{"id":98313,"date":"2024-08-14T11:51:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T09:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/glossary\/dedicated\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:17:05","slug":"dedicated","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/en\/glossar\/dedicated\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"98313\" class=\"elementor elementor-98313 elementor-58548\" data-elementor-post-type=\"glossary\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4374ff7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4374ff7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68dd6523 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68dd6523\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c0aebcd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c0aebcd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a69a818 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a69a818\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57dd348b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57dd348b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does 'dedicated' mean?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b4b655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26b4b655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While &#8216;shared&#8217; means that multiple customers share the resources of a <a href=\"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/glossar\/server\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">server<\/a>, &#8216;dedicated&#8217; in this context refers to exclusive server resources. These are available to only a single customer, ensuring that only the customer&#8217;s own projects run on this server. <\/p><p>A Dedicated Server is also called a <a href=\"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/glossar\/bare-metal-server\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bare Metal Server<\/a>. It is used for multiple continuously operated services and not for everyday tasks. It is exclusively available to a user for their specific applications (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/glossar\/virtualisierung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtualization<\/a>). For very performance-intensive use cases, multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/firstcolo.blackpeppers.de\/en\/glossary\/dedicated-server\/\">Dedicated Servers<\/a> can be combined into a cluster and operated as a single logical unit.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364346cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"364346cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44f0b46e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44f0b46e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Distinction from Virtual Servers (VPS)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f8023bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f8023bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unlike virtual servers (Virtual Private Servers, <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/VPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPS<\/a>), where the underlying hardware is divided among multiple users through a virtualization layer, a Dedicated Server allows the customer direct access to the physical hardware. 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