Cloud Web Hosting

Cloud web hosting is one of the most popular emerging technologies and is being taken on board by a large number of web hosting providers who wish to be able to offer customers a more reliable and secure web hosting service. A cloud web hosting package will be able to guarantee you 100% uptime in most situations which will help to ensure that you won’t have to worry about whether your website is available or not. A wide variety of web hosting services are offered as hosted in a cloud web hosting environment; this means that you can have a shared hosting package hosted in a cloud hosting environment if that’s what you require, or if your requirements are more complex then you may wish to consider a VPS server hosting service. Cloud hosting services can generally be offered with greater resource assignments since web hosting providers usually deploy a large number of servers per single cloud hosting cluster; this means that the resources for a single web hosting package are usually split up across several different servers rather than using a single server for the hosting of a web hosting package. However, the fact that a large number of servers are required in order for cloud hosting to function correctly means that only larger web hosting providers are able to justify the cost of offering cloud web hosting services; on top of this the pricing of most cloud web hosting services is quite high due to a lack of competition within the web hosting industry. Cloud web hosting services are able to offer a higher level of security due to the fact that it is going to be multiple web hosting servers hosting your web hosting account rather than a single server; your account resource will be spread evenly in the cluster and if one server is compromised then your web hosting provider will have the ability to switch to an uninfected server that is effectively a mirror of the infected server.

You should only consider a cloud web hosting package for your requirements if you are sure that you are going to be able to justify the cost of your chosen web hosting service; this means that cloud hosting is recommended for businesses rather than individuals although most web hosting providers will be more than willing to sell to both parties. Both Linux web hosting packages and Windows web hosting packages are available for hosting in cloud web hosting environments, ensuring that there is enough choice available to meet the requirements of all.

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Dedicated Web Hosting

Dedicated web hosting services are normally recommended for businesses and individuals who wish to upgrade from shared hosting so that they are able to expand their website and make the most of what web hosting services have to offer. Any dedicated web hosting package, whether you choose a VPS hosting or dedicated server, will be able to offer you a lot more than a shared web hosting package ever could because of the dedicated environment that you are provided with access to. Although dedicated web hosting services may be off-putting for some due to the increase in how much they will have to pay, if you are running a large or popular website then you will realise the importance that having a secure and reliable web hosting environment when you consider what is best for your website. Dedicated server and VPS server hosting services are offered by most web hosting providers meaning that if you are happy with the level of service that you are receiving from your current web hosting provider that your shared hosting package is with, then the likelihood is that you should be able to upgrade to using a dedicated web hosting service without having to switch web hosting providers.

When choosing a dedicated web hosting provider you will be presented with the options of managed dedicated hosting services and unmanaged dedicated web hosting services - this choice allows users to select which is the best web hosting option for them, allowing them to pay for only what they need; managed hosting services are ideal for inexperienced users, whilst unmanaged dedicated web hosting services are best suited to experienced users. A dedicated web hosting service will be able to offer you levels of uptime that no offer form of web hosting will be able to match, simply because in one form of another you will more dedicated resources that you can make use of to enhance the performance and reliability of your server and website. If you wish to make the most of dedicated web hosting then it is important for you to be sure that either VPS server hosting or dedicated server hosting is the right route for you to go down, and that in either case you choose a server that is able to meet your requirements perfectly; after all, there’s no point in having a web hosting service that isn’t able to meet your requirements properly or paying too much for what you don’t need.

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Virtuozzo vs. Hyper-V

Hyper-V and Virtuozzo are both popular VPS platforms used by a large number of web hosting providers for the provisioning of Windows VPS hosting services, with Virtuozzo being favoured for Windows Server 2003 VPS hosting and Hyper-V being the most reliable solution for Windows Server 2008 VPS hosting services. When the two virtualization platforms are compared they don’t share that much in common, with Virtuozzo being designed more or less specifically for use in web hosting whilst Hyper-V has been designed with larger corporations in mind rather than for commercial purposes. Some users may have their own preferences when it comes to which virtualization system their VPS servers are based on; however, the virtualization platform that your web hosting providers uses is unlikely to have any kind of effect on how your Windows VPS server functions.

