An evaluation of Free Hostia

We, at maisonika.com, have picked 'Free Hostia' to be our present domain name and web hosting vendor. This is why we suppose that this short assessment of 'Free Hostia' is perhaps going to be quite helpful for other people from all over the World who are searching for domain name and web hosting solutions. We say folks from all around the Globe, because the simple truth is that 'Free Hostia' presently distributes domain and hosting services in numerous datacenter sites: in the United States of America (Chicago, IL), in England (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thus, encompassing virtually the entire planet. At least as far as the Internet is concerned. So, here is what you could expect from 'Free Hostia' in short:

Shared Hosting Packages

The initial detail we, at maisonika.com, have noted is the modest prices of the shared web hosting accounts offered by 'Free Hostia'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is called: shared hosting. The good thing here is that the website hosting accounts furnished by 'Free Hostia' are driven by an in-house designed, innovative cloud web hosting platform (each hosting service, like email, databases, webspace hosting CP, disk storage, DNS, stats, etc., is being tackled by an autonomous bunch of servers in a cluster). This is something ANY cPanel web hosting vendor on the Globe will have huge problems with, because cPanel is a one single server based web hosting environment (each hosting service, such as mail, databases, web page hosting Control Panel, disk space, DNS, statistics, etc., is being dealt with by one single hosting server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel-based web site hosting companies are unable to include new functionality and handle it the way they want it) and there is no open source file platform (they have to design their own file platform), which is at the bottom of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared web space hosting packages, which are driven by an authentic clustered webspace hosting platform. With a shared site hosting package, each client pays just for his/her package, thus retaining the web site hosting price really low (because lots of clients are hosted on one and the same server). In a nutshell, a shared hosting plan, which is being served by a cloud hosting platform, permits you to pay solely for the reserves that you really need, refraining from a scenario where you pay for a powerful web site hosting package that you cannot actually utilize, or for a small web site hosting plan that cannot accommodate your website. The ability to upgrade your account from one package to another with only 2 mouse clicks gives you the flexibility to start with a tiny package and upgrade as your web site expands. So, you spare cash that you can expend on promoting the web page while it is still novel. Each and every hosting plan supplied by 'Free Hostia' offers an online web site builder and more than 40 popular script software platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you hundreds of dollars for web page design services. 'Free Hostia' distributes shared webspace hosting accounts in a number of different countries across the Globe. There is one data center in Chicago encompassing the US and Canada; 2 European datacenter facilities - in Britain and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific. Thus, nearly the entire Globe is covered to supply you and your web page's visitors with a stable and reliable web hosting service at a nearby location. As a whole, the shared hosting plans furnished 'Free Hostia' are really well equipped and come at a very good price (starting from $0.00 for the Chocolate package).

Semi-dedicated Web Hosting Servers

To people with little to no experience, a virtual private web server may appear problematic to handle. That's perhaps why 'Free Hostia' also houses semi-dedicated servers in its main United States datacenter in Chicago. Handling these accounts is comparable to handling a standard shared webspace hosting package through a website hosting Control Panel interface. They have all the specs of a shared website hosting plan such as a free site building tool and a script installer, but the system resource quota typical of a semi-dedicated hosting server account is many times bigger than that of a shared web hosting account. For instance, the central processing unit power that can be utilized is nearly FIVE times as much as compared to the shared web page hosting plans. When juxtaposed to a shared website hosting plan, the quota of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting packages is big: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted TLD allowance is a pattern too. The semi-dedicated web hosting server packages do not arrive with full root privileges (we, at maisonika.com, think of this as a minor drawback), but the plus is that they are managed via the same web page hosting CP user interface as the shared web page hosting accounts. This signifies that a user-friendly graphical user interface is offered to all customers who do not have enough self-condifence to administer a virtual web server, yet demand more power and features than a virtual web hosting server can bestow on them. This is so due to the fact that the semi-dedicated servers share the reserves of the same powerful first-class web servers as the ones which host the virtual web server hosting plans, however, the number of the semi-dedicated web servers is very low (somewhere between twenty to 30 per physical machine), while the VPS web hosting servers can reach a much greater number (eighty to a hundred and twenty per server). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers offered by 'Free Hostia' can be categorized as being quite inexpensive (as far as cost is concerned), beginning from $29.95 for the Boabab plan.

Dedicated Servers

According to maisonika.com, big web pages such as social networks, community and corporate portals or popular online storefronts with 1000s of customers need a much more powerful website hosting platform. It appears that the chaps from 'Free Hostia' have drawn the same conclusion as well. To fulfil its users' needs, 'Free Hostia' delivers a number of dedicated web servers that can tackle millions of daily hits. That assessment rests on the hardware specifications the servers ship with: many-core processors, up to 4 GB of RAM, 2000 gigabytes of web space and Gigabit network interface cards will definitely ensure the quick and steady performance of any sort of website. According to 'Free Hostia', the original hardware specifications can be upgraded for more resource-demanding web sites. We, from maisonika.com, think that all dedicated server accounts offered by 'Free Hostia' are also suitable for beginning a hosting reseller business as each and every server arrives with free invoice transaction software and a fee-free domain reseller account. Sadly, the dedicated web hosting servers delivered by 'Free Hostia' are all unmanaged. We, at maisonika.com, think that this is a minor inconvenience, which can be rectified by paying a monthly fee of $32.00 USD. So, if you need assistance, the Managed Services upgrade offers a bunch of additional services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated server monitoring and troubleshooting procedures. A number of website hosting Control Panel (CP) user interfaces are available with each of the dedicated web hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (maisonika.com's) forecast is that the magnificent point-and-click File Manager included in the Hepsia Control Panel will possibly render the utilization of any FTP software program futile. Our (maisonika.com's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers provided by 'Free Hostia' don't seem to be very low priced (yet the Hepsia web site hosting Control Panel and the unmetered hosted domain allowance will definitely make you smile), beginning from $139.95 for the Arctic package.