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5 Domain Naming Mistakes

December 9th, 2009

We did a list more then 2 years ago titled the Top 10 websites that regret their unintentionally explicit name.

Even though the comedic value of that list was enormous considering the owners of Pen Island (PenisLand.net), Therapist Finder (TheRapistFinder.com), Via Grafix (ViagraFix.com) etc are kicking themselves over their naming choice, I believe the biggest domain naming mistakes lie elsewhere.

A lot of people turn to domain hacks, misspelling or even other extensions when they can’t find the right domain name in the .com extension. Heck, VERSionnext is a misspelling (we do own the right spelling though).

Depending on what niche you are in though and how large your venture is and will be, a hack, misspelling or different extension can cost you big bucks and will definitely be labeled a mistake in the long run.

# GoFishn.com – Recently made TechCrunch news as the owner of gofishn happens to “go fishn” with TechCrunch’s own Erick Schonfeld – literally.

However, both GoFishin.com and GoFishing.com are registered domain names – registered by someone else. GoFishin is even a proper, working website with an Alexa rank of less then 650k. A lot of traffic lost here in my opinion, especially if they get into offline advertising – think about advertising gofishn on radio.

# scribd.com – the website where tens of millions of people each month publish and discover original writings and documents. The properly spelled Scribed.com is a parked page – with a whopping 470k Alexa rank – huge for a parked page!

# corkd.com – A wine-connoisseur’s dream – very popular site… but they don’t own corked.com. Big mistake!

# StockVault.net – the free stock photo and images website features an article posted way back in 2006 describing how important it is to purchase the right domain name – yet they let Buy Domains get at stockvault.com. These guys have something in for .net names it seems, they also run TextureVault.net, TutorialVault.net, StyleVault.net etc.

# A friend of mine is about to launch a startup in the UK. Having decided on a name for their startup, they went and registered the company and the .co.uk domain name – and didn’t give the .com a second thought.

When I reminded them that in the long run they might find it beneficial to own the .com domain too, especially considering their long term aim is to expand and cover the globe with their services, they found that the .com is already taken.

Lessons to be learned:

It is fun to play with domain hacks and misspellings but if you are serious about your venture you better get your hands at the properly spelled domain name as you will lose a lot of traffic to it over the long run.

Obviously, ccTlds (country code top level domains) are great, but they really depend on what demographic you are after. If you are after the mainstream web surfer and your venture is not limited to the geographic region that the ccTld is intended for, you should consider the .com domain name too.

As for gTlds like .net, .org, .info, they are good for SEO experiments, affiliate sites and minisites, but a large venture where branding is important should definitely be aware of the impact a .com makes.

If you have examples of other domain naming mistakes or if you have an opinion on what was said above, comment away. I would love to hear your thoughts.

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Benefits and Uses of Secure FTP Hosting

November 16th, 2009

FTP is an abbreviation of File Transfer Protocol. The benefits of FTP hosting is the ability of handling the file transfer better than any other Internet Protocols. Today most of the file transfer takes place via the Internet. Organizations need to send huge data files, presentations etc. to clients,customers, other organizations etc. Sometimes the file transfer needs to take place through secure networks as confidentiality is of utmost importance. FTP hosting is the simplest and most secure way to make sure that the files arrive everytime.

FTP features the following benefits:

1. Ease of Use: Secure FTP Hosting is as simple as a hostname, a user name and a password. With these pieces of information one can log onto the FTP from any Internet connection. It is fast reliable and it makes file transfer simple.
2. Speed : FTP Hosting is the fastest and a direct way of making the files available to clients and customers.
3. Reliability: The user can keep a track of the files transferred, sent or arrived. Secure FTP Hosting is clear and leaves no doubt. Hence, one can be rest assured about the file been sent to the desired person that too in time.

FTP Hosting is an authentic way of transferring files over the internet. Now-a-days in the era of Internet technology it is very important to implement advanced communication protocol in the system of business to carry out effective communication with the clients. Transferring files through the Internet is fast and secure. This enhances the business process.

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FTP Hosting supports transmission of all types of digital files over the Internet, size of the file is not a barrier. Costwise, transferring files is less under FTP Hosting service, hence this type of hosting is more preferred by businesses in the business process as an efficient medium to communicate with clients. Due to its ease of operating, one does not need to understand its technical details.