Virtuozzo and Hyper-V both offer reliable Windows VPS servers, regardless of the Windows operating system version that you will be running, although the fact that Hyper-V is part of the operating system and isn’t a third-party application or component means that it is likely to be more reliable in certain circumstances than Virtuozzo. The main feature that differentiates the two virtualization platforms is that Virtuozzo comes with a web based interface that offers users an alternative way to manage their VPS server, and this is known as the Parallels Power Panel; although Hyper-V doesn’t come with this sort of feature as standard, web hosting providers are able to use third-party applications such as DotNetPanel (DNP) to achieve a similar system. As Hyper-V is mainly used to power Windows Server 2008 VPS servers, Hyper-V VPS hosting services are going to be slightly more expensive than Virtuozzo Windows VPS hosting services - Virtuozzo tends to be used to power Windows Server 2003 VPS servers, although it is also used for Linux VPS hosting as well.

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Hyper-V VPS Web Hosting

Previously a majority of web hosting providers had used the Virtuozzo VPS hosting platform to offer Windows Server 2003 based VPS hosting solutions, but with the release of Windows Server 2008 web hosting providers no longer need to make use of third party applications in order to offer Windows VPS hosting services. With Windows Server 2008 comes the Hyper-V virtual machine platform, and as this is included with Windows Server 2008 web hosting providers are able to offer Windows Server 2008 VPS hosting services at a low cost. Hyper-V VPS hosting services allow Windows web developers to make the most of what Windows Server 2008 has to offer, such as the IIS 7 web server. Although Hyper-V itself doesn’t offer consumers any form of web based control panel that they can use to manage their virtual machine, some web hosting providers are making use of the features that DotNetPanel has to offer which will allow users to manage their Hyper-V VPS servers using a web based control panel.

Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 VPS hosting servers will come with the same set of features that you would find with a standard Windows VPS server; this includes administrator access via Remote Desktop and guaranteed assignments of disk space, RAM and bandwidth, but because of the nature of Windows Server 2008 the likelihood is that you will have to pay more for a basic VPS server because of the extra resources that are needed. Hyper-V works differently to other VPS platforms that are available as it is part of the operating sytem which will allow for better performance, whereas alternatives such as Virtuozzo are installed on top of the operating system as regular applications. Although Hyper-V VPS hosting may cost more than your average Windows Server 2003 based VPS server, the advantages you get in terms of the performance increase and the fact that you will be able to make use of Windows Server 2008 justify the cost for most people.

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VPS Server Hosting

Web hosting providers are able to offer consumers Windows VPS hosting and Linux VPS hosting web hosting services as alternatives to dedicated server hosting services for users who need the power of a dedicated server but are unable to afford the high costs that are associated with dedicated web hosting. In order to offer reliable VPS hosting services, a majority of web hosting providers make use of the Virtuozzo VPS platform which will enable them to offer both Windows VPS servers and Linux VPS servers using the same system; this can make management for both consumers with multiple VPS servers and web hosting providers much easier.

VPS server hosting is seen as the next step up from shared web hosting services, and this is reflected in what you get for your money as well as the pricing of most VPS servers; VPS servers can also offer a level of power and reliability similar to that of dedicated servers but at a much lower cost. VPS servers can be used for a number of different things, and since you are provided with root/administrator access to your own dedicated environment you will be able to install any applications of your choice on your VPS server; the only limits with what you can install on a VPS server are the amount of disk space and bandwidth you have available as well as the amount of guaranteed RAM that you have assigned to your VPS server. In order to make the most of VPS server hosting you should purchase a high end VPS server which will fulfill your needs for the time being and the future, meaning that you won’t have to upgrade your VPS server for a long time to come; after all, it is always a good idea to give your website a bit of growing space so that you don’t end up with any nasty surprises (such as your VPS crashing because your website has become too resource intensive).

