Semi-Dedicated Hosting

Semi-dedicated hosting is a proprietary web hosting solution of AwardSpace.

It is crafted for webmasters who need more powerful servers, but do not want the complications of owning a private server (VPS).

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What is Semi-Dedicated Hosting?

Say you’re moving out to a new place to live. You don’t just buy a 5,000-square-foot mansion, right? For the time being, you rent an apartment and maybe share it with a roommate or two.

Semi-dedicated hosting is like that apartment. It’s the next step after the crowded college dorm that is shared hosting.

It gives you more space, independence, and room to grow, and can comfortably accommodate thousands of visitors a day.

In industry terms, Semi-Dedicated is pretty much what the name says it is. It is half dedicated server (VPS), and half shared hosting. Therefore, one gets all the power and resources of having a VPS Cloud Server, minus the complexities and responsibilities of maintenance.

Semi-Dedicated Web Hosting Plans

Starter Semi Dedicated

  • Unlimited Disk Space
  • Unlimited Monthly Traffic
  • Unlimited Domains Hosting
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • 20% Max CPU usage
  • 20% Max RAM usage
  • 500K Max MySQL queries per hour
  • PHP 5 / 7 / 8, Perl, ASP.NET
  • 1 FREE domain for life
  • 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
  • 24/7 Support
$ 15 . 99/month

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Starter Semi Dedicated

  • Unlimited Disk Space
  • Unlimited Monthly Traffic
  • Unlimited Domains Hosting
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • 20% Max CPU usage
  • 20% Max RAM usage
  • 500K Max MySQL queries/hour
  • PHP7, Perl, ASP.NET
  • 1 FREE domain for life
  • 24/7 Support
  • 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
$15.99/month

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Pro Semi Dedicated

  • Unlimited Disk Space
  • Unlimited Monthly Traffic
  • Unlimited Domains Hosting
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • 35% Max CPU usage
  • 35% Max RAM usage
  • 750K Max MySQL queries per hour
  • PHP 5 / 7 / 8, Perl, ASP.NET
  • 1 FREE domain for life
  • 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
  • 24/7 Support
$24.99/month

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Features

Pro Semi Dedicated

  • Unlimited Disk Space
  • Unlimited Monthly Traffic
  • Unlimited Domains Hosting
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • 35% Max CPU usage
  • 35% Max RAM usage
  • 750K Max MySQL queries/hour
  • PHP7, Perl, ASP.NET
  • 1 FREE domain for life
  • 24/7 Support
  • 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
$24.99/month

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Advanced Semi Dedicated

  • Unlimited Disk Space
  • Unlimited Monthly Traffic
  • Unlimited Domains Hosting
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • 50% Max CPU usage
  • 50% Max RAM usage
  • 1M Max MySQL queries per hour
  • PHP 5 / 7 / 8, Perl, ASP.NET
  • 1 FREE domain for life
  • 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
  • 24/7 Support
$35.99/month

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Features

Advanced Semi Dedicated

  • Unlimited Disk Space
  • Unlimited Monthly Traffic
  • Unlimited Domains Hosting
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • 50% Max CPU usage
  • 50% Max RAM usage
  • 1M Max MySQL queries/hour
  • PHP7, Perl, ASP.NET
  • 1 FREE domain for life
  • 24/7 Support
  • 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
$35.99/month

