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How to Choose Web Hosting Reseller Software

November 22, 2009 - 9:00 am No Comments
Bluehost Hosting asked:

In web hosting reseller business, the most important decision is choice of web hosting control panel software. Good web hosting software not only saves time or money but also it saves one from lot of frustration. There are several questions which are quite important while considering about the type of reseller web host. They are -What reseller control panel features should one chooses that reduces one’s workload? What are the hosting software programs that are integrated with the reseller control panel or work with it? What are the website control panel features that one’s client will like? Given below the comparison of 4 types of quality web hosting reseller software programs is given- Alabanza

cPanel

H-Sphere

Plesk

All of the above are the 4 types of reseller control panels that come with control panels for one’s clients. They all are well equipped with several numerous features like advanced email management, web statistics, pre-installed scripts, multi-language support etc. All the above mainly work on Linux platforms, while H-Sphere and Plesk also work with Windows. As per cPanel website, a Windows version of cPanel is in development phase.

Other features that set these control panels apart are their degree of automation, the number of features and ease of use for the end user.

Alabanza:

When user becomes an Alabanza reseller, he/she not only gets the facility of a reseller account but he/she even can lease a dedicated server from Alabanza. Alabanza owns the control panel and the server, and one can easily resell directly for Alabanza. If one leases a dedicated Alabanza server, he/she can create his/her own reseller accounts. However, only the user can set up hosting plans; resellers below him/her will be confined only to hosting plans that user creates.

Alabanza offers resellers a very high degree of mechanization with its Domain System Manager (DSM), which can radically reduce overhead and time spent on routine tasks like Account creation, Billing and invoice management, Credit card processing, Domain registration, Email notifications and ordering fraud protection etc.

Even the beginners can sell hosting with this level of mechanization.

For domain name registration, DSM also integrates with bulkregister.com. However it does not integrate easily with other domain registrars.

A very important main feature that resellers use to offer to their client is the Xpress Product Suite, which serves as an important tool for web development and also works well as an email management tools. The Xpress Product Suite includes SiteXpress, which is a website-building program featuring more than 300 templates and even does not require web design skills.

Control panel for resellers and end users- cPanel is well known for its easiness of use and range of features. It consists of collection of more than 50 pre-installed scripts and Fantastico auto installer that assists clients to set up their sites even if they do not possess good web development knowledge.

A basic cPanel reseller account comes with two separate programs for resellers to manage their business:

Web Host Manager (WHM) is used to create accounts and packages, add and suspend sites, modify passwords, view bandwidth usage, park domains, install SSL certificates, and perform other administrative functions.

Now, from the reseller’s cPanel control panel, a drop-down menu takes the reseller to the control panels for each of the sites on the reseller account, including the reseller’s site.

WHM Autopilot is an additional optional program, by which one can automate account creation and suspension, email notifications, and other tasks. WHM Autopilot also integrates with common payment gateways and has a helpdesk, an invoice module, and other tools.

H-Sphere:-It is designed for both Linux and Windows platforms. Not only those resellers can even set t up plans for both Linux and Windows and administer sites on different servers from the same control panel. The control panel, which is actually a separate server, also provides administrative access to the integrated helpdesk.

The H-Sphere control panel provides utility in several forms like it enables server automates account configuration, credit card processing, domain registration, and email notifications etc. It also includes a built-in billing module and supports over 20 payment gateways.

From the reseller’s point of view, H-Sphere is equipped with a higher learning curve in comparison to other control panels because of its plentiful features example , when user is setting up a new plan, the administrator has two pages of features to select from, including setup and monthly pricing for optional services.

For beginners H-Sphere may look very much complicated for their needs. However for skilled users H-Sphere is like a complimentary feature. Main feature of H-Sphere is the ability to have control over separate domains with multi-domain hosting.

H-Sphere usually comes along with the website builder Site Studio, which guides users through a variety of style choices and stores content separately from the layout. Best part is for this no HTML or FTP knowledge is required.

Plesk:

Demand of Plesk is increasing day by day among users and resellers not only because of its quality of providing stability and security but also due to its simple navigation, clean interface, and its professional appearance. Moreover Plesk is available in versions for both Linux and Windows platforms.

With Plesk, all users like Server administrator , Client / reseller , Domain owner , Mail user etc use the same control panel but with different levels of control.

Each level of the control panel enables user control over both that level and the level(s) below it. It provides facility to Email users, to log into their mail user control panel so as to enable them to change their password, add auto responders, and change other personal settings without having access to the domain owner control panel etc.

Plesk handles Spam Assassin not at the domain level but at the mailbox level.

With this facility users are able to categorize email into white list or blacklist for each email address, which allows each email user to have individual settings.

One should have some automation available with his/her account, such as credit card charges, email notification etc. If one’s Plesk reseller account is with a web host who offers HSP completely

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Cheap Web Hosting Bargains

October 21, 2009 - 2:15 pm No Comments
Web Hosting asked:

“Opportunities for sale, unlimited hosting for only a dollar.”

