process is very easy!

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Yes! It is completely possible.

Ever needed to boot to a USB Flash/Thumb drive and the Bios just dosen’t support?

Well, now it no longer matters. You can now boot to USB, even on the oldest servers and worksations using a boot loader that fits on a CD, Floppy, Hard Disk and more!

I am speaking of “Plop”, a free available bootloader allowing you to boot to interfaces that are unsupported by the bios!

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This is one of the day old questions that every first time dedicated server renter asks. Unfortunately, it is a question that has no real answer, as every game server uses a different amount of resources and demands different resources from the server box.

The best rule of thumb when buying your first server, it to purchase one that is well rounded, making sure it offers a nice CPU, RAM and HDD’s.

Now with that, your next question would be, “What is a well rounded server?”

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Ever wondered if it was possible to install Windows Server 2008 without needing to lug a external DVD-ROM drive to the datacenter each time one of your machines needs reloaded?

I have some good news, I was doing some searching for a method to allow the easy installation of Server 2008 without needing to carry any disks, external drives, etc. with me each time. I googled for quite a while until I stumbled onto a guide on just how to do it.

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