Benefits of FTP Hosting Service :

ftp-server-logo Benefits and Uses of Secure FTP HostingThe cost of transferring items depends on the distance between the two locations, weight of product and the shipment selection type. For FTP Hosting service there isn’t any additional fee charged for transferring files via the FTP server. It isn’t authentic to send digital files via any type of courier service, but with the use of FTP such file can be sent with much ease and at a comparatively much lower costs, hence it is recommended to use FTP for transferring movies or images. With FTP hosting service one can send data in a compressed file format. Advanced FTP hosting service comes with a facility of 128-bit data encryption. This encrypts the digital data and restricts any other to access the content of the data.

The transfer of data through FTP is user friendly. One needs to register a FTP server. FTP service providers allocate web space on a server and provides the user with an FTP account, which helps to communicate with the clients. The remote computer acts as a FTP client. It enables users to upload huge digital files on the FTP server. The files uploaded on the FTP server can be accessed or downloaded from anywhere through the Internet.

To summarize the above content, FTP hosting service is an efficient, cost effective and secure service designed for every kind of users.

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Importance Of Green Web Hosting.

November 16th, 2009

What is Green Web Hosting?

Green Web Hosting basically means the self-generation of energy for powering the data centers without disturbing the balance of the environment.In short generating energy in an eco-friendly way.

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The primary discriminator is the method by which data centers power their operations. One group buys Renewable Energy Certificates(REC) which insures that the power they use is generated in an Eco-friendly manner. This is typically wind or solar or tidal, but it could also be biogas or geothermal as well.

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datacenter Importance Of Green Web Hosting.Nearly 4% of the total energy consumed all over the world is used by datacenters functionality.

Green Web Hosting or Eco-friendly web hosting is the most recent addition to the sector of web hosting. Hosting companies are taking the initiatives of not affecting the environment in a negative manner. The most popular way the hosting companies prove their credentials is Carbon Offsetting. Others apart from this type are planting trees and trying hard for energy conservation by the use of energy saving appliances. All keeping a vision of to reduce data center emissions and help preserve the planet.

Green web hosting was rare few years back. But during the recent years this type of web hosting has gained popularity. Very few companies started 100% Green, whereas few others converted themselves to Green hosting. Hosting firms are taking the efforts to provide more eco-friendly web hosting products and services. The efforts involve producing energy through natural and never ending resources such as solar, wind, tides and geo-thermal sources for powering the data centers. Few others are coming forward for purchasing Renewable Energy Credits (REC). REC is a certification that assures that the company is using alternative forms of power. Companies have already started applying the policy of planting trees with the increase in new customer sign-ups.

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Few Energy Saving Tips Used by companies are listed below:

1. Usage of dry coolers to heat generator rooms and reverse the hot water from Data Center to heat staff areas reducing the unnecessary use of gas or electric heating system.
2. Use of Bio-diesel for powering up the generators.
3. Use of temperature detection units, for detecting the temperature of the water used for cooling the data center and accordingly powering up the pumps and cooling units. Companies report upto 40% reduction in the total power consumption.
4. Tree plantation to neutralize carbon emission.

The companies that wish to go Green can opt for the use of Solar cells for the generating power and offset power costs. The use of Wind power is another alternative for powering the data centers in an Eco-friendly manner. Both these types of energy generations can be used simultaneously to generate power for the data centers which are important for web hosting companies.

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Features Of E-commerce Web Hosting

November 16th, 2009

E-commerce web hosting is the type of web hosting which a business uses ecom1 Features Of E-commerce Web Hostingin order to sell products directly from their websites. Typically an E-commerce web hosts offer SSL certificates. SSL certificates are important for the protection of the private data and identity of potential customers. Business web hosting supports different variety of shopping carts for example: Cube Cart, Zen Cart, OsCommerce Shopping cart etc. Payment can be accepted online in many different ways. Usually Ecommerce sites support merchant accounts and Google checkout.

For carrying out such online trade, it is essential to have an account with a web hosting company which supports online shopping and has the latest trends and technology. The web hosting firm should have the capability of matching the plan ti the actual needs. Depending on the budget, many different packages offered by web hosting companies.

