Dedicated servers offer offer scalable and flexible solutions, with a choice of operating system and hardware. A dedicated server allows you full root access to your own dedicated hosting environment. The following dedicated server providers offer affordable self-managed and semi-managed dedicated servers featuring high bandwidth options: BTInet, Gigenet, Hostway, iWeb,com, Navisite, Rackspace, SoftLayer, Storm, StrataScale, SuperbHosting.net, The Planet, FireHost, Webair. 

A dedicated hosting service, dedicated server, or managed hosting service is a type of Internet hosting in which the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating system, hardware, etc. Server administration can usually be provided by the hosting company as an add-on service. In some cases a dedicated server can offer less overhead and a larger returen on investment. Dedicated servers are most often housed in data centers, similar to colocation facilities, providing redundant power sources and HVAC systems. In contrast to colocation, the server hardware is owned by the provider and in some cases they will provide support for your operating system or applications.

To date, no industry standards have been set to clearly define the management role of dedicated server providers. What this means is that each provider will use industry standard terms, but each provider will define them differently. For some dedicated server providers, fully managed is defined as having a web based control panel while other providers define it as having dedicated system engineers readily available to handle all server and network related functions of the dedicated server provider.