A survey of Free Hostia

We, at almostready.org, have picked 'Free Hostia' to be our present domain and hosting distributor. Hence we believe that this brief assessment of 'Free Hostia' is perchance going to be quite helpful for other folks from all over the World in search for domain name and web hosting services. We say folks from all around the Globe, since the mere fact is that 'Free Hostia' presently supplies domain and hosting services in numerous server farm locations: in the United States (Chicago, IL), in Great Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thereby, embracing virtually the whole planet. At least from the point of view of the Internet. So, here is what you could anticipate from 'Free Hostia' in a nutshell:

Shared Web Site Hosting Accounts

The first thing we, at almostready.org, have observed is the low-cost prices of the shared hosting packages delivered 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 accounts provided by 'Free Hostia' are driven by an in-house built, ultramodern cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, such as electronic mail, databases, site hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, stats, and so on, runs on a separate stack of hosting servers in a cluster). This is something EVERY cPanel web hosting provider in the World will have considerable problems with, because cPanel is a one-server based web hosting environment (each web hosting service, such as email, databases, web page hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, stats, etc., is being run on one and the same hosting server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel-based webspace hosting firms cannot add additional functionality and manipulate it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they must develop their own file system), which is the precondition of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared web site hosting packages, which are driven by an authentic clustered hosting platform. With a shared website hosting account, each client pays just for his/her account, thus maintaining the site hosting price really low (because multiple users share one and the same server). In short, a shared hosting package, which is being served by a clustered website hosting platform, permits you to pay only for the resources that you really need, evading a situation where you pay for a powerful site hosting account that you cannot actually use, or for a tiny site hosting package that cannot host your site. The option to upgrade your account from one plan to another with just 2 mouse clicks grants you the flexibility to kick off with a tiny plan and upgrade as your web page grows. Thus, you economize cash that you can spend on publicizing the website while it is still new. Each webspace hosting account delivered by 'Free Hostia' comprises an online site builder and over 40 widely used script platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you hundreds of dollars for website design solutions. 'Free Hostia' offers shared web hosting packages in a number of different geographical regions around the World. There is one data center facility in Chicago covering the USA and Canada; two European datacenters - in England and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific region. In this way, approximately the whole Globe is covered to present you and your visitors with a stable and fast site hosting solution at a preferred place. On the whole, the shared hosting accounts furnished 'Free Hostia' are really well furnished and are available at a very good price (starting from $0.00 for the Chocolate package).

Semi-dedicated Servers

To clients with little or no practice, a VPS hosting server may seem troublesome to handle. That's probably why 'Free Hostia' also keeps semi-dedicated web hosting servers in its principal American server farm facility in Chicago. Managing these packages is comparable to managing a standard shared webspace hosting package via a web page hosting CP tool. They have all the functionalities of a shared hosting package such as a free-of-charge site builder and a web app installation tool, but the system resource quota offered by a semi-dedicated hosting server account is many times larger than that of a shared web page hosting account. For example, the central processing unit power that can be used is approximately FIVE times as much as compared with the shared hosting accounts. When contrasted with a shared site hosting package, the number of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting packages is vast: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted TLD allowance is a norm too. The semi-dedicated server accounts do not offer full root privileges (we, at almostready.org, consider this a minor downside), but the advantage is that they are managed via the very same webspace hosting Control Panel tool as the shared hosting plans. This signifies that a known graphical user interface is available to all customers who are not self-confident enough to handle a virtual private web server, yet need more power and supplies than a virtual private web hosting server can furnish them with. This is like that because of the fact that the semi-dedicated web servers share the resources of the very same powerful ultramodern web servers as the ones which host the private virtual web server hosting packages, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated servers is very low (somewhere between twenty to 30 per physical machine), while the virtual private web hosting servers can reach a much higher number (80 to one hundred and twenty per physical machine). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers provided by 'Free Hostia' can be dubbed as being amazingly cheap (as far as price is concerned), beginning from $29.95 for the Boabab plan.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

According to almostready.org, large web pages such as social networks, community and business portals or popular online storefronts with thousands of customers need a much more powerful hosting solution. It appears that the blokes from 'Free Hostia' have drawn the same conclusion as well. To fulfil its customers' expectations, 'Free Hostia' provides a number of dedicated web servers that can cope with millions of daily visits. That estimation stands on the hardware specifications the hosting servers boast: Dual and Quad-core processors, up to 4 GB of RAM, 2000 gigabytes of web space and Gigabit NICs will beyond doubt ensure the fast and steady performance of any type of site. In 'Free Hostia's opinion, the primary hardware specs can be upgraded for more system resource-requiring websites. We, from almostready.org, consider that all dedicated server specifications delivered by 'Free Hostia' are also appropriate for beginning a hosting reseller business as every web hosting server includes free billing software and a free-of-cost domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated web hosting servers supplied by 'Free Hostia' are all unmanaged. We, at almostready.org, think that this is a small weak point, which can be adjusted by paying a monthly fee of $32.00 USD. So, if you demand support, the Managed Services upgrade includes a handful of extra services such as a routine backup, software installation, server monitoring and troubleshooting operations. A bouquet of site hosting Control Panel (CP) interfaces are available with each of the servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (almostready.org's) forecast is that the amazing point-and-click File Manager included in the Hepsia web space hosting Control Panel will possibly render the recourse to any File Transfer Protocol software program futile. Our (almostready.org's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers supplied by 'Free Hostia' don't seem to be very affordably priced (yet the Hepsia webspace hosting Control Panel and the unmetered hosted domain name quotas will beyond doubt make you smile), starting from $139.95 for the Arctic plan.