E-commerce is growing with a rapid pace hence E-commerce hosting companies have designed their plan to meet specific needs of the customers. There are few things that should be taken into consideration before choosing a web hosting company which are as follows:

1. Internet Speed: One needs to make sure that the E-commerce web-site is hosted on a fast data center.
2. Security: The environment in which the site is hosted must be extremely secure.
3. Support: The web hosting service provider must provide 24×7×365 days service.
4. Data Back-Ups: One needs to be aware of the schedule of data back-ups done by the web hosting company.
5. PHP/ CGI Perl Support: The support for this should be included by the web host.
6. ssl_logo Features Of E-commerce Web HostingSecure Socket Layer (SSL): E-commerce web-sites involve financial transactions, hence the web hosting provider should support SSL secure servers encryption.
7. Support For Database: Database support such as MySQL must be provided should be offered by the web hosts.
8. Server Uptime: The E-commerce business depends on the uptime as customers might visit anytime to the website and purchase the products offered by you. It is very important to make sure that the host provides atleast 99.99% uptime.
9. Unique IP Address: One should atleast ask the web hosts to provide minimum 2 unique IP addresses for the website to be hosted.
10. Automation: For the E-commerce web-site to be successful, one need access to powerful tools which automate various critical processes/tasks.

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The E-commerce web-site should be designed in such a way that the visitor should be comfortable in searching the products or services offered by you. The web-site must have a Shopping Cart software or application without which an E-commerce web-site is incomplete. Flexibility is another major thing while choosing a web host. The web host must be capable of supporting the changing requirements of the web-site. Proper selection of payment gateways is important.

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Control Panels For Windows Web Hosting

November 16th, 2009

Windows Web Hosting is one of the most preferred web hosting options present in the Web Hosting Industry. The Windows web hosting services offers access to control panels in order to manage the web hosting account. With a control panel managing the account becomes simple, there is no need to contact the administrator everytime for resolving simple tasks such as creating a new mail account under a domain, deleting an account etc. There has been an increase in the number of users opting for control panel access for a web hosting account.

Windows web hosting control panel’s are few as Windows isn’t an open source operating system, hence lot of knowledge of programming in order to be able to produce an application that is able to fully function with a Windows server. Windows web hosting services are becoming more and more popular in terms of control panels too due to the growing demand for Windows web hosting services and customers.

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There are various control panels offered by web hosting companies. Three control panels that are mainly offered by web hosting firm’s are Plesk, DotNetPanel and Hosting Controller.

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Out of these three Plesk is more widely used and it has been in the market since a long time. Plesk is considered to be the most reliable and stable control panel. Hosting controller is classed by many web hosting providers as unreliable but DotNetPanel has yet to gain exposure. These three control panels satisfy the core purpose of managing the Windows web hosting accounts hosted on the Windows servers.

Below are few Advantages offered by the three control panels:

A] DotNetPanel : DotNetPanel doesn’t only emphasize on standard ws08hypev_logo_250 Control Panels For Windows Web Hostingshared Windows Web Hosting services but on advanced Microsoft service hosting too to support web hosting service providers increase the range of Windows based web hosting products. Cheap Hyper V based VPS hosting solutions as well as Microsoft Server 2007 e-mail hosting solutions can be provided by web hosts with this control panel. Web hosting services can be offered with a cheap cost by using DotNetPanel hence offering cheaper web hosting solution.

B] Hosting Controller : Hosting controller is the biggest rival of Plesk provisioning characteristics. But, yet Hosting Controller has many other features to offer web hosting providers like built-in back-up and restore feature to ensure that if any data gets lost due to a software or hardware failure then there will be back-ups which can be relied on. control panel due to its focus on offering shared Windows web hosting services. Hosting Controller does not include any advanced management and

C] Plesk : Plesk has the ability to offer the web hosting service provider as server administrators as well as the customers as easy way to use interface which one can use to configure the different settings related to both Plesk and one’s server as well as to create web hosting accounts for the customers front end. Plesk proves to be useful for those who are hosted on the server and wish to manage the account successfully and effectively. Plesk is more

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user friendly compared to others hence a newbie too can easily use Plesk.