“Get your hosting here, 50 cents for the first three months. ”

” I use now. Pay later “. Today

instead of having the highest bid that is higher and is the cheapest and often do so to a standard “unlimited” in the world of hosting. In Webhosting Although servers can possibly be the same, service and price varies with each company. Why not get a cheaper price that everyone is offering the same control panel and outputs track the same type of servers or even from the same data center.

always true that the cheapest can not offer the best service to always remember the old adage “you get what you pay for”

The costs involved in running a hosting company that manages a few small, low-cost servers from a highly respected database center can be broken. In recent years dedicated server business has grown and competition has created the availability of unmanaged hire low-cost servers are down to $ 49 per month.

Let us explain with an example. Suppose a server has been rented by Blair of a highly regarded data center at an average price of $ 89 per month. Its creation was also waived fees for the inscription of his time and he was very lucky too. He has his own dedicated Unix server running one of the most popular control panels that regular hosting customers like to use at a cost of only $ 89. Now Blair is conducting business from home as well as several small or two hosting companies as a man is almost impossible to get office space in the locality of the data center, let alone that he might be in a state and the server could be more than three states.

By giving a dedicated server on a lease that is not responsible for the hardware and only has to maintain the software. So Blair is free of the additional costs of hardware replacement and can focus your marketing, software, scripts and services.

Besides being a good salesman Blair also has a mature understanding of running a business. Blair’s best friend Joe has a good knowledge of server management and software, so that together handle more general facet of business on a daily basis. Is acquired or developed a good website. To support elements such as tutorials and a forum for customers who spend on average $ 600. Its preliminary investment averaged $ 1000 with the website design and extras. They hope to recover that amount within the first six months of the process. A small number of hosting companies try to avoid this additional cost at first, but remember that if you are serious about running a business, you have to put some investment in it. Blair and Joe is spending more than $ 250 a month, taking the initial investment and spread it over 6 months and add the cost of servers for the first $ 89 for the first six months of operation on minimum expenses excluding other expenses such as salaries and outside expenses such as phone bills (if they offer phone support), utilities, advertising expenses, etc. Since

Bob is opening a new business with any customer can get 25-30 customers monthly if you work very hard, like the average number of customers or domains to have on an individual server is 200. Eight months of growth, excluding the costs involved during that time is needed to fill the server. No extra expenses and no personal income from commercial enterprise operating cost during the period of eight months is estimated at $ 1700. They can make a profit of $ 100 at the end of 8 months if they charge $ 2 per customer on a recurring monthly basis and signed on 25 clients per month. Keep this in mind that this is done without any personal income. The cost of the falls considerably once you add in an advertising budget and allocation of income person. They are in business to make money and not making friends as $ 100 spread over eight months is not much.

Now suppose advertising budget of Blair and Joe is $ 500 this cost is essential for customer acquisition lets you start adding a small income to Blair and Joe $ 1000 per month each and calculate what they need to charge the equilibrium point after the first eight months. Including cover salaries, server cost, advertising and other miscellaneous items safe estimate would be $ 3000 monthly. If during the first eight months are able to register 200 customers to cover the monthly expenses of $ 3000 that would have to charge $ 15 per customer. Would have to register an estimated 2,000 customers in charge only $ 2 per customer. As Blair and Joe is charged $ 2 per customer only have to support 2,000 customers by themselves because they are not profitable enough to hire more technicians.

As a customer before purchasing a hosting company, you need to realize these things. One may wonder what kind of company wants to host your website and what kind of website needs to be held now that we are educated on the backend of the life of a hosting provider. One can choose one of the free or low cost webhosting many solutions available if you’re running a small personal website that does not need constant uptime and special scripts. Thus, if at any time, the company would go under or all the information is lost due to hardware failure or software, then one is not really at a lost because the website did not contain important information.

is very important to find a stable company with quality support and service that is not cheap if you have a site that contains essential information and is the soul of the company. Try to find one with the best solutions and not be afraid to spend more for less. In short do not go cheap. Also make sure the company provides reliable backup and has a reasonable uptime if the information is very important. Remember

phone numbers and phone support is a necessity for a quick response. These companies can charge more to hire additional technicians to keep your hands as a construction of a web presence and the company is very important in today’s market. Can we conclude that the price of housing is a bad risk and should be avoided? No, just remember that, “You’ve got what you paid.”

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Czy Dedicated Server Hosting Hosting Najlepsza opcja?

September 30, 2009 - 5:10 pm No Comments
MIKE SELVON asked:

Po serwera dedykowanego konta hostingowego zapewnia większą elastyczność dla firmy, która musi pozyskać hosting na swojej stronie internetowej. Pozwala to również klient ma dużo większą kontrolę nad serwerem, lub serwerów, które są używane. Niektóre z kontroli, które są dostępne dla dedykowanych kont hostingowych, które nie są dostępne, o wspólnych pakietów hostingowych jest o wybór systemu operacyjnego, który jest używany, dostosowane instalacji skryptu i wybór sprzętu.