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Overview
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? Activation Fee is the fee you are paying for initial semi-dedicated account creation and setup. Activation Fee $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
? Monthly Price is the fee you have to pay per month for using our semi-dedicated services. The prices are proportionate to the features you get with each account. Monthly Price $15.99 $24.99 $35.99
? Annual Payment may differ depending on the selected renewal period. Annual Payment $191.88 $299.88 $431.88
? Disk Space is the allocated data storage space you get for your semi-dedicated plan. All of the data you have on the server i.e. pages, files and emails are using your semi-dedicated plan's disk space. Disk Space Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? Data Transfer also known as Traffic is the actual amount of data transferred between your site and your visitors i.e. each time somebody is loading a page, file or a graphic from your site, data transfer is generated. The allocated data transfer is shown per month. Data Transfer Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? Max CPU usage is the maximum capacity your Semi-Dedicated account can utilize of the whole server's 2.4 GHz CPU. Max CPU usage 20% 35% 50%
? Max RAM usage is the capacity your Semi-Dedicated account can utilize of the whole server's 4,8,16 GB RAM. Max RAM usage 20% 35% 50%
? Max MySQL querries per hour is the maximum querries (average long) your websites can perform to the MySQL server within 1 hour. Max MySQL queries per hour 500 000 750 000 1 000 000
? Free Domain Name for Life shows if a FREE domain registration/transfer for LIFE is included within every particular semi-dedicated deal. Domains will be renewed for FREE as long as you renew your semi-dedicated plan with us. Check out for semi-dedicated plans that have free domain registration/transfer for LIFE. Free Domain Name for Life 1 1 1
? Data Backup is made on a weekly basis. In case of technical problem and data loss we can restore backup from the previous one. Data Backup
? The Zacky Website Builder helps you easily build your website and make it look attractive and customised by your preferences. SITE Builder
? Network Uptime is the uptime we strive to guarantee on our web hosting platform. Network Uptime 99.9% 99.9% 99.9%
? Money Back Guarantee is the warranty period you can request your money back if you think that the semi-dedicated service offered is not the one it should be. Money Back Guarantee 30 Days Money Back Guarantee 30 Days Money Back Guarantee 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
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Website Management
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? Domains Allowed is the number of domain names you can host within particular semi-dedicated plan. Domains Allowed Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? Subdomains Allowed is the number of subdomains you can create and host within particular semi-dedicated plan. Subdomains Allowed Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? Full DNS Management is an option to manage your domains' DNS at any time you want through a Domain Control Panel you get extra with every domain registration/transfer. Full DNS Management
? Full WHOIS Management is an option to manage your domains' WHOIS at any time you want through Domain Control Panel you get extra with every domain registration/transfer. Full WHOIS Management
? Domain Locking Control is option to locking your domain, preveting from unauthorized or transfer theft. Lock / Unlock your domain(s) through Domain Control Panel you get extra with every domain registration/transfer. Domain Lock Control
? EPP Key Control is the authorization code that is needed for domain transfer. You have access to the EPP key through Domain Control Panel you get extra with every domain registration/transfer. EPP Key Control