Similar to Plesk, cPanel has proved to be the most popular control panel for Linux web hosting.

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Understand the True Meaning of Web Hosting Uptime

November 16th, 2009

An individual, when choosing a web hosting company, usually takes into consideration the bandwidth and diskspace that is offered with a particular package. Along with this the uptime is the true point of attraction. Most web hosting companies offer an uptime guarantee. But, it is necessary to understand the true meaning of this.

webhosting Understand the True Meaning of Web Hosting UptimeThe web hosting uptime is a measurement of the time a server has been running, the longer the uptime, the better is the service. Uptime is not only crucial for web hosting companies, but to any company or individual having a web-site. It is very important for any website to be functional 24×7, as there might be multiple number of visitors in search of information or services that a particular website offers. And, for that the website should be hosted with a web hosting provider who provides maximum uptime guarantee.

There are various factors that may affect a web hosting uptime. Users too should understand that web hosting providers strive hard to keep the servers up and running smooth, but sometimes there are unavoidable circumstances such as natural calamities/disasters, that might affect the uptime committed by the web hosting provider.

Usually, the downtime is classified in three ways. 1. Planned Downtime, 2. Semi planned Downtime and 3. Unplanned Downtime

1. HostingPlanned Downtime can be caused when a server is scheduled for an upgrade or down-grade. Web hosts keep the clients informed about such changes to the server.
2. Semi-Planned Downtime: It may be caused when software providers find a solution to a known loop hole in the application and release a patch to overcome the problem, and it needs to be put into place.
3. Unplanned Downtime: This is the worst and most frustrating (at times) type of downtime, it may be caused due to software or hardware malfunction, server overload and attack the server or a malicious software.

The uptime guarantees provided by a Web Hosting provider, is based on the past information. There are few ways to maintain and monitor the uptime. Also, there are services that provide 24×7 monitoring. But, large web hosting companies usually have a separate department that looks after the uptime and monitor their servers 24×7. Today, there are techniques by which a web hosting company can actually provide 100% uptime. But, this service can be provided by larger companies only, as the hardware required for such architecture is almost double than that of a small web hosting company.

Some companies take the efforts to inform their customers about the possible downtime. Larger hosting providers are able to recover faster from the downtime than the smaller one’s.

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An individual should do thorough research when choosing a web hosting company. It can avoid the downtime of a particular website. There are applications available, that are capable of tracking a web hosting companies uptime. One can also visit different forums provided by either web hosting providers or other review forums to learn more about and particular company.

If a website is already hosted with some web hosting provider and is facing downtime, it is recommended to contact their technical support department and lodge a ticket/complaint against the issue. If one faces the same problem frequently, then looking for a better hosting provider is the best possible alternative to avoid downtime.

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Active Server Pages (ASP) Web Hosting

November 16th, 2009

Active Server Pages or ASP Web Hosting is one of the different Web Hosting solutions. It means that a web hosting provider offers support for ASP. Embedding an ASP code into a website’s HTML page transformers it to a dynamic data driven website. If a visitor browsing a website developed using ASP, the pages can change according to the action of the users.

An ASP code permits oneself to link web pages to a database. A user can interact with the web page by logging in and using their own personal settings or interactively place orders on the website.

Active Server PagesLet us understand ASP first. ASP is an abbreviation of Active Server Pages. These are HTML pages which contain ASP scripts embedded into it. That helps in creating dynamic database driven web-pages, a user can access data in a database as well as interact with page objects like Java Components or Active X.

When a user enters a URL in the browser or clicks on a web page one is requesting to send a file to the users computer, it is in a form of normal HTML format. When the users browser receives the web page it would look exactly the same as it did on the server. On the other hand, if an ASP file is received by the users computer, the ASP code could be the current date, or time etc.

