Archive for April, 2008

Free Web Hosting: Good or Bad?

April 13th, 2008 by Samuel Becks

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At the paid hosting you usually pay for the predetermined set of hosting services. No matter whether you use it or not entirely. Unlikely that the hosting provider will reduce the price of your hosting fare below a certain level if your site unfrequented “spends” a little traffic or other resources. Free hosting sites implies that your fee banner impressions clearly meets the load, and traffic on your web site. Few consuming - little crying. Consuming a lot of - a lot of banners showing.

Try to locate a site on the standard tariff, with traffic hosting 40-50 GB per month for the paid hosting. Rather, the hosting provider starts talk about moving to a dedicated server. In partnership with the hosting provider when it receives revenue from advertising on your website, the problems likely will not. If the host does not want to keep your site for free hosting - this is a sign that the cost and income part of your website, and you are not balanced, for example, unlikely to recoup their site by placing it on the paid hosting, and selling advertising on it. Believe hosting organisation believes these things very well and it is trusted his opinion on this matter. If the placement of the web site does not require you to describe the site - then, the first time you will be looking.  Judging by you for your. Incidentally registration - is part of the business model. Hosts at this point are divided into two categories - with a free registration, and by appointment. In the first case, an easy process to obtain hosting and established system of blocking sites that break the rules. The second - you can never get free hosting for your site. The use of the first method is also often speaks of the additional reserve strength of the resources and equipment from the hosting provider.

And about free hosting sites with banners. Look at the numbers. Now the cost of advertising shown on free hosting sites is about 20 cents for 1000 banner impressions. Consider the cost of 1 GB of traffic for the hosting provider for $ 1. Running a banner accounts for about 200 KB traffic. Placing files under the leap to free hosting, which uses a model with a banner advertising - surest way to make your web site unprofitable for the hosting provider. The response from the host followed immediately. You can also consider hosting such a resource for downloading processor server. One traffic here is no tricks. The idea of following - working scripts, as a result of not issuing pages with a banner, produced as if unpaid. Therefore, the free hosting dislike tops, counters, etc.

Another aspect - promotion of domain name of your site. It is clear that the third-level domain, which provides hosting provider in registration on a free (and at the paid) hosting - his property. Spin this domain is only with confidence in the future and site hosting. The model of such a scenario: the site has not promoted, it consumes little resources and, consequently, if and goes beyond the concept free hosting sites, it often looks to host a “blind eye”. As promotion sharply rising attendance and resource site begins to attract attention to the admin hosting provider. Any withdrawal abroad outlined free hosting service provider, will be punished. Reasonable two exits. First, the constant checking the web site to conform to the requirements and restrictions of free hosting sites.

American Hosting

April 8th, 2008 by Samuel Becks

Hosting in USAThe most important thing that distinguishes American from hosting any other - is its great diversity. In the United States, thousands of providers offering the widest range of services, and accordingly, very different in their prices. Therefore, the choice of provider in the United States - sometimes very difficult case. Almost impossible to identify any specific features, it is inherent in hosting American - you can choose for everyone.

Hosted in the United States as providing specialized hosting companies, and ISPs that provide Internet connectivity. The second type of hosting - the most primitive and expensive, and yet many of them quite enjoyed, as it is convenient - easier to deal with one company than with several. Convenience is imaginary, as the provider for providing connectivity to the Internet hosting - is a side business, in which he has invested almost no money or time. Yes and experience in this area it is usually not enough - it is not just his business. But many, especially those new to the Internet, in all of this is not dealt with, and take that is closer.

But most of all the same, the services of specialized hosting companies. As I already wrote, a huge choice, so most importantly - decide that you need, and then begin to search provider. But it is a separate and very big issue.

The most common hosting in the United States, as elsewhere, is based on Unix or Linux platforms. It is good that it is reliable and inexpensive platform, it is determining the majority of users. Only, which is now added to almost all such plans of hosting - is support FrontPage extensions, as these expand greatly increase the functionality of hosting and hence its popularity.

The second type of hosting is also very popular in the United States - a Windows platform. As a server used either Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003. This type of hosting more expensive because Windows itself is quite expensive compared to a much cheaper Unix or Linux servers. Moreover, since Windows more vulnerable to viruses and hacker attacks, we have to raise additional layers of protection that is not free. If a provider offers Unix and Windows hosting for the same price - consequently, the price for hosting Unix severely inflated. But providers love to work with Windows largely because of the very good support provided by Microsoft. The popularity of the same hosting due to the fact that in the United States so many developers are using technology from Microsoft, which is fully supported only Windows. The first technologies such as ASP, ASP.NET, ADO, ADO.Net, SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Excel, and FoxPro. And while there are special supplement to, for example, use ASP or ASP.NET technology to Unix servers, are these programs are expensive, and providers set their rare. The popularity of Windows hosting especially increased in recent years because of the proliferation of technologies ASP.NET, and the emergence of the latest versions of SQL Server, which they are able to catch almost Oracle databases, although faces are still cheaper, so many companies are moving their . MySQL in the United States is rarely used, especially in business, because all large and medium-sized companies can afford much more powerful and light in the SQL Server database, but in small firms is very popular Microsoft Access, again requiring a Windows environment.

