A survey of Smartway Hosting

We, at truthhacker.com, have chosen 'Smartway Hosting' to be our current domain and hosting distributor. Hence we suppose that this short review of 'Smartway Hosting' is perchance going to be quite helpful for other individuals from all around the World in need of domain name and web hosting services. We state people from all around the World, because the simple fact is that 'Smartway Hosting' currently supplies domain and hosting services in several server farm sites: in the United States (Chicago, IL), in the UK (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thus, encompassing practically the entire planet. At least from the point of view of the Internet. So, here is what you could anticipate from 'Smartway Hosting' in short:

Shared Hosting Accounts

The initial thing we, at truthhacker.com, have seen is the affordable prices of the shared webspace hosting packages provided by 'Smartway Hosting'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared hosting. The good thing here is that the webspace hosting plans supplied by 'Smartway Hosting' are driven by an in-house developed, innovative cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, like electronic mail, databases, web hosting Control Panel, web space, DNS, statistics, and so on, runs on an autonomous stack of servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance ANY cPanel web hosting corporation on the Globe will have colossal predicaments with, since cPanel is a one single server based webspace hosting environment (each web hosting service, like mail, databases, website hosting CP, disk storage, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being handled by one single server), cPanel is not open source (that is why the cPanel-based website hosting providers are unable to add new functionality and handle it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they have to develop their own file system), which is the premise of any cloud web hosting service. Let's return to the shared web space hosting accounts, which are driven by an actual cloud web hosting platform. With a shared site hosting account, each client pays solely for his/her plan, thus keeping the webspace hosting price very low (since many users are hosted on one and the same web server). In short, a shared hosting plan, which runs on a clustered web site hosting solution, allows you to pay solely for the resources that you indeed need, evading a scenario where you pay for a feature-rich web hosting plan that you cannot truly use, or for a low-end webspace hosting account that cannot host your website. The possibility to upgrade your account from one package to another with only two clicks of the mouse gives you the flexibility to begin with a basic package and upgrade as your web page grows. In this way, you economize cash that you can spend on publicizing the web site while it is still new. Each website hosting package supplied by 'Smartway Hosting' contains an online website building tool and more than 40 widely used script-driven software applications such as WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will spare you hundreds of dollars for website design solutions. 'Smartway Hosting' delivers shared webspace hosting plans in several different countries around the Globe. There is one data center facility in Chicago encompassing the USA and Canada; 2 European datacenters - in Great Britain and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia-Pacific. Thus, almost the whole planet is covered to provide you and your web site's visitors with a stable and dependable web page hosting service at a nearby place. Altogether, the shared hosting solutions delivered 'Smartway Hosting' are quite well appointed and are available at a very affordable price (starting from $3.50 for the Starter package).

Semi-dedicated Web Servers

To people with little or no practice, a virtual server may seem tough to manage. That's perhaps why 'Smartway Hosting' also hosts semi-dedicated servers in its principal North American data center facility in Chicago. Handling these packages is similar to managing a regular shared web page hosting account via a web site hosting Control Panel user interface. They have all the functionalities of a shared plan such as a free-of-cost website builder and a web application installation tool, but the amount of system resources offered by a semi-dedicated plan is many times bigger than that of a shared website hosting package. For example, the CPU power that can be used is nearly 5 times as much as compared with the shared web space hosting accounts. When contrasted with a shared web hosting package, the quota of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is great: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted domain quota is a rule as well. The semi-dedicated hosting server packages do not offer root privileges (we, at truthhacker.com, think that this is a tiny minus), but the benefit is that they are administered via the same web page hosting CP tool as the shared web page hosting accounts. This implies that a recognizable graphical environment is available to all clients who do not have enough confidence to administer a virtual hosting server, yet require more power and features than a private virtual web hosting server can give them. This is so owing to the fact that the semi-dedicated hosting servers share the system resources of the same powerful top-class hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the VPS hosting packages, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated web hosting servers is quite low (somewhere between 20 to 30 per server), whereas the VPS web servers can reach a much bigger number (eighty to 120 per physical server). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers furnished by 'Smartway Hosting' can be labeled as being quite affordable (as far as cost is concerned), commencing from $20.00 for the Manager package.

Dedicated Servers

In truthhacker.com's opinion, huge sites such as social networks, community and business portals or popular online storefronts with 1000s of clients need a much more powerful webspace hosting environment. It appears that the fellows from 'Smartway Hosting' have arrived at the same conclusion as well. To fulfil its clients' needs, 'Smartway Hosting' provides a bouquet of dedicated web servers that can cope with millions of daily visits. That estimate is based on the hardware configurations the dedicated web servers arrive with: many-core processors, up to 4 gigabytes of RAM, two thousand gigabytes of web space and Gigabit network cards will doubtlessly ensure the fast and stable work of any kind of web site. In 'Smartway Hosting's opinion, the primary hardware specs can be upgraded for more resource-demanding websites. We, from truthhacker.com, believe that all dedicated server plans supplied by 'Smartway Hosting' are also suitable for beginning a hosting reseller business as each and every web hosting server comes with free-of-cost invoice transaction software platform and a free domain reseller account. Unlickily, the dedicated hosting servers provided by 'Smartway Hosting' are all unmanaged. We, at truthhacker.com, count this as a minor weakness, which can be adjusted by paying a monthly tax of $32.00 USD. So, if you are in need of backing, the Managed Services upgrade includes several extra services such as a routine backup, software installation, server surveillance and troubleshooting operations. An assortment of web hosting Control Panel (CP) user interfaces are available with each of the servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (truthhacker.com's) prediction is that the superb drag and drop File Manager available in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel will perhaps make the use of any FTP client pointless. Our (truthhacker.com's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers delivered by 'Smartway Hosting' don't appear to be very modestly priced (yet the Hepsia Control Panel and the unlimited hosted domain allowance will undoubtedly make you smile), commencing from $115.00 for the Xeon Scalable 6c package.