Dedykowany hosting usługi, która jest często określane jako serwer dedykowany serwer dedykowany lub zarządzany hosting, jest jeden konkretny rodzaj internetowej firmy hostingowej, która może wybrać, w celu uzyskania miejsca upload plików i ich stronie wyświetlane w trybie online. Gdy klient zdecyduje się na jakiekolwiek typu dedykowany hosting, leasing one cały serwer i nie jest dzielona z innymi klientami firmy hostingowej.

Istnieje wiele przypadków, w których spółki z rosnącą obecność internetowych zawaha , aby przejść do serwera dedykowanego hostingu rozwiązania. Mają one mylne wyobrażenie, że oznacza to dedykowane serwery muszą być trzymane i zarządzane na miejscu. W rzeczywistości, większość stron internetowych, które prowadzone są na dedykowanych serwerach znajdujących się na terenie zarządzanego przedsiębiorstwa dedykowany hosting, który zapewnia utrzymanie przez cały zegar i wsparcia.

Zarządzane dedykowany serwer jest korzystny wybór ponieważ klient hostingowej bezpieczeństwa wiedząc, że są one tylko jednym z wykorzystaniem serwera i że jest w 100% są wykorzystywane wyłącznie na swojej stronie internetowej wymaga tylko. Eliminuje to problemy potencjalnych przestojów, które mogą być spowodowane problemami na innej stronie internetowej, że jest na tym samym serwerze i kwestie bezpieczeństwa. Wiele firm ma dużo własnych informacji i baz danych klientów, które muszą być chronione i zarządzane serwery dedykowane pomóc, aby dodać dodatkową warstwę bezpieczeństwa danych.

Podczas wspólnych hosting opcji planu są mniej kosztowne, są one również mniej bezpieczna. Oprócz kwestii związanych z bezpieczeństwem, są też dostępność kwestii, które powinny być brane pod uwagę. Jeśli innym miejscu na wspólnym serwerze ma dużą promocję i doświadczeń nagły wzrost ruchu, to może spowodować, że wszystkie strony na serwerze, aby załadować powoli, a nawet mogą być zajęte na czas. Z dedykowane usługi hostingowe tylko płynności ruchu, który musi być przemyślane i zaplanowane na jest pod kontrolą i plany firmy, korzystając ze specjalnego hostingu.

Dedykowane usług hostingowych jest najlepszym wyborem, jeśli strony Projekt jest uważany za "o krytycznym znaczeniu", a kiedy właściciel strony chce się skupić na rozwoju i elementy projektu witryny i zostawić wszystkich kwestii technicznych ekspertów. Serwer dostawców hostingu, które oferują dedykowane do zarządzania serwerem są odpowiedzialne za personelu technicznego wsparcia dostępne przez całą dobę, aby natychmiast zająć się problemami, a zapewniam, że serwer jest uruchomiony i działa w każdym czasie.

Gdy firma jest nowa i ma stosunkowo niewielki obecności w Internecie, wspólne hosting jest zwykle więcej niż wystarczająca i jest przyjazny dla budżetu wyboru. Jednakże, jak wymaga ruchu i złożoności strony rośnie, a następnie serwer dedykowany hosting konta prawdopodobnie stało się koniecznością w pewnym momencie.

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Virtual Private Server Hosting at Bns Hosting

August 27, 2009 - 10:02 am No Comments
BNS Hosting asked:

If you are looking for multi-tenancy, virtualization, resource management and clustering, you can try hosting virtual private server. Virtual private server or commonly known as virtual dedicated server allows resellers full control and allocation of resources to their clients. Virtual Dedicated Server hosting acts as a bridge between shared web hosting services and dedicated server hosting services. Using VPS is providing a high level of control that has now become the most popular choice for resellers.

The biggest advantage of using VPS is its cheaper cost compared to dedicated server. And usually runs its own copy of the operating system to customers with super-user level access. You as the “owner” of the VPS can install any software that runs on the operating system. Reasons why you might consider when choosing VPS are:

media. When just starting your business, you have your shared hosting server. But first we must expand and exceed the features of your online business, you have more web space, memory, etc. You have the choice between a dedicated server and VPS. Dedicated hosting is expensive, so choose VPS.

More power. In VPS, you are actually using the services of a dedicated server that has been divided into a number of servers. Here, you get more bandwidth, memory, space and more control.

profitable. From VPS offers the advantages of a dedicated hosting server, but at a lower cost, this hosting service is the best hosting plan if you are considering the cost.

complete root access: Just like a dedicated server, virtual private server gives you unlimited access to root. This means you have complete freedom to configure your website without affecting other websites. By the same token, any changes made by exchange sites your server will have no impact on its website. Because of this, you can eliminate the risk of downtime due to mistakes made by others. Since private servers are virtually invisible to each other, their website has complete functional isolation.