ASPlogoOne can find number of web hosting providers who offer support for ASP. It is safer to host a website developed in ASP on a Windows 2000 Server, as they are more stable and most of the ASP components work well with Internet Information Services (IIS). One needs to host an ASP web site on Windows Server only, as it is a Microsofts product and does not support Linux. Hence, one can also search for web hosts that offer Windows Web Hosting services.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Dedicated Server Hosting

September 25th, 2009

Dedicated Servers are seen as the best type of web hosting for people who are running large resource intensive websites that receive many visitors, as well as for people and businesses who need to be guaranteed a stable service that is more reliable than other types of web hosting, such as shared website hosting and VPS Hosting; this is because a dedicated server is yours only, meaning that you are not sharing it with anyone else, thus meaning that all the resources on the server are for your use only and can’t be used by anyone else, allowing you to ensure that you are able to provide a reliable and stable service. However, dedicated server hosting is out of most people’s price range for the main reason that dedicated servers are relatively expensive to get hold of, since they are physical machines, unlike VPS hosting for example where the servers are actually virtualized on a physical hosting node that is shared; this means that dedicated servers are only mainly used by businesses who have a large budget and want to ensure that their servers are stable, or by people who are running large websites that provide them with enough revenue to be able to justify and cover the cost of a dedicated hosting server.

The Dedicated Server hosting market has seen a boom in recent years, meaning that the overall costs of dedicated servers has been reduced, allowing people who couldn’t previously afford one to purchase one to cover their needs; this means that the overall number of dedicated servers being taken out with web hosts has increased, thus increasing the amount that web hosts have been earning, but also increasing the number of web hosts there are to choose from since many people have seen the advantages of starting a web host and have decided to do so. In order to use a dedicated server, you will need to ensure that you have the necessary knowledge to be able to administrate one with ease, this means that you should choose an operating system for your dedicated server that you are comfortable with during the order process, since getting used to the dedicated hosting environment will be much easier if you are using a familiar interface or system; it is important that you know what you are doing with a dedicated server since in most cases it is up to you to keep the server up to date and secure, to ensure that hackers and other malicious attackers aren’t able to gain access to it and exploit it.

You should also be familiar with the relevant dedicated server terms before purchasing one, so that you know if you are running out of a certain resource or so that you know what a problem is if something happens to go wrong with your server; this is because in some cases the support team of the web host from which you have purchased your dedicated server might only provide you with limited support, meaning that you should know the ins and outs of your server as to avoid any problems with it. You should ensure that what you want to use your dedicated server for is in line with your web host’s AUP (acceptable usage policy), since if any activities or actions that you carry on your dedicated server aren’t in line with it or are affecting the performance of other servers on the same network as yours, then your web host might suspend your dedicated server in order to sort out the issues; in most cases you aren’t allowed to use dedicated servers for free web hosting because of the high risk of system abuse that is involved, and you aren’t allowed to host warez or IRC servers either since warez are deemed as illegal, and in most cases IRC chats are used to discuss illegal activities which is why web hosts don’t allow them in most cases.

Dedicated Servers have many advantages over other types of web hosting, meaning that if you need the utmost reliability then you should consider a dedicated server for your needs, since it is something that should fit the needs of most people; the main advantage is that you aren’t sharing the server or resources with anyone else which is most people’s main reason for choosing dedicated server hosting.

Advantages of Dedicated Server Hosting

Dedicated server hosting has to be the best type of web hosting for anyone, since you are not sharing your server with anyone else meaning that you have complete use of all the server resources; this means that you can allow for your large traffic website to flourish in a dedicated hosting environment. If you run your own small hosting business, then you are also able to ensure your clients a high level of reliability and uptime, meaning that their websites will also be up and available; with other types of hosting you aren’t able to guarantee either of these factors since other websites and accounts could easily affect you.

Dedicated Resources

The main advantage of having a dedicated server is the fact that the server is all yours, meaning that you have complete use and control of the server’s resources since there is no one else on the same server to use them as well; this means that if you run a resource intensive website, or an application or service that requires high specification hardware, you are able to without disrupting anyone else and without anyone else disrupting you meaning that you are able to ensure that your website or server is reliable and always available.

