A major benefit of a dedicated server over its equals is the far more control that it offers in allowing you to select the different hardware components such as CPU, RAM etc. But how much of these is required will differ based on your use case, present number of peak users and the growth potential.    

RAM

RAM is one of the most important components of your dedicated server. To make the most of the available power a powerful CPU will not be enough as you also need a corresponding increase in RAM. 

Scalability is of predominant importance. Hence it is important to decide the amount of RAM required by your dedicated server. A scope that if often over looked while deciding the RAM requirements is the underlying OS. The reason behind is that Linux distributions such as Debian or Slackware need lesser RAM, as compared to proprietary counterparts.

Then, you need to carefully evaluate the number of users, the applications or packaged that run on your server, the size of the database which in turn depends on the usage scenario of your dedicated server.  

As a minimum, with the most modern smartphones boasting a RAM of 4GB, you can be sure that you would want at least that much, if not more, to fully utilize the power of the other components of the dedicated server UAE. 

CPUs and Cores

While configuring your own dedicated server, most Hosting company Dubai offer an array of choices in the CPU types and number cores. Intel is still the popular choice but AMD has in recent years made advancements with its Ryzen line of processors as it is a cheap alternative that has ousted Intel variants in many benchmark tests. 

The speed and performance of your dedicated server is hugely related to the fine balance of the RAM and choice of CPU. Dual processors, along with large number of cores such as 4, 8, etc. can offer a much faster performance than an individual processor at a higher clock speed.

As a general rule, the more cores you choose, the higher amount of RAM you will need to utilize all that processing speed, which thereby maximizes the total cost on your dedicated servers Dubai. 

Although hosting providers makes it easier for you to add more RAM or storage to your dedicated server, the quantity of RAM you can add will be based on your choice of CPU.

The reason for this is that many processors have a ceiling on the amount of RAM they can fit.

Storage

With RAM and CPU in order, the next thing that you should be devoting your energies is towards deciding the volume of storage space that you might need on your server, along with the type of storage device.

Regular hard disk drives are much cheaper and if you require large amounts of storage space, ranging in the TBs and these are offered by most hosting providers.

Solid State Drivers (SSDs) are comparatively more high prices and most hosting providers only offer these for relatively smaller amounts such as 240GB etc.  

As SSDs have no movable components, they provide greater reliability than SATA drivers. Aside from choosing SSDs, many hosting providers also provides NVMe supported SSDs to offer additional performance boost.

According to your use case, you can also choose a single disk, or a RAID arrangement for your dedicated server, and most hosting providers offer both options. Apart from all of these the first thing that you need to do for a website is Domain Registration UAE.