Total Security: As dedicated servers, virtual servers do not share their space with other clients. Therefore, you enjoy total security.

While deciding who / where to buy VPS hosting service, you should try asking the following questions:

1. What are the specifications of the host server, RAM, CPU, processor, disk space provided, the bandwidth, and if you can provide on how many VPS is already running on the host server.?

2. How is it managed resource contention? What if one of the VPS are running out of disk space, how to deal with these?

If you are planning your own website hosting, sharing a virtual private server is a very viable option. You want to make sure they fully understand the server-side constraints, such as the maximum amount of CPU and network resources available, but many private servers virtual machines offer more than enough for almost any website. Factors to be considered in choosing a virtual private server hosting are, cost, safety and efficiency. The only drawback here is, if they are unaware of how to manage your own server, you choose the shared hosting service. However, if the hosting company that will host your virtual private server is 24 / 7 technical support, you can apply at any time, of how to manage the server.

With VPS service BNS, control your virtual dedicated server via Microsoft RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and install applications on your server. You create your own database for user authentication and use your dedicated IP address. This IP address of your dedicated server isolated from the common problems associated with shared hosting shared IP address listed in spam blacklists. For more information about virtual private server hosting service, you can visit the site hosting BNS. And talk to one of our expert hosting solutions 24 / 7.

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Basic Concepts of Web Hosts

August 13, 2009 - 4:10 pm No Comments

Web Hosting asked:

The one who wants to enter in this web world and desires for a long time survival, then he/she should be familiar with each and every terminology used in this field. If user considers all the important factors before choosing a hosting plan then only he/she will be able to have a successful future in this world .User should not choose any of the plan, rather he/she should opt the best and most suitable one and this can only be made possible by fetching more and more informations and also by studying properly all the requirements. New comers should start from the basics .They should learn the meaning of each and every term used and also in addition those factors that can affect his/her selection.

Web Host

Web host refers to a computer connected to the internet. Web host can also be termed as ‘web server’. The computer that is playing the role of the web server needs to be more powerful than normal PCs and the function of this web server is to serve up websites.

The website content of the user will remain will on this computer, so as the people who are surfing on the internet can get a way to access his/her website.

There can be three main categories in which the web host can be classified based on the economic factor and common features:

1. Free Hosts:

The users who are not professional but are making website only as a hobby then for them free hosting can be a good option. In free hosting space, bandwidth and other features provided are very limited. With free web hosting one can not only make his/her website successful but is also suitable for personal websites or for temporary usage. Generally free hosting enforces pop-up, text or banner ads. Reliability, best performance and customer support lacks in case of free hosting as well. When a user registers for a free host then the word free host gets added with the user’s domain name that gives an adverse effect in the eye of the visitors.

2. Shared Hosts:

The next type of the web hosting to be discussed is shared hosting. This hosting service is used by many of the web sites .This type of hosting service is Suitable for personal, small and medium businesses. This service can be used by paying $1 to $25 per month. The features provided by this service vary from very limited space/bandwidth to semi-dedicated servers. The users host their website by this type of hosting service and it has its own top level domain facility. No doubt that shared web hosting is quite better than free hosting but still it does not provide 100% satisfactory services. In case of shared hosting one server is shared by the number of websites so its performance and availability gets affected. More websites usually means less performance. If less number of websites are hosted by one server then it will be more expensive, but in this case there are more chances of reliability. There are many companies allowing customers to host multiple websites with different domains under a single account.

3. Dedicated Hosts:

The next type of hosting is dedicated hosting. This type of hosting is most reliable hosting. In this type of hosting a full server is dedicated to a single customer. Generally this type of hosting is used by large businesses, professionals and very active websites dealing with thousands of visitors daily. The customers having dedicated hosting can have their total control over the server as well as able to create as many websites as they like. Customers can run their own hosting company on a rented dedicated server. Payment module is mentioned according to specifications and services provided with the server, which varies from $100 up to about $800 dollars per month.

4. Collocated Hosts:

Now the other type of hosting service to be discussed is collocated hosting. This service is very much similar to dedicated hosting. The difference between collocated hosting and dedicated hosting is that in collocated hosting the customer owns the server hardware instead of renting it. In this service the server will be placed in provider’s data center. This service is more expensive than dedicated hosting.

5. Reseller Hosts:

In reseller hosting the providers offers web server storage to their customers, and resells the web server storage to them. Generally providers offer resellers a discount price.

6. Other Hosts:

Including the above type of hosts there are also many other hosts such as email hosts, media hosts, data hosts, etc but these hosts will not be discussed in this article.

Domain Name

Domain name is the name which shows the place where one’s website is located. The actual address of the website is a set of numbers. Each and every web server has its own unique address. Domain name indicates the real addresses of every websites. One can easily remember the domain name of any of the website. Remembering domain name is easier than recalling the IP addresses.

