A survey of Lonex

We, at friendsinhighplaces.co.uk, have picked 'Lonex' to be our current domain name and hosting supplier. Therefore we believe that this succinct review of 'Lonex' is probably going to be quite useful for other people from all over the World who need domain name and web hosting services. We say folks from all over the World, because the mere fact is that 'Lonex' presently offers domain and hosting services in multiple datacenter sites: in the US (Chicago, IL), in Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thereby, covering almost the entire Earth. At least from the point of view of the Internet. So, here is what you could anticipate from 'Lonex' in a nutshell:

Shared Web Site Hosting Plans

The initial detail we, at friendsinhighplaces.co.uk, have noticed is the modest prices of the shared web site hosting solutions provided by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is called: shared web hosting. The good thing here is that the webspace hosting accounts supplied by 'Lonex' are powered by a custom built, ultramodern cloud web hosting solution (each hosting service, like mail, databases, webspace hosting Control Panel, storage space, DNS, statistics, etc., runs on an autonomous bunch of servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting corporation on the Earth will have huge predicaments with, because cPanel is a single server based web space hosting environment (each web hosting service, such as mail, databases, website hosting Control Panel, storage space, DNS, stats, etc., is being run on a single web server), cPanel is not open source (therefore the cPanel-based site hosting companies are unable to add new functionality and manipulate it the way they need it) and there is no open source file platform (they have to create their own file system), which is the foundation of any cloud web hosting service. Let's go back to the shared website hosting accounts, which are powered by a real clustered web space hosting solution. With a shared web site hosting account, each client pays solely for his/her package, thus preserving the webspace hosting price really low (since a lot of customers use one and the same server). In brief, a shared hosting package, which is being served by a cloud hosting platform, permits you to pay solely for the reserves that you actually demand, avoiding a situation where you pay for a powerful site hosting package that you cannot really use, or for a basic webspace hosting plan that cannot shelter your site. The option to upgrade your account from one package to another with just two mouse clicks grants you the flexibility to commence with a basic package and upgrade as your Internet presence grows. So, you save funds that you can invest in advertising the site while it is still brand new. Every hosting plan offered by 'Lonex' sports an online web site builder and over 40 popular script-driven software platforms such as WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you hundreds of dollars for web site design services. 'Lonex' provides shared site hosting packages in several different countries across the Globe. There is one datacenter facility in Chicago encompassing the USA and Canada; two European datacenter facilities - in Britain and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia-Pacific region. In this way, almost the whole Earth is covered to provide you and your site's visitors with a stable and dependable web hosting solution at a convenient location. Altogether, the shared hosting services delivered 'Lonex' are very well furnished and are available at a budget price (beginning from $4.25 for the Personal package).

Semi-dedicated Hosting Servers

To customers with little or no practice, a VPS may appear problematic to administer. That's perhaps why 'Lonex' also offers semi-dedicated hosting servers in its main North American datacenter in Chicago. Managing these accounts is comparable to handling a standard shared hosting plan through a web page hosting CP GUI. They have all the functionalities of a shared web site hosting plan such as a free-of-cost site builder and a web app installer, but the system resource quota provided by a semi-dedicated web server hosting plan is many times greater than that of a shared web hosting package. For example, the central processing unit power that can be utilized is about FIVE times as much as compared with the shared hosting accounts. When compared to a shared site hosting plan, the quota of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is vast: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted top-level domain name allowance is a standard too. The semi-dedicated plans do not offer root privileges (we, at friendsinhighplaces.co.uk, deem this a tiny inconvenience), but the plus is that they are administered through the same Control Panel interface as the shared web space hosting plans. This suggests that a recognizable graphical environment is offered to all users who do not have enough self-condifence to manage a private virtual hosting server, yet demand more power and system resources than a virtual server can offer. This is like that due to the fact that the semi-dedicated web servers share the reserves of the same powerful first-class hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the private virtual web server accounts, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated hosting servers is very small (somewhere between twenty to 30 per physical server), whereas the private virtual web servers can reach a much greater number (80 to 120 per server). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers supplied by 'Lonex' can be classified as being amazingly inexpensive (as far as cost is concerned), commencing from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus plan.

Dedicated Web Servers

In friendsinhighplaces.co.uk's opinion, huge web pages such as social networks, community and business web portals or popular online stores with 1000s of clients need a much more powerful web site hosting environment. It seems that the folks from 'Lonex' have come to the same conclusion as well. To live up to its clients' requirements, 'Lonex' delivers a number of dedicated web servers that can tackle millions of daily hits. That estimate stands on the hardware specs the dedicated web hosting servers have: Dual and Quad-core processors, up to four gigabytes of RAM, 2000 gigabytes of web space and Gigabit network cards will no doubt guarantee the fast and steady work of any kind of site. According to 'Lonex', the primary hardware specifications can be upgraded for more resource-demanding websites. We, from friendsinhighplaces.co.uk, deem that all dedicated server packages provided by 'Lonex' are also appropriate for establishing a hosting reseller business as every web server includes free-of-charge billing transaction software and a complimentary domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated web servers furnished by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at friendsinhighplaces.co.uk, think that this is a minor negative point, which can be adjusted by paying a monthly fee which amounts to $30.00 USD. So, if you demand assistance, the Managed Services upgrade provides a few additional services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated web server surveillance and troubleshooting operations. A bunch of web space hosting CP (CP) tools are available with each of the dedicated hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (friendsinhighplaces.co.uk's) forecast is that the excellent point and click File Manager available in the Hepsia CP will possibly make the utilization of any FTP software useless. Our (friendsinhighplaces.co.uk's) inference is that the dedicated servers provided by 'Lonex' don't appear to be very low priced (still the Hepsia hosting CP and the unmetered hosted domain quotas will no doubt make you smile), beginning from $40.00 for the Optima 01 plan.