? FTP Accounts is File Transfer Protocol used for the exchange of files over any network that supports TCP/IP protocol. You can upload files or any other data using an FTP account with any standard FTP client software. FTP Accounts Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? A record maps a domain name to a 32-bit IP address. Changing your A record you can point your domain (web site) to a different physical location than domain is hosted. Custom MX & A records
? Canonical Name or CNAME is the record to create hostname aliasing e.g. if you wish www.yourdomain.com to open yourdomain.com. It actually associates www.yourdomain.com to yourdomain.com which has already assigned IP with an A record. CNAME Records
? A 404 error page is displayed when someone on your site enters a link that does not exist. You can customize your 404 page i.e. put anything you like on it such as friendly statement that the requested page could not be found, using the same look and feel as for the rest of your site. This 404 error page enables you to track where your visitors come from and where the source of the broken link is. Custom 404 pages
? Advanced Control Panel is fully-featured web based control panel that puts you in full control of data content inside your account. Additionally with every semi-dedicated plan you get Domain Control Panel for managing your domain(s). Advanced Control Panel
? Web Based File Manager is option through the Hosting Control Panel to easily upload, change, rename or delete file(s) and folder(s) inside your account. Web based File Manager
? Password Protection is option to set username and password access to any URL / directory of your site hosted with us without technical knowledge. Password Protection
? SSH (Secure Shell) is an option to securely and remotely access your semi-dedicated account using command line interface e.g. Putty. This feature is strictly required by advanced web developers or administrators. SSH
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Email Features
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? Email Accounts is the number of email boxes can create within you semi-dedicated's limits. In other words it is how many email addresses yo ucan create e.g. myname@mydomain.com. Email Accounts Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? Email Alias is to setup multiple email addresses and point them on to other email address e.g. on your mail box name@domain.com you create alias name.familyname@domain.com, any emails send to name.familyname@domain.com will be received in name@domain.com Email Aliases Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? Email Filters is option to manage incoming email traffic to the mailboxes in your hosting account. You can set filters that apply rules to any incoming email which contains specific keywords in the mail header or body i.e. delete, forward, move to another folder. You can also set priorities and order the way these rules are executed. Email Filters Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? Virus Protection is using ClamAV anti-virus toolkit designed strictly for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. It scans, detects and removes any unwanted programs that can potentially corrupt your data, or infringe the normal operation of your PC. Virus Protection (ClamAV)
? SPAM Protection is using SpamAssassin. It is a computer program that uses a variety of spam detection and spam filtering techniques based on content-matching rules. If spam is becoming a great burden for you and your business this surely will be relief for you. SPAM Protection (SpamAssassin)
? Webmail is web based access to your email accounts anywhere, anytime by logging in user-friendly web interface. Webmail
? We support two Internet standard protocols for email retrieval.

POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3) access allows you to download your email messages straight to your computer and navigate them using mail client e.g. Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Eudora, etc.

IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a powerful protocol providing you direct access to your mail box online while all email messages are still kept on the mail server. Thus, you can control your emails from a desktop computer at home, a workstation in your office, a notebook computer while traveling without transferring or synchronizing messages between computers.

We stronly recommend to use IMAP protocol when you setup your email client software. POP3/IMAP Access
? SMTP Access (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (email) transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Mail servers use SMTP to send emails. Without this feature you cannot send emails. SMTP Access
? Autorespoder is option to set your personal auto respond message to your email account(s). Use it when you are away, or just as notification upon receiving an email. Autoresponder
? Catch-All is mail box that catches all emails send over to not existing email box. For example if you only have mail box name@domain.com, any email send over to anything@domain.com will go inside this Catch-All mail box. Catch-All
? Email Forwarding is option to forward your incoming email traffic to any other chosen email address. Email Forwarding
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Scripting & Databases
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? MySQL Database is a multi-user SQL(Structured Query Language) database server management system which supports languages such as C, C++, Java, PHP, Perl, Python etc. On our semi-dedicated platform can be created and utilized MySQL databases version 5 / 8. MySQL(v.5 / 8) Databases Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? MySQL Database Storage is the space you can utilize for each of your MySQL Database(s). MySQL Database Storage Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? phpMyAdmin is php written web based tool. Using it you can handle the administration of MySQL database. The most frequently used operations are supported by the user interface (managing databases, tables, fields, relations, indexes, users, permissions, etc), while you still have the ability to directly execute any SQL statement. phpMyAdmin
? PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It is enterprise class database, highly scalable both in the sheer quantity of data it can manage and in the number of concurrent users it can accommodate. PostgreSQL systems can manage in excess of 4 terabytes of data. PostgreSQL Databases Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? PostgreSQL Database Storage is the space you can utilize for each of your PostgreSQL Database(s). Postgres Database Storage Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
? phpPgAdmin is a web based administration tool for PostgreSQL database. It provides a convenient way for users to create databases, create tables, alter tables and query their own data using industry-standard SQL. phpPgAdmin
? PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used web development scripting language that can be embedded into HTML. Currently 80% of all dynamic web pages are devepoped on php. On our semi-dedicated platform you can run php files that require PHP version 5 / 7 / 8. PHP 5 / 7 / 8
? php.ini is the configuration file of the PHP interpreter. By editing the php.ini file you can customize the PHP configuration of your semi-dedicated account. Custom php.ini
? APS.NET is web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft for building dynamic web sites, web applications and web services. On our servers ASP.NET is running on Linux with Apache. It supports ASP.NET 2.0. ASP.NET
? Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl is one of the most common CGI scripting languages. Perl, CGI
? A Perl Module is a discrete component of software for Perl programming language. It can be used by a Perl program or by other perl module. Collection of over 3200 Perl modules are available. Over 3200 Perl Modules
? Ruby is dynamic programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It combines and supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional, object oriented, imperative and reflection. It also has a dynamic type system and automatic memory management. It is similar in varying respects to Python, Perl and etc. Ruby
? Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. Python
? SSI (Server Side Include) Support enables commands executed by the server as it parses your HTML file. Server side includes can be used to include the value of various server environment variables within your HTML. SSI Support
? Crontab Support is option to schedule commands to be executed periodically. It reads series of commands (cron jobs) and executes them according to the predefined schedule. Crontab Support
? cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with url syntax. cURL
? GD is source code library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers. GD creates PNG, JPEG and GIF images, among other formats. It is commonly used to generate charts, graphics, thumbnails etc. GD
? ImageMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in different variety of formats. Image Magick
? IonCube is application that run files encoded by IonCube Optimizer. It protects PHP programming language from being viewed, changed, and run on unlicensed computers. IonCube
? Zend Optimizer is an application that enables PHP to run files encoded by the Zend Guard. It is widely-used to run encoded application. Zend Optimizer
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Website Statistics
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? Access & Error Logs is option to monitor the access and error log files for the domain names and subdomains inside your hosting account. Access & Error Logs
? Traffic Statistics shows the traffic of the domain names and subdomains in your hosting account. You can see detailed traffic statistics for your hostnames for the current day, last 7 days and for the last 6 months. Traffic Statistics
? Webalizer Statistics is a web server log file analysis program which produces usage statistics in HTML format. Yearly, monthly, daily and hourly usage statistics are presented, as well as usage by site, URL, referrer, user agent (browser), username, search strings, entry/exit pages, and country (some information may not be available if not present in the log file being processed). Webalizer Statistics
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OS, Connectivity & Security
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? Linux is a freely distributed Unix-type operating system. Under Linux can be run most of the hardware platforms.