Space / Storage

Space is one of the services provided by the web host. It plays a very important role in the website development. It happens many times that the customer requires more space but the host fails to provide it, so customer should be very careful while choosing the web host. Storage is the amount of web server’s disk space available for customer’s website files, images and databases. Space can be according to the requirement; it can be as small as 5MB in some free hosts and as big as 300GB for some dedicated servers. Earlier prices of the space were very high but prices reduced significantly during the last few years. The hosting plans offering 3GB of space for less than $10 a month can be easily available.

Bandwidth

Bandwidth can be defined as the amount of data transferred from web server to clients’ internet browsers. When ever a person outlook a page the data is transmitted from the server to that person’ PC. If any one is having audio, video and images in his/her website then the bandwidth consumed is more in comparison of the website having only text contents. The bandwidth available in free hosting can be as low as 100MB per month where as in some dedicated servers the bandwidth available is as high as 2000GB a month. The customers who don’t want to pay more for bandwidth can easily find hosting plans offering 75GB of monthly data transfer for less than $10.

Server Type

Generally server means the operating system than runs the web server. Some common types are Windows, Linux and UNIX. Server type refers the server side scripting and database types. The difference between Windows server and Linux/UNIX is that Windows runs ASP and ASP.NET with Access or SQL Server databases where as Linux/UNIX servers usually runs CGI, PHP or JSP with MySQL or Oracle databases. The other difference is that Windows servers are more expensive than Linux/UNIX servers.

Databases

As server type is discussed earlier also, we are able to know that there are different types of databases available. The mostly used is MySQL as it is open source GPL (free) software and can serve a lot of online applications’ requirements such as forums, content management, mailing lists, etc. MySQL, rather its features are limited. MySQL is sufficient for small concern but it is not powerful for the complicated large business sites. Large business requires more powerful databases such as Oracle or SQL Server.

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Server Side Scripting

Usually the new comers prefer to use PHP as server side scripting. The reason behind this is that there are hundreds of open source (GPL) PHP scripts that are able to fulfill the webmaster’s requirements. However PHP also has some limitations in features required by advanced websites same as in the case of MySQL, due to this limitation some professional web developers prefer to use ASP.NET or JSP. Some other developers still prefer to use Cold Fusion, CGI, ASP or PERL.

Email

Now the next very important aspect to be talked about is Email. At present no one can move further in this computer world with having his/her Email account. The one who is planning to do any kind of activity through computer such as to run a business or to provide any kind of service, then the first thing he/she need to do is to open an Email account. There are many hosting plans that include the feature of having some email accounts with customer’s domain. The availability of number and size of email accounts totally depends on the hosting plan one opted. Generally this feature is not included in free hosting. Small plans provide only about 10 accounts where as big plans do not have the limited number. Usually those email accounts are web based and accessible through POP3 clients as well.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

The other service is FTP. File Transfer Protocol is a usual way of transferring files across the Internet. Most of the webmasters used to upload and download their websites contents through FTP. The process of uploading or downloading is performed by using FTP client software. Webmasters require FTP username and password so as to access their web server. There are any hosts who use to provide more than one FTP account to their customers as per their requirement. Rather FTP is unspecified; it is not advisable as per the security reasons.

Control Panel

Control panel is the service available by many of the web hosting companies to their customers. It is a web based application that helps in managing websites. Some important functions performed by the control panel are that it used to manage email accounts, providing statistics, managing FTP accounts, managing domains and sub-domains and managing databases. The control panel application that is mostly used by the user is cPanel. There are many companies who use to develop their own control panel application.

Uptime

Now after having all the services, the thing of concern which remains is how the user keeps his/her website uptime most of the time. If anyone is having a website with excellent features but it remains down most of the time it will be of no use, as when ever the visitors visit his/her website and found it down then later on they will think twice before visiting it. In result he/she will suffer the loss of visitors. Uptime is very important feature of web hosts and that is usually measured in percentage. If a server remains down near about 30 minutes a day will have an uptime percentage of about 99.98%, which is acceptable for most small to medium business websites. If any of the business website is not having at least this percentage of uptime then that website is not suitable for a business website. Mission critical sites cannot tolerate frequent outages, thus they may use web monitoring services to notify web administrators immediately when an outage happens.

Price

Finally the factor left is price. In this option also there is a great variability found like for example customer is having option to choose between the prices ranging from 0 to $1000 per month. For most personal, small and medium websites the total amount of cost involved is just $15 per month. Thus its not at all advisable for business website owners to select very cheap plans let say less than $5 because this price can lead to huge cost indirectly afterwards.

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Web Hosting

June 25, 2009 - 9:58 am No Comments

CODANK WEB DESIGN asked:

So you have decided to create your own website and have already hired the perfect web designer. Great! But, before all of the glitz and glam of having a site can occur, you as the company or individual must take certain steps.