Although with the lower end equivalent of dedicated server hosting, VPS hosting, you are given guaranteed resources that will always be available for your use, but the CPU of the main host node isn’t split between the VPS on the server equally in some cases, meaning that it is a resource which isn’t always guaranteed for your use; however, with a dedicated server you have your own CPU meaning that it is always available for use by you – you also have a choice of CPUs in most cases, meaning that you could have up to 8 CPU cores available for your own use at any time. Like VPS Hosting, you have your own dedicated amounts of RAM and bandwidth which you are able to utilize on your dedicated server; however, with a dedicated server, the amount of RAM that you have is actually physical meaning that you can easily have it upgraded – bandwidth is the same as a VPS server though, meaning that you can only transfer as much bandwidth you have each month – once you have used all your bandwidth up you will have to upgrade your dedicated server by purchasing more bandwidth.

Since your dedicated server is yours, no one else is sharing it with you meaning that the performance and reliability of it isn’t able to be affected by anyone else; the only way that your dedicated server can be affected by other people is if someone attacks the network which your dedicated server is connected to – for example, another server that is connected to the same network as yours might get DDOS’d, which can slow down the entire network, this will affect your dedicated server directly since any external connections to it will be very slow. In most cases, you aren’t provided with any sort of control panel to allow you to remotely manage your dedicated server, meaning that if it crashes you will have to get your web host’s support team to bring it back up again; it is for this reason that it is suggested that you use some sort of external monitoring system so that you are alerted when your server goes down, or when too much of a certain resource has been used.

Root/Administrator Access

Unlike other types of Web Hosting, except VPS hosting, with dedicated server hosting you are able to have root/administrator access to your dedicated server meaning that you are able to install and do anything you want within your dedicated server, allowing you to customize it to the way that you want it to be; this means that if you want to host a website or application on your server that requires you to have a certain component installed or for the server to be configured in a certain way which isn’t possible on other types of hosting, you are able to do so and at the same time are enabling your website to be more reliable by hosting it on a dedicated server.

Root/administrator access is needed on a dedicated server since it allows you to installed the programs that you need to ensure that your dedicated server is secure, and so that you are able to run what you want and use your dedicated server for what you want; you can also carry out custom configurations of certain programs with root/administrator access, meaning that you can easily change the configuration of a certain program if needs be. With root/administrator access, you are also able to easily manage and view the server resources, allowing you to monitor them so that you can take the necessary action if a resource was to get overloaded which could cause the server to crash, which is not something you want since you might not have the ability to restart it yourself; you could also deploy an internal monitoring system so that you easily view and manage your server’s resources without having to be constantly logged into it – this would also mean that you have the ability to view and manage your server’s resources over the internet from any location in the world.

In the case of a Linux dedicated server, you will be given ‘root’ access to it meaning that you will be able to manage it using the ‘root’ account, normally via the means of SSH meaning that you should be aware of the main Linux commands prior to purchase a Linux dedicated server; Linux server administration via the means of SSH is carried out through the use of unique commands, meaning that in most cases a GUI isn’t provided for administration access – however, in some cases a GUI via the means of VNC might be available for your use.

In the case of Windows dedicated server hosting, you will be given ‘administrator‘ access to your dedicated server meaning that you will be able to manage it via the means of remote desktop, for which a client comes pre-installed with the most recent Microsoft Windows versions; this means that if you have the Microsoft Windows operating system installed on your desktop computer, you will be able to interact with your Windows dedicated server via the means of remote desktop, meaning that you can easily manage your dedicated server using the Windows GUI.

Disadvantages of Dedicated Server Hosting

There aren’t really any disadvantages that you can directly apply to dedicated server hosting, which is one of the reasons why it is so popular with both businesses and individuals alike. The only factor nearest to a disadvantage that you could apply to dedicated server hosting is the cost of it; this is because dedicated servers cost quite a lot, compared to lower range hosting packages such as shared hosting packages an VPS hosting packages; the cost is only high because the server physically exists, and the original cost of the server for your provider was probably hundreds of pounds, and they need to make that money back in the short term, especially if they are providing many dedicated servers, otherwise they won’t be making any profit on each server. The arrangement that your web host has with their data centre can also affect the price of dedicated servers; this is because data centres charge a certain amount of each individual server that is hosted with them, to cover the cost of electricity, bandwidth and the rack space that has been filled – your web host has to deduct this amount from the cost of your dedicated server since they still want to maintain a profit from your server, but at the same time it needs to be located within a data centre so that it is connected to the internet.