Apache is web server application available for wide variety or operating systems like Linux. Stable Linux with Apache
? Shared SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for encrypted trasmissions of details over your site is available on paid hosting accounts. It is good to have a SSL if any personal or other secure details are transmitted over your site. Shared SSL
? SPAM / Virus Protection by special programs installed on the server to scan, detect and remove any unwanted programs that can potentially corrupt or infringe the normal operation of PC over email. This also stops to great extend unsolicited commercial emails. SPAM/Virus Protection
? Secure Shell Access is remote secure access to your semi-dedicated account over SSH client. Secure Shell Access
? Firewall Protection protects the machine your semi-dedicated account is located. With this protection your web site is absolutely protected from any standard web server attack. Firewall Protection
? RAID Backup (Redundant Area of Independent Drives) provides increased data reliability. This system stores your data simultaneously on two HDDs, in case of a hard drive crash we can restore backup from the unimpared HDD. RAID Backup
? UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) maintains alternative electric power from separate source (usually battery) when utility power is not available.

Diesel Generator supplies power from diesel engine in case of emergency.

Both UPS and Diesel Generator ensures interruptable electricity supply for our servers. Power Supply - UPS, Diesel Generator
? 50 Gbits Network Connectivity is the speed of the port connecting our web hosting cluster and the global network. The clustered servers are located in such a way that at peak times paid servers are speed attended with priority. 50 GBits network connectivity
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Zacky App Installer
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer application used to create, edit, manage, search and publish various kinds of digital media and electronic text. The following CMS systems can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any semi-dedicated account: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Grav and Typo 3. Content Management Systems
? Website Builders are tools that typically allow the construction of websites without manual code editing. The following Website Builders can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any semi-dedicated account: Concrete5 and Building Engine. Website Builders
? Discussion Board refers to forum or message board. In general means online discussion site. The following Discussion Boards can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any semi-dedicated account: phpBB and Simple Machine. Discussion Boards
? eCommerce Solution refers to software procucts that help you sell products over Internet. These are but not limited to Shopping Carts and other additional modules. The following Shopping Carts can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any semi-dedicated account: OpenCart, osCommerce, Zen Cart and PrestaShop. eCommerce Solutions
? Image Gallery is any software to upload your pictures, which is web based for your friends and family. The following Image Gallery can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any semi-dedicated account: Zenphoto. Image Gallery
? Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a software for managing an organisation's relationships and interactions with current customers and potential customers. The following CRM can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any semi-dedicated account: vTiger and suiteCRM. Customer Relationship Management
? Wiki refers to the following software application: MediaWiki. Wiki
? Social Network Content Management Systems would help you create a platform similar to FaceBook, Twitter and etc. If you want to keep up with the latest web tendencies social network site is a must. With all our semi-dedicated hosting plans currently pre-installed is: Elgg. Social Network
? Learning Management System (LMS) is great for educational courses, training programs, administration, documentation and a lot of other activities. You can install one of the best LMS in the world: Moodle. Learning Management System
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Customer Care
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? 24/7/365 Customer Support is a team of highly qualified professionals at your disposal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, on shift ready to help you with any issues that you might come across while using our semi-dedicated services. 24/7/365 Customer Support
? Sales Live Chat is available for pre-sales questions you may come across when you look at our semi-dedicated services before purchase. Sales Live Chat
? Integrated Ticket System is a system you can file a ticket to our technical support team. We will shortly provide you with a precise answer to your concrete issue. Integrated Ticket System
? Online Documentation is our F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions). This is the place we file the problems most of our clients come across. Detailed instructions on every problem step by step is your quick troubleshooter. Online Documentation
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Pricing
Features Starter Semi Dedicated Pro Semi Dedicated Advanced Semi Dedicated
? Activation Fee is the fee you are paying for initial semi-dedicated account creation and setup. Activation Fee $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
? Monthly Price is the fee you have to pay per month for using our semi-dedicated services. The prices are proportionate to the features you get with each account. Monthly Price $15.99 $24.99 $35.99
? Annual Price may differ depending on the selected renewal period. Annual Price $191.88 $299.88 $431.88
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Semi-Dedicated Hosting vs. Shared Hosting

Shared hosting Semi-Dedicated Hosting
Subject to availability
CPU Usage		 up to 50% of 2.4 GHz CPU
Subject to availability
RAM Usage		 Up to 50% of 4, 8, 16 GB RAM

Plan-Dependent
1 200 000
Max MySQL Querries Per Hour		 5 000 000 - 10 000 000

Plan-Dependent
250 000
Inodes		 Unlimited
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ASP.NET Websites		 Unlimited
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Semi-Dedicated Hosting Advantages

What you get in short

Much more processing power
Fewer accounts on server
Custom modules & packages support
Wide choice of CMS's to install
Fewer usage limitations
Much more server resources
Clustered hosting platform
Shared hosting Control Panel

Is Semi-Dedicated for you?

Semi-dedicated hosting is very suitable for the maintenance of multiple websites or a website with high traffic that needs more resources.

The semi-dedicated hosting plans provide much more resources and better performance than the standard shared hosting as there are significantly fewer accounts per server.

Essentially, the question is not is it right for, because it is. But is your site ready for the Semi-Dedicated service?

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AwardSpace is among the highest-rated technical support in web hosting.

We're here 24 hours a day, every day of the week, including holidays.

Help from experts

We do understand how important it is for you to receive help from experts. Thus AwardSpace's technical support department is made up of people who really do understand hosting. They'll help you regardless of your technical background.

Consistently high ratings

We are constantly striving towards the highest rating. Thus, our support team is consistently receiving high evaluations. We love helping our customers succeed.

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We do understand that a question or an issue might occur at any time, thus our technical support is here for you 24 hours, seven days a week. Including holidays. 

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