Your website process begins as soon as you decide on a hosting option. This decision is made through what is called a web hosting service. A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that permits organizations and individuals to provide their own site available via the World Wide Web.

It is the responsibility of the web host to provide you with a space on a server that they may lease or own. They should also provide Internet connectivity for servers they do not have possession of.

A company or individual can also use your very own hosting service through your ISP (Internet Service Provider). For more details, it is important to contact your service provider and learn more about setting web pages up.

Since there are different types of “hosts”, hosting options can range from free to slightly expensive.

Types of Web Hosting Services

Shared Web Hosting Service Reseller Web Hosting Grid Hosting Home Server Managed Hosting Service

Evaluating the requirements of an application is very critical when choosing what kind of host to use. Aspects such as Linux, MySQL, and PHP should also be looked over in the beginning.

If you or your company is not familiar with the technical portion of web design and hosting, obtaining a Web Content Management System would be wise.

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Determining the Appropriateness of Shared Hosting or Dedicated Hosting to Your Needs

April 15, 2009 - 3:19 pm No Comments
Thom Mia asked:

A wide variety of webhosting services are available as choices but not each of them has the same capacities or facilities. Thus, it is very crucial to specify the needs or requiements to the kind of webhosting service that is applicable for use. It is mandatory that your hosting service is apportion to the needs of your client. Otherwise, you may end up in having a high traffic in your web site and such cannot be maintained by your server. Once you’ve attenuated your specifications, the next course of action is to find the web service and type of plan that is best suited for you.

Shared Hosting is a service wherein a number of websites are hosted on a single web server. As the definition connotes, this Shared Hosting service involves sharing space with other clients. Shared Hosting is cost effective and procurable in a lot of ways. This service is one with the cheapest option, so typically the service does not come with extra applications. One of the main problems with hosting on a shared server is the fact that the number of features and technologies available to you will be limited. So if your site is running on a low traffic, shared hosting can do the job for you, but if the site eventually accumulates viewers of numerous quantity, then a great problem lies ahead of you. And when this comes, you should consider taking in a dedicated web hosting.

For dedicated web hosting service, the client will have to use only one server (an opposite of Shared Hosting), which is owned by the hosting company and will be leased on a monthly fee and includes a bandwidth. Here you are on the house to use all available resources since you solely manage and run the server. Thus, installation of software is all at your discretion. Modification of the configuration of the server is also admissible in order to comply with the needs of your company. Creation of different web sites can also be done here and this would alleviate the cost of this kind of web hosting. Generally, your plan of actions here are infinite.

In managed hosting service, the user has his own server, but they are not allowed to have full control over it. The only access that they have is through FTP where they can manage their own data or by the use of other tools that allow remote management. The reason for the allowance of full control is so that the provider can guarantee quality service by not allowing the modification of the server and consequently produce configuration problems.

Ultimately, the kind of service or application that you are planning to put up will to a great extent contingent on the kind of web hosting service that you will put up. With the information given, try to accumulate all the resources that you have, eliminate unnecessary details, collate all options possible and finally choose the best application appropriate to your use. Lay all the cards, analyze it and decide.

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What is Shared Hosting?

April 5, 2009 - 1:18 pm No Comments

Luigi Castagna asked:

When a single server serves pages for many websites, each with its own domain name then this type of hosting is known as shared hosting.

What happens is that some small companies do not want to use their resources to host their website on a dedicated server, as it requires a system administrator and the companies want to save their own time and money.

As the companies want to minimize the cost so the shared hosting service provider is mainly responsible for the management of the servers, server software installation, installation of anti virus and security updates, technical support related to the above-mentioned services. As many companies use Linux operating system because of its reliability, so many companies mainly offer Linux basted servers. Some hosts also provide Microsoft windows based servers and solutions. Both of the operating systems have similar functions but they differ in operating system related issues.

How it works:

Web hosting can be done by two methods; name based hosting and IP based hosting. The name based hosting uses a single IP that is utilized by different hostnames/web sites. When a browser requests a web page from a server using HTTP/1.1 then it also includes a hostname that is used for finding the web site that can then be delivered to the user.

IP based hosting has the advantage that each host has its own IP address. This helps the sites to use their own SSL certificate, which helps in increasing the security. In contrast to name based hosting method, where there is only one IP address used by all the hostnames/web sites. Many people/companies prefer IP based hosting method because of the above mentioned reason. Many servers are changing their web hosting method to IP based hosting as it offers much more security then name based hosting method. But one important thing to remember about shared hosting, no matter which method is used, is that they are always a bit insecure.

Advantages and Disadvantages:-

The companies lack control over the server as the server is shared by many, so they cannot ask for extra privileges. There is an added threat of insecurity as the shared server might not always be secure. On the other hand, one can save quite some money and time by using shared hosting. No system administrator is needed as it is a shared hosting.