Conclusion

In conclusion, if your website receives a large amount of visitors or is mission critical then Dedicated Server hosting is for you, for the main reason of the added stability which isn’t provided with lower range hosting packages such as shared website hosting and VPS hosting; this means that you are able to ensure that your important website is always available for your visitors, when with lower range packages it might not always be. The fact that your website will be more reliable is because you have your own server with its own resources that are not shared with anyone else, thus meaning that there isn’t anyone else or any other server that will be able to affect the performance of yours in any way; as mentioned previously, you have your own CPU unlike VPS hosting which doesn’t, meaning that your programs and services will always be able to process what they need to without the threat of not being able to because there isn’t enough CPU space available.

Although VPS Hosting does provide you with your own guaranteed RAM and bandwidth, the physical CPU isn’t evenly shared between all the VPS that are hosted on the server concerned, meaning that it only takes one greedy VPS to take the whole hosting node down by using up all the available CPU space; in the case of dedicated server hosting, the CPU is all yours meaning that it can’t be used by anyone else or by any other server – you also have the option to choose from dual or quad core CPUs meaning that you have the ability to give your dedicated server extra reliability.

As mentioned previously, the only way that another server is able to affect the performance of your dedicated server is if another server on the same network as yours was to be DDOS’d, meaning that you have that extra level or reliability and security when compared to other types of hosting; a DDOS would slow the entire network down meaning that all servers would be affected and no-one externally would be able to connect to the servers.

With a dedicated server, you are also given root/administrator access, allowing you to install any programs or services that you want, just as long as they are in line with your web hosts acceptable usage policy – you are also able to carry out custom configurations with root/administrator access, since your dedicated server is your own dedicated environment; with a Linux dedicated server you will be given root access via the means of SSH, and with a Windows dedicated server you will be given administrator access via the means of remote desktop – although the use of remote desktop requires that you have the Windows operating system in order to use the remote desktop client.

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How Dedicated Servers Revolutionize Your Web Experience

September 7th, 2009

Organizations that have websites being hosted by a shared host may not experience a problem until their bandwidth and space requirements increase. If the traffic to your website is increasing rapidly, you should consider a dedicated server. It will provide you enough resources for an improved performance of your website. That’s not all. A dedicated server will completely change the way you have experienced the web so far. How? Read on.

  • A dedicated server minimizes downtimes. It is better equipped to handle heavy traffic. It ensures high availability of your website. The service of the dedicated server is more reliable than a shared server.
  • You get in charge of the matters related to your website’s hosting. With a dedicated server, you no longer need to squabble with other websites for bandwidth and disk space. The performance of your website improves dramatically.
  • A dedicated server ensures more security for your website. Unlike a shared environment, the problems in other websites do not affect yours. Also, a dedicated server allows you to configure security settings specific to your website.
  • A dedicated server allows you to grow. This means, that you can use it host more websites or add more disk space or memory. This is possible because dedicated servers make upgrades easy.
  • A dedicated server allows you to configure it according to what you want for your website. You can install all the applications you wanted for your website.

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Why Cluster Dedicated Servers are Better Than Single Ones

September 7th, 2009

The concept of bringing servers together to form a cluster was brought in because one server could not provide assurance on high availability and business continuity. Cluster servers impressed organizations with all the promised they made. Let’s look at how cluster servers can help your business.

  • Cluster servers cause work load to be distributed across several servers. This improves the performance of the network in terms of speed and reliability.
  • Cluster servers offer high availability. If one server fails, other servers will provide the support necessary to help your business. Thus, cluster servers ensure business continuity.
  • One of the biggest advantages of clusters servers is that they support scalability. They can expand and accommodate all the growing needs of your business.
  • Maintenance of cluster servers is easy as you can switch one server off while others work. This ensures that your network applications are always available.
  • Another thing businesses like about cluster servers is that it is easy to configure and manage such servers.

Over time and with growing technological needs of organizations, network applications have become critical for businesses. A failure in the server containing the critical applications can prove miserable, sometimes fatal, to businesses. Cluster servers have become important for this reason. They impart an improved professional image to businesses.

Apart from being advantageous in the current situation, cluster servers can accommodate a business’ future needs. This future-sensibility makes it extremely lucrative.

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