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New to Web Hosting? Look at Managed Hosting
Feb 3rd
Managed hosting is a mix of both dedicated server and shared web hosting and is accompanied by a full suite of technical support, maintenance and monitoring services. This feature differentiate it from dedicated Web hosting, where customers are provided own servers but are held responsible for virtually all administrative and maintenance duties.
For websites designed to host busy e-commerce sites and dynamic, database driven Web pages managed hosting are considered best. Even for companies that lack capital or time to invest in server administration, managed server work as best. The equation for managed server is as under-
MANAGED SERVER = DEDICATED SERVER + COMPLETE SUPPORT TO SERVER ADMINISTRATION
A managed server consists of all the features of a dedicated server including administrative support.
There are many companies assigning dedicated service representative who caters to user’s needs and a handful of other accounts. They provide support in the form of proprietary control panel technology that enables the inexperienced administrator to do maintenance of site by user. Best part is, it is not required to learn complicated commands rather it is achieved through an intuitive and user-friendly point and click method.
Hosting company’s offer a supplementary suite of features and services that related to managed hosting, including application and database management, high-availability services and load balancing. These hosting companies will back up their services with performance guarantees and Service Level Agreements.
Unmanaged services, on the other hand, give the customer complete remote server administration capability and freedom. The downside to this is that unmanaged servers require a large amount of time and technical expertise, as the customer is ultimately responsible for the installation and management of the server – not the Web host. It is due to this reason only unmanaged servers are only recommended for individuals and companies with extensive server administration resources or expertise, as well as a significant amount of time available to take care of the server.
Web Hosting : is Cheap Web Hosting a Choice?
Feb 2nd
One who is having even little bit knowledge for hosting knows that this service can be availed for free or for several hundred dollars. But the question is what’s the difference? The answer is quite shocking often times if one is talking about typical shared web hosting in the to range then nothing. Except for good old fashioned marketing and hype. That’s it!
In a survey conducted on 5 well known shared hosting accounts to see exactly what’s the difference between free web hosting and paid web hosting the results that came out are quite shocking. The survey was conducted keeping in mind the factors like requirement for a basic site like adequate disk space, ample email accounts, and reasonable bandwidth. After looking on all the other bells and whistles the result was there were not many who were really willing to pay loads extra for them. Also the term taken was not long but a short term say monthly or quarterly.
Upscale
Verio’s Bronze Plan –
Monthly Price (including set up fees) – .95 per month + free setup
Basic Specs – 250 MB of disk space, 7.5 GB of bandwidth, and 20 email accounts
Extra’s – Web design software, free domain pointing, Urchin web stats, free chat software
Opinion – If this were 1998 one would have consider paying .95 for a package like this but, as its 2004 it’s not a good choice.
Mid Tier
Interland’s b100 Account –
Monthly Price (including set up fees) – .95 per month + free setup
Basic Specs – 250 MB of disk space, 10 GB of bandwidth, and 30 email accounts
Web Hosting : Moving to New Webhost
Feb 1st
Transferring of website to a new web host will become easy by following the below mentioned steps-
First Off:
User should always act carefully while opting new web host. One should not act manic after seeing any cheap hosting plan, rather should carefully check the plan and be aware of the terms and conditions for finding out the hidden tricks or hidden fees. One should define clearly his/her and must choose the plan which is very close to his/her requirement. Also one must look for 24/7 supports with phone support, as it is a must. Always one should try to find a host that uses the same operating system as his/her existing host. Last but not least one must chose a web host that has a fast Internet connection and has fast servers and good up time etc.
Scripts:
One must confirm that the new web host supports the same script that one is using like if one is using php, CGI, Perl or ASP that he/she must choose that host that supports it. For php one must check that the new hosts supports all the php functions required and also have all the Perl Modules that one need to use or plan on using. There are many scripts that require Mysql, so one must check to see if the new host supports that as well.
Backup:
Backup should be done on a regular basis .One must make sure to take backup of each and everything on his/her site as else at any time that data can be lost. Also one must take care to save all of his/her site’s files on a disc or one can choose to signup for a data storage service and they will save it for him/her.
Web Hosting : Essential Ingredients of Every Linux Hosting Plan
Feb 1st
Any website mainly comprises the following – Domain name, Web space, WebPages.
After getting the Domain Name the next step is to check for a good hosting service provider to have one’s own files uploaded in the domain. The following are the important features one must consider while selecting a Linux Based Hosting Plan-
1. Control Panel – This is the most important feature that is mainly required if one wants to maintain his/her website by own. With Control Panel, popularly known as CP, one can do anything means any sort of modification. The moment one signs up for a Hosting Pack, he/she must be immediately provided a control panel for managing the web space.
2. POP3 email Ids & Aliases – One must be provided with plentiful of POP3 email ids and it depends on the Package size as well.
3. FTP Accounts & Virtual FTP – This is the place where one can make any modifications like uploading of files, deletion, updating etc. This is again provided along with the control panel. One must be sure that he/she must have plenty of FTP sub-accounts also to provide his/her clients/users password protected directories. This is the most important feature wherein the clients / users can use the FTP to upload /download files from particular password protected folder of one’s website.
4. Backup – This the feature which is mostly overlooked by the users but is quite important .One must check if the Hosts take Automated Backups.
5. Web Statistics -Visitors plays a key role in the success of one’s website. One must review the report using Statistics Application that run in the server backend in order to see the number of visits each day so as to take proper action.
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