A survey of Free Hostia

We, at dreamersdowin.com, have selected 'Free Hostia' to be our current domain name and web hosting distributor. This is why we think that this short assessment of 'Free Hostia' is perchance going to be very useful for other folks from all over the Globe who need domain name and web hosting services. We say folks from all over the World, because the mere fact is that 'Free Hostia' presently distributes domain and hosting services in numerous server farm facility sites: in the US (Chicago, IL), in Great Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thereby, encompassing approximately the entire Globe. At least from the point of view of the Internet. So, here is what you could expect from 'Free Hostia' in a nutshell:

Shared Hosting Plans

The initial detail we, at dreamersdowin.com, have perceived is the budget prices of the shared web hosting solutions supplied by 'Free Hostia'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared hosting. The good thing here is that the web space hosting accounts furnished by 'Free Hostia' are powered by an in-house built, avant-garde cloud web hosting solution (each hosting service, such as electronic mail, databases, webspace hosting CP, storage space, DNS, stats, and so on, is being dealt with by an individual stack of hosting servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting vendor on the Globe will have considerable troubles with, since cPanel is a one single server based webspace hosting environment (each hosting service, such as electronic mail, databases, site hosting Control Panel, disk space, DNS, stats, and so on, runs on a single hosting server), cPanel is not open source (that is why the cPanel-based web page hosting firms cannot add extra functionality and handle it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they must devise their own file system), which is the premise of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared website hosting accounts, which are powered by an actual clustered website hosting system. With a shared web space hosting plan, each customer pays only for his/her package, thus maintaining the web site hosting price very low (because lots of clients utilize the same web server). In a few words, a shared hosting package, which is being served by a clustered web space hosting system, allows you to pay solely for the reserves that you really need, averting a situation where you pay for a powerful web site hosting account that you cannot actually utilize, or for a small hosting package that cannot shelter your site. The possibility to upgrade your account from one package to another with just two mouse clicks gives you the flexibility to begin with a basic package and upgrade as your web page expands. That way, you economize money that you can expend on promoting the website while it is still new. Each website hosting account provided by 'Free Hostia' ships with an online site building tool and over forty widely used script platforms like WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will spare you hundreds of dollars for website design services. 'Free Hostia' furnishes shared website hosting packages in several different geographical regions across the Globe. There is one datacenter facility in Chicago covering the United States of America and Canada; 2 European datacenter facilities - in Great Britain and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific. Thus, virtually the entire Globe is covered to provide you and your web page's visitors with a stable and fast hosting service at a convenient location. Altogether, the shared hosting plans provided 'Free Hostia' are quite well stocked and come at a low-cost price (starting from $0.00 for the Chocolate plan).

Semi-dedicated Servers

To people with little or no practice, a private virtual hosting server may seem complicated to administer. That's probably why 'Free Hostia' also houses semi-dedicated hosting servers in its principal US data center facility in Chicago. Handling these plans is similar to handling a typical shared website hosting account via a web site hosting Control Panel tool. They have all the specs of a shared package such as a free website builder and a web application installation tool, but the amount of system resources offered by a semi-dedicated web server plan is many times bigger than that of a shared web hosting package. For example, the CPU power that can be utilized is approximately FIVE times as much as compared to the shared web hosting plans. When contrasted with a shared web hosting plan, the quota of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is great: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted top-level domain name allowance is a rule too. The semi-dedicated server plans do not include complete root access (we, at dreamersdowin.com, think that this is a small drawback), but the good point is that they are managed via the very same Control Panel user interface as the shared web space hosting plans. This implies that a familiar graphical interface is offered to all clients who do not have enough self-condifence to administer a Virtual Private Server, yet need more power and resources than a VPS server can bestow on them. This is like that because of the fact that the semi-dedicated web servers share the resources of the same powerful top-class servers as the ones which accommodate the virtual private web server hosting accounts, still, the number of the semi-dedicated servers is quite small (somewhere between twenty to 30 per physical machine), whereas the private virtual servers can reach a much higher number (80 to 120 per physical machine). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers delivered by 'Free Hostia' can be categorized as being amazingly inexpensive (as far as cost is concerned), starting from $29.95 for the Boabab package.

Dedicated Web Servers

In dreamersdowin.com's opinion, huge websites such as social networks, community and business web portals or popular web storefronts with 1000s of customers request a much more powerful hosting platform. It appears that the guys from 'Free Hostia' have reached the same conclusion as well. To fulfil its clients' anticipations, 'Free Hostia' delivers a collection of dedicated servers that can handle millions of daily visits. That estimation is based on the hardware configurations the dedicated servers sport: many-core processors, up to four gigabytes of RAM, two thousand gigabytes of web space and Gigabit network cards will no doubt ensure the quick and steady performance of any sort of site. In 'Free Hostia's opinion, the original hardware specifications can be upgraded for more resource-requiring sites. We, from dreamersdowin.com, believe that all dedicated server accounts furnished by 'Free Hostia' are also appropriate for initiating a hosting reseller business as each and every dedicated web server comes with free-of-cost invoicing transaction software and a charge-free domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated hosting servers furnished by 'Free Hostia' are all unmanaged. We, at dreamersdowin.com, think that this is a minor negative point, which can be amended by paying a monthly fee which amounts to $32.00 USD. So, if you require help, the Managed Services upgrade offers a handful of supplementary services such as a routine backup, software installation, web hosting server monitoring and troubleshooting procedures. A selection of webspace hosting Control Panel (CP) interfaces are offered with each of the dedicated servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (dreamersdowin.com's) prediction is that the remarkable point-and-click File Manager offered by the Hepsia web site hosting Control Panel will probably make the use of any File Transfer Protocol software program pointless. Our (dreamersdowin.com's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers furnished by 'Free Hostia' don't appear to be very low priced (yet the Hepsia CP and the unlimited hosted domain quotas will no doubt make you smile), beginning from $139.95 for the Arctic plan.