Usually providers offer SQL Server for an additional fee, but not all offer such an opportunity at all. Still, such frameworks as SQL Server and Oracle are used primarily by corporate clients who have dedicated server.

Plans to pay for hosting differ very much. Most plans allow monthly pay, with a semi-annual or annual payment discount, often by the system: subscribing for a year - and pay for 11 months. Return usually guaranteed money in the period from 14 to 30 days.

In recent years, the American hosting undergone major changes. First, in connection with the development of modern technology as prices plummeted. Secondly, the system has been modified user support. Initially, almost every provider of support provided by e-mail or by phone, with a mandatory provision of free number, and often around the clock. All of this is most directly reflected in the prices. Subsequently, in connection with the improvement of hosting technology, hosting increase reliability, simplicity of management site, as well as the development of powerful information databases need for such support has become a decrease. Many providers have become reduce the level of support and thus provide a cheaper hosting. Today you can find a company to continue to provide support “for the full program, and the company, limited to the provision of minimum support in the form of e-mail, information databases and the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). All are becoming more common alternative means of support - malostoyaschie, but mostly very effective, such as forums on the website provider or chat in real time with a specialist.

In the United States, there is a huge surplus of computer resources, or large amount of disk space, the range of transmission and other computer resources remain untapped. All of this, as well as the rapid growth of computer technology suggests that hosting in the United States will continue to rapidly improve and also quickly buyout, and that is precisely what we are seeing today.

Backuping the hoster’s data

April 5th, 2008 by Samuel Becks

This is a very important moment for you. Normally, under bekapom hosts understand two things:

  • installed in the server drives in the plural included via raid controller;
  • all your data once a day are archived and stored on a separate disk (single server).

If the provider has raid, it is wonderful. Mean these things, with the right approach to the case, that all your data is not stored on a single hard disk, but at least two. And if one of the disks ordered to live long, it will not be a problem. The provider simply changed the defective disc and the work will continue. Ideally, you would not even notice, and learn about, not because raid arrays imply “hot” shift discs.

If your host is not only a raid, but also makes a copy of your site, it’s just wonderful. In case you accidentally deleted my site, or some well learn your password (as a rule is either to the host than to be much easier to steal passwords from the user) and broken site, you can ask your host to restore data from CVS. But keep in mind: if you notice that your site does not, spusty month, another provider, you do not help. Typically, the archives are stored only in the past week.

In any case, whatever your backup is not kept host, always keep a copy of your site hosting. Any happens. If no technical difficulty of the hosting arise because, as they say, piano fall on the server.

Choosing hosting company: large or small?

April 5th, 2008 by Samuel Becks

There are several points in this choice.

If your host is “young and hot”, all the teething problems you are going to face together. This downtime and servers for a few days to several (not episodic, but such strong downtime). But on the other hand, you can make some important concessions for you. I module, which ask, and even put some important software for you. Yes, and the cost of services are most likely to be lower than in large or medium companies.

If this is a large company, that in general, there plus minus one client here - they are not afraid. Your voice in which case, surely, will not be heard. But the quality of service tends to be higher, it is true, and the relevant requirements of customers. If you ask - “but I put such a module, it is likely to receive a waiver. All will be well under the time limit.

As in any case, most find their middle solution - that hosting, where you will be important as a client. True, this is not the only occasion to feel the client and keep appropriately. In the middle of all good.

Traffic on your hosting

April 5th, 2008 by Samuel Becks

Traffic - The number of transmitted information to one side or another, that is, from your site or to your site. Speaking hosts - traffic is inbound and outbound. Now hosts write on their sites that traffic in your tariff plan:

  • not limited to (conditionally, but is silent about it)
  • restricted any number of gigabytes per month

In fact, traffic is not unlimited in nature. This is an axiom. Under unlimited host can understand that the standard client consumes no more than 10 Gigabytes outgoing traffic per month. Provided that your site - this is not a collection of music in the mp3 format or something like that. Either limit the customer on other grounds, such as the consumption of CPU time and simultaneously running applications. The most limiting worst option, when it hosts “traps” to feed her indecently small values. Or does disables channel to the west. Then, it is possible that your already mentioned earlier, a neighbour outside wall of your site will be open for a long time or did not see. What’s strange, such options are found so far.

In another case, the provider does not limit you innocent, he neatly exposes you account for anti-excess traffic rules. Normally this before 1 USD for the outgoing gigabytes. Expensive, the good, need not be so. Note that there are hosts who swear that traffic is not restricted, however, is taking place a couple of months and if you have a large attendance, you will be politely asked to pay for the traffic, at best, or simply turn off the silence.

Therefore, if you have a major project, always ask your provider how unlimited bandwidth and how much it will cost in excess of the quota.