Name based hosts are not compatible with old browsers that do not send the hostname as part of the requests. For example, the older HTTP/1.0 browsers that were not upgraded cannot send the hostname as part of their requests. They also do not support HTTPS websites, as all name-based hosts using the same IP must share the same digital certificate. A TLS extension gives a way for the client to provide the hostname as part of the handshake’. If the DNS or Domain Name System is not working properly then the name based hosted website is difficult to use and using an IP address in the address bar would not work as many website are sharing same IP.

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Webhosting: Enlightening on Dedicated Web Hosting

January 5, 2009 - 2:57 pm No Comments
Looking at the cost involved ranging from $150 – $1000 per month why is that dedicated web hosting such a huge punch on the business web hosting market? Is paid web hosting worth it?

Now what is dedicated web hosting? Dedicated web hosting is having one single server rented to a single customer by the webhosting provider. Virtual dedicated servers and co-location web hosting are two similar solutions relatively familiar in the web hosting industry. In virtual dedicated server hosting plans one does not get an entire computer just for oneself this means that the virtual server shares the resources of a web server computer with other customers of the web hosting provider. There are many similarities between both Co-locating web hosting and virtual dedicated servers but the main difference is that, in co-locating web hosting the customer owns the web server computer and web-hosting provider only houses the web server computer and sells bandwidth to the customer whereas in dedicated web hosting the web server computer belongs to the web-hosting provider and is only rented by the customer.

When single web server is rented to a single customer it is called real dedicated web hosting.

For businesses that work with high traffic, dedicated web hosting is the idyllic way out. Application required for its operation and functionalities of web site falls under ones specific control.

There are many advantages of dedicated webhosting:

• Concerns regarding the maintenance, the security, and the reliability of ones web server are all handled by hosting provider.

• One doesn’t have to bother about maintaining the hardware and the connectivity of the computer as it is on rent and not been purchased

• One is freed from replacing the component or solving the problem, as everything is provider’s responsibility

• One gets compensations as part of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) by most o f the web hosting providers.

• In the occurrence of failure one may get reimbursement with the cost of ones hosting plan for a month or a fraction of it, depending upon the severity of the failure.

• When compared to having to pay for the component and for the technical support required for actually replacing the component, while web site in not online all these advantages seems quiet good as at the day end one will just be paying for functional hardware.

Imagine the business with all the resources being saved on the above maintenance issues. One can choose between “managed” or “unmanaged” service levels as the costs of administering and maintaining the web server one has taken on rent will vary depending upon the web hosting provider.

One can choose “managed” dedicated hosting which means one will have access to “control panel” if one is uncomfortable with the technical expertise required by the management of a web server computer. All the essential tasks required to be performed by the proper functioning of ones web server via a simply point-and-click user-friendly interface are allowed by control panel.

This way one can setup, administer and maintain all the web sites on web server without knowing or typing any command lines nor having any in depth knowledge of the operating system.

Those with great degree of technical expertise in mastering a root access to the server can go for “unmanaged” option. “Unmanaged” option offers complete server administration, thus having possibility of configuring every service on the web server. But if necessary services are not configured properly it may result in failure of system. Due to these reasons unmanaged dedicated hosting is recommended for only people having solid server administration background or for web developers who require custom applications for their web sites, or a customized environment. Thus people having dedicated server computer’s stability will not be prone to the plagues affecting shared web hosting solutions.

Imagine-

-errors in programming usually made by the beginners,

- Or overload i.e. server being crowded with applications and components required by the other customers

- Or in a shared web server when the processor time and the installed memory are both shared by the software applications needed by the other users.

Instant support is provided to its customers when required by the dedicated web hosting whether managed or unmanaged which is not possible on a shared hosting plans where one will be facing delays and possible additional technical support fees.

If one is having prompt support service from ones side then the customers will be happy and at the same time there will be growth in business. For those doing business in web designing advantage to have his own dedicated server is priceless not because he will be able to offer pure hosting services, but because he will able to offer them packaged with the web design activity also. When one is having access to web server for 24 hours, then within minutes one can modify a website for a customer or upload a new one.

If complete web presence solution, design and hosting, is offered by the studio to a customer there is chance of that customer being regular this is an added advantage.

The benefits of a good dedicated web hosting are:-

• Businesses solutions being translated into sales growth

• Better customer relationship results to improved company image

• Reduced cost compared with in-house web hosting solution, and so on.

• One can run a better business and better business gives good profit.

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Important Tips for Web Hosting

December 27, 2008 - 4:57 pm No Comments
Web Hosting asked:

After the registration of domain name selection of web host is another rational step a user need to consider. Though, finding an ideal host is a daunting task. One can find several companies offering web-hosting services to the clients. While locating keyword web hosting in the search engines one will find more than 100 million outputs!

One cannot deny the fact, for a successful online presence a dependable web hosting is must. Online presence and accessibility of a web site is must. If not, one should remain ready to loose clients and prospects. For an instance, if one compare this with a traditional business.

