A survey of Free Hostia

We, at sonoridad.com, have chosen 'Free Hostia' to be our current domain name and web hosting supplier. Therefore we deem that this succinct evaluation of 'Free Hostia' is probably going to be quite helpful for other individuals from all over the World in need of domain name and web hosting services. We say folks from all over the Globe, since the simple truth is that 'Free Hostia' currently provides domain and hosting services in multiple data center sites: in the United States (Chicago, IL), in the UK (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, covering nearly 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 Webspace Hosting Packages

The initial thing we, at sonoridad.com, have perceived is the low-cost prices of the shared web page hosting accounts supplied by 'Free Hostia'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is called: shared hosting. The good news here is that the web site hosting plans provided by 'Free Hostia' are driven by an in-house developed, avant-garde cloud web hosting solution (each hosting service, like email, databases, Control Panel, storage space, DNS, stats, and so on, is being served by an individual group of web hosting servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting provider on the Earth will have enormous problems with, since cPanel is a single server based webspace hosting platform (each hosting service, such as mail, databases, site hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being served by one and the same web server), cPanel is not open source (therefore the cPanel web page hosting companies are not able to add extra functionality and handle it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they need to develop their own file system), which is the precondition of any cloud web hosting service. Let's return to the shared webspace hosting packages, which are powered by a genuine cloud webspace hosting platform. With a shared web page hosting package, each client pays just for his/her account, thus retaining the web hosting price really low (because many customers use one and the same server). In a few words, a shared hosting package, which is being served by a clustered site hosting solution, enables you to pay just for the reserves that you indeed need, averting a scenario where you pay for a feature-rich site hosting plan that you cannot really utilize, or for a basic site hosting account that cannot handle your site. The ability to upgrade your account from one package to another with just 2 mouse clicks grants you the flexibility to begin with a small package and upgrade as your web presence expands. In this way, you economize funds that you can expend on promoting the site while it is still novel. Each and every web site hosting plan provided by 'Free Hostia' offers an online site builder and over forty popular script-driven software applications including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you hundreds of dollars for web site design services. 'Free Hostia' delivers shared site hosting plans in a number of different countries around the World. There is one server farm facility in Chicago covering the United States of America and Canada; 2 European datacenters - in the United Kingdom and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia-Pacific. Hence, nearly the whole Earth is encompassed to provide you and your visitors with a steady and fast website hosting solution at a desired location. As a whole, the shared hosting accounts delivered 'Free Hostia' are quite well appointed and come at a budget price (beginning from $0.00 for the Chocolate package).

Semi-dedicated Web Servers

To customers with little to no experience, a VPS web hosting server may seem troublesome to manage. That's probably why 'Free Hostia' also houses semi-dedicated hosting servers in its main North American datacenter in Chicago. Administering these packages is comparable to managing a standard shared hosting package via a web hosting Control Panel interface. They have all the features of a shared web hosting account such as a fee-free site building tool and a PHP script installer, but the system resource quota typical of a semi-dedicated web hosting plan is many times bigger than that of a shared web hosting package. For instance, the central processing unit power that can be utilized is almost FIVE times as much as compared to the shared website hosting packages. When compared to a shared web page hosting package, the quota of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is great: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted top-level domain name allowance is a trend too. The semi-dedicated web hosting server plans do not come with full root privileges (we, at sonoridad.com, regard this as a little problem), but the plus is that they are managed through the same web space hosting Control Panel user interface as the shared accounts. This implies that a well-known graphical user interface is available to all clients who are not confident enough to handle a private virtual web server, yet require more power and supplies than a virtual server can furnish them with. This is so due to the fact that the semi-dedicated web servers share the system resources of the very same powerful high-class web hosting servers as the ones which host the virtual private web server plans, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated web servers is quite low (somewhere between 20 to thirty per server), while the virtual web servers can reach a much higher number (80 to a hundred and twenty per server). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers furnished by 'Free Hostia' can be branded as being amazingly affordable (as far as cost is concerned), commencing from $29.95 for the Boabab package.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

In sonoridad.com's opinion, huge web sites such as social networks, community and corporate portals or popular web shops with 1000s of customers require a much more powerful site hosting environment. It seems that the fellows from 'Free Hostia' have arrived at the same conclusion too. To live up to its customers' needs, 'Free Hostia' offers an array of dedicated hosting servers that can cope with millions of daily visits. That assessment stands on the hardware configurations the dedicated servers boast: many-core processors, up to 4 gigabytes of RAM, two thousand gigabytes of disk space and Gigabit network interface cards will beyond doubt guarantee the quick and steady work of any type of website. In 'Free Hostia's opinion, the primary hardware specifications can be upgraded for more resource-demanding web sites. We, from sonoridad.com, believe that all dedicated server packages offered by 'Free Hostia' are also appropriate for launching a hosting reseller business as each and every web server offers free-of-cost invoicing software platform and a cost-free domain reseller account. Sadly, the dedicated servers delivered by 'Free Hostia' are all unmanaged. We, at sonoridad.com, regard this as a little defect, which can be amended by paying a monthly tax which amounts to $32.00 USD. So, if you are in need of assistance, the Managed Services upgrade includes several additional services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated server monitoring and troubleshooting procedures. Several web hosting CP (CP) tools are offered with each of the dedicated web servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (sonoridad.com's) prediction is that the great point-and-click File Manager added in the Hepsia hosting CP will probably render the utilization of any File Transfer Protocol software pointless. Our (sonoridad.com's) inference is that the dedicated servers supplied by 'Free Hostia' don't appear to be very low priced (yet the Hepsia web page hosting CP and the unlimited hosted domain name allowance will doubtlessly make you smile), commencing from $139.95 for the Arctic package.