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Plesk vs. DNP (Dot Net Panel)

Plesk and Dot Net Panel (sometimes abbreviated to DNP) are both Windows web hosting control panels that offer users an easy way to manage their Windows web hosting account whilst still being able to manage their web hosting account in other ways such as via FTP. Although Plesk has been the most popular Windows web hosting control panel around for a long time, DNP is now a strong competitor and is being taken up by many web hosting providers to replace their Plesk Windows web hosting servers.

Dot Net Panel has many features which Plesk lacks, such as support for Hyper-V VPS server hosting services as well as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 email hosting services; this effectively leads Plesk in the dust when it comes to which web hosting control panel is the most feature rich, although Plesk still has a lot to offer when it comes to basic server management and Windows shared hosting services. However, because the Virtuozzo VPS daemon that is popular with many web hosting providers for offering their VPS hosting services, Plesk still has a strong case when it comes to VPS hosting; many VPS hosting providers offer the Plesk web hosting control panel for free with their Windows VPS servers because they are able to get licenses at a reduced cost due to their use of Virtuozzo. Both Plesk and DNP offer users with an easy to use interface that makes it easy for both clients and server managers to manage their own side of the deal; however, Dot Net Panel’s interface is a lot smoother and quicker to load than the interface which is offered by Plesk. The main thing to remember is that both Plesk and DNP are able to run smoothly on Windows based web hosting servers, however it is recommended that you only run either web hosting control on a mid to high-end Windows VPS server or dedicated server.

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As a part of server administrations usually system administrator would run FSCK on server if they found there is some problem with file system and want to get it repaired, but unfortunately when you fire FSCK command on your Linux Server it may take several hours to get completed.

FSCK runs automatically at boot time when the server detects that a file system is in an inconsistent state, due to non-graceful shutdown, such as a system crash or power loss forcing your machine to switch-off. As a system administrator you can also run FSCK manually to check for file consistency.

Its always suggested to have ReiserFS or ext3 filesystems for your Linux server as both are journaling filesystems and are much reliable filesystems which can tolerate accidental power loss affecting your file systems of your server.

Time required for completing FSCK for a drive is directly proportional to drive size, server speed and amount/type of data on the drive which needs to be scanned and fixed, thus server with advance processor and fast speed would help you to reduce FSCK processing time.

If you want to change few php values for your Linux VPS web hosting server then you will have to edit /etc/php.ini file on your VPS. As a VPS server Administrator you would be having root access to your server thus you have access to php.ini file of your server. You can easily change all required PHP settings/value such as post_max_size, memory_limit, asp_tags, upload_max_filesize etc…… for your server through php.ini file.

For example : If you want to turn register_globals ON, you will need to change the line from your php.ini file. just search for register_globals = Off and change it to register_globals = On. Thus by amending your PHP.ini file you will turn ” register_globals ON ” for every domain hosted on your VPS unless a domain has a different value specified in its vhost.conf file.

Bzip2 is great utility which you can use with your VPS server. if you want to install it on your server just follow the following instructions.

# cd ..
# wget bzip.org/1.0.3/bzip2-1.0.3.tar.gz
# Type: tar zxvf bzip2-1.0.3.tar.gz
# Type: cd bzip2-1.0.3
# Type: make install

With APT:
# apt-get update
#Type: apt-get install bzip.

thats all, you can use Bzip on your server.

Virtuozzo is a proprietary operating system for virtualization developed by SWsoft, Inc. Ideally the virtuozoo technology is opt towards routine performance which make Virtual Private Servers isolated from each other. Virtuozzo creates multiple isolated Virtual Private Servers on a single physical server to share hardware, which maximize efficiency, in addition the low-overhead and fast-performance makes it exceptional from any other VPS operating system. It creates a better return of investment as everything you need using virtuozzo is automated by their portal system, that significantly cut down on your overall expenses.

Virtuozzo technology is time tested and security built up, it all have friendly residents and are protected from hackers. It’s user friendly and the network is superb. You can monitor from remote locations to check the status of your servers whenever it is required without downtime. Each VE can flawlessly scale up to the resources of an entire physical server. It is nothing but excellent tools to work with on VPS environment.