A survey of Free Hostia

We, at keepboulderfun.com, have chosen 'Free Hostia' to be our current domain name and hosting vendor. This is why we think that this short evaluation of 'Free Hostia' is probably going to be very helpful for other people from all over the Globe in need of domain name and web hosting services. We say folks from all over the Globe, since the simple fact is that 'Free Hostia' presently delivers domain and hosting services in several data center locations: in the US (Chicago, IL), in Great Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, covering nearly the whole planet. At least from the point of view of the World Wide Web. So, here is what you could expect from 'Free Hostia' in brief:

Shared Web Page Hosting Plans

The first detail we, at keepboulderfun.com, have seen is the budget prices of the shared site hosting plans furnished by 'Free Hostia'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared web hosting. The good thing here is that the web page hosting plans provided by 'Free Hostia' are driven by an in-house designed, futuristic cloud web hosting platform (each web hosting service, like mail, databases, web space hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being handled by an autonomous host of web servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance ANY cPanel web hosting distributor in the World will have huge predicaments with, because cPanel is a one single server based website hosting environment (each web hosting service, like mail, databases, website hosting Control Panel, storage space, DNS, statistics, and so on, runs on a single server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel-based web hosting providers cannot add extra functionality and manipulate it the way they want it) and there is no open source file platform (they have to design their own file platform), which is the premise of any cloud web hosting service. Let's return to the shared web page hosting accounts, which are powered by an actual cloud web space hosting system. With a shared site hosting plan, each client pays solely for his/her package, thus keeping the webspace hosting price really low (because numerous clients use the same web server). In a nutshell, a shared hosting account, which is hosted on a clustered site hosting system, enables you to pay just for the resources that you actually require, precluding a scenario where you pay for a high-end web space hosting account that you cannot truly utilize, or for a small web page hosting plan that cannot accommodate your website. The ability to upgrade your account from one plan to another with just 2 clicks grants you the flexibility to kick off with a tiny plan and upgrade as your online presence grows. That way, you spare money that you can invest in advertising the website while it is still new. Each and every hosting account furnished by 'Free Hostia' boasts an online web site building tool and more than forty widely used script-driven platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you hundreds of dollars for web page design services. 'Free Hostia' furnishes shared webspace hosting services in several different countries around the Globe. There is one data center facility in Chicago encompassing the United States of America and Canada; 2 European server farms - in Great Britain and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia-Pacific region. Hence, practically the whole Earth is covered to supply you and your visitors with a stable and dependable web space hosting solution at a convenient place. All in all, the shared hosting accounts provided 'Free Hostia' are quite well furnished and come at a very good price (starting from $0.00 for the Chocolate plan).

Semi-dedicated Web Hosting Servers

To users with little to no experience, a VPS may appear troublesome to manage. That's perhaps why 'Free Hostia' also hosts semi-dedicated web hosting servers in its principal North American data center facility in Chicago. Handling these accounts is similar to administering a normal shared web space hosting plan via a web page hosting CP user interface. They have all the functionalities of a shared web site hosting account such as a free-of-charge website builder and a script installation tool, but the system resource quota typical of a semi-dedicated web hosting account is many times greater than that of a shared web space hosting account. For instance, the central processing unit power that can be used is about FIVE times as much as compared with the shared website hosting accounts. When juxtaposed to a shared hosting package, the number of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is immense: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted domain name quota is a rule as well. The semi-dedicated web server hosting accounts do not offer root privileges (we, at keepboulderfun.com, think of this as a minor minus), but the benefit is that they are administered via the same web page hosting CP user interface as the shared website hosting accounts. This means that a user-friendly graphical environment is offered to all clients who do not feel confident enough to handle a virtual server, yet demand more power and reserves than a VPS web hosting server can furnish them with. This is like that because the semi-dedicated hosting servers share the resources of the same powerful top-class hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the virtual private hosting server plans, still, the number of the semi-dedicated servers is very small (somewhere between 20 to thirty per physical machine), whereas the virtual servers can reach a much greater number (eighty to a hundred and twenty per physical machine). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers delivered by 'Free Hostia' can be dubbed as being amazingly affordable (as far as cost is concerned), beginning from $29.95 for the Boabab package.

Dedicated Servers

In keepboulderfun.com's opinion, big web pages such as social networks, community and business web portals or famous web storefronts with 1000s of customers require a much more powerful webspace hosting solution. It seems that the folks from 'Free Hostia' have drawn the same conclusion too. To satisfy its clients' needs, 'Free Hostia' delivers an assortment of dedicated hosting servers that can tackle millions of daily hits. That estimation rests on the hardware configurations the hosting servers have: many-core processors, up to four GB of RAM, two thousand GB of storage space and Gigabit network interface cards will definitely ensure the fast and stable work of any sort of site. According to 'Free Hostia', the primary hardware specs can be upgraded for more resource-requiring websites. We, from keepboulderfun.com, believe that all dedicated server configurations furnished by 'Free Hostia' are also suitable for starting a hosting reseller business as each and every dedicated server provides free-of-charge invoicing software platform and a complimentary domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated servers offered by 'Free Hostia' are all unmanaged. We, at keepboulderfun.com, consider this a slight weakness, which can be amended by paying a monthly fee of $32.00 USD. So, if you are in need of assistance, the Managed Services upgrade offers various extra services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated web hosting server monitoring and troubleshooting procedures. A selection of web space hosting Control Panel (CP) interfaces are available with each of the hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (keepboulderfun.com's) prediction is that the splendid drag and drop File Manager offered by the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel will possibly render the recourse to any File Transfer Protocol client futile. Our (keepboulderfun.com's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers delivered by 'Free Hostia' don't seem to be very modestly priced (still the Hepsia webspace hosting Control Panel and the unlimited hosted domain name allowance will definitely make you smile), commencing from $139.95 for the Arctic package.