CATEGORIES OF WEB HOSTING:

One should select a web hosting deal according to his/her site. One cannot fulfill his/her requirements from same hosting deal for a personal web site, web site meant for email newsletter subscription and archives, e-commerce site or web forum. Web hosting can be divided into four prime categories:

1. Virtual (shared) hosting,

2. Dedicated server,

3. Collocation server and

4. Reseller hosting.

Two most applicable hosting are virtual (shared) hosting and dedicated server.

What is Virtual (shared) hosting? It is a condition in which several web sites share one server. It is a low cost hosting because price is divided between several users. One can locate a standard virtual hosting at a rate of $100 a year.

In a Dedicated server hosting company lease the whole web server from a particular web hosting company. The site of web server is the web hosting company. One can opt dedicated server as a suitable option who does not wish to share a server with other web masters. One can find a dedicated server in two forms managed and un-managed. If one talk about managed server, company will take care of all the setups of user’s server. However, in unmanaged server user needs to take care of all these by him/her self. The benefit of this sort of hosting is that one can fully lodge web hosting as per his/her requirements. Moreover, for a site with ample amount of visitors a dedicated server is the only rational choice. Due to higher cost, starting from $100 per month, those companies that know the worth of Internet business generally use it.

One can say that Collocation server is quite identical to dedicated server. Disparity lies in the fact that company doesn’t take the web server on lease. Their own web server is placed in the web hosting company. In addition to it, company has material access to their web server, which is not available while talking about a dedicated server.

If one mention about Reseller hosting it is aimed to those companies only wishes to begin their own web hosting business.

ASPECTS, WHICH ONE NEEDS TO CONSIDER:

There are many factors which a user needs to consider to prevent any future miss happens:

Web space:

Requirement of Web space vary from site to site. Off course, if user requirement is only a web site containing basic information about him/her and his/her work excluding the use of web applications, then space of 50 MB is quite sufficient. However, a complex e-commerce site along with numerous products in one’s database demands a capacity of 1 GB.

Bandwidth:

The term Bandwidth refers to data transferred from user’s web site and that comprise of graphic details, images, banners and files for download. One should have accurate knowledge of Content before going for an amount of bandwidth. When one talks about the majority of sites, bandwidth of 10 GB a month is quite sufficient, though for few other sites like sites related to desktop wallpapers can frequently consumes even hundreds of GB a month.

Up time or visibility:

It symbolizes time articulated in percents displaying the period a site remained online. One should not be cheerful because someone assured him/her to provide say for 98% up time because it is not going to fulfill his/her requirement. One should get at least 99.7% uptime. Believe it or not, it definitely matters.

Email accounts:

Email accounts are an integrated and crucial part of web hosting package. It is quite interesting to know for how much will one get only a so called catch –all forwarding which means that all emails sent to somewhere@mydomain.com will arrive to one’s email address or one can set-up email accounts for several users? Also the thing is for how much? Is it intended for 5, 10, 100 or limitless email accounts? In addition to it, there is no harm to verify whether user get a so-called POP3 email address (“real” email address), web mail or rather both? If one has a POP3 email address then he/she can check his/her emails via favorite email client and web mail facilitate the user to inquire his/her emails at any place demanding just a computer and Internet connection.

Form of Server, tools and control panel:

When one mention the two generally utilized hosting then the name of Unix-based or Windows platform comes first. It matters for the result program languages, databases and scripts that one can apply. When one talks about Unix-based platform, general selection is relayed to PHP language along with MySQL, however, when it comes to Windows platform ASP or ASP.NET language will be along with SQL Server. One should enquire that is database is available with package or not, if yes, then how many? Nowadays, contemporary web site must be database-driven.

Too, one should have full knowledge related to tools coming along with web hosting package, if there is only applications for web statistics, file manager and things it is not an concern issue.

Technical support:

A crucial aspect while selecting a web hosting particularly for a user without having adequate technical skills is technical support. A proper technical support does not take a responsive time more then a day. This is not liable only to selection of web hosting company, but, crucial to any of the company selling products and services, Software Company can be one of the examples.

The coordination of few of the companies is so well thought-out that it takes only 1 hour to give response to user’s queries! Through their source of contact one can predict about the future response. Do the concern company has only email support or also have phone support? Does they provide a toll-free number? Do they offer the facility of trouble-ticket system? Working time is another crucial aspect. What is their strategy of providing technical support is it during working hours only i.e. 9 to 17 or does they provide the facility of 24×7 technical support? An ideal way to detect their professionalism one can create a list of fake queries, drop a line to them and hang around to know their reply time.

Testimonials:

Several web hosting and software companies have this smart way to increase their customer strength. Testimonials section contains the approval of satisfied customers, attracting more people to their service. This section is not completely reliable. Several hosting companies offer their clients to analyze their portfolio, instead of doing that one should contact webmasters who are taking the service of concern host and register their opinions. One can take help of several sites for further information regarding best web hosting deals and suggestions.

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