An assessment of Smartway Hosting

We, at julzm.com, have picked 'Smartway Hosting' to be our current domain and web hosting provider. Therefore we imagine that this succinct review of 'Smartway Hosting' is probably going to be quite helpful for other people from all over the Globe in need of domain name and web hosting solutions. We say people from all over the Globe, because the simple truth is that 'Smartway Hosting' currently delivers domain and hosting services in numerous server farm locations: in the United States of America (Chicago, IL), in Great Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thereby, covering practically the whole Globe. At least from the point of view of the Internet. So, here is what you could expect from 'Smartway Hosting' in a few words:

Shared Hosting Packages

The initial detail we, at julzm.com, have perceived is the low prices of the shared web hosting plans offered by 'Smartway Hosting'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is called: shared hosting. The good thing here is that the web page hosting plans furnished by 'Smartway Hosting' are driven by an in-house invented, advanced cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, such as electronic mail, databases, webspace hosting Control Panel, web space, DNS, stats, etc., runs on a separate bunch of web servers in a cluster). This is something ANY cPanel web hosting distributor on the Earth will have immense complications with, because cPanel is a one-server based web site hosting platform (each hosting service, such as mail, databases, web hosting Control Panel, web space, DNS, stats, and so on, is being handled by one single hosting server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel hosting vendors are unable to add new functionality and manipulate it the way they want it) and there is no open source file system (they must develop their own file system), which is the basis of any cloud web hosting service. Let's return to the shared hosting plans, which are powered by a real cloud web hosting platform. With a shared web site hosting package, each client pays just for his/her package, thus preserving the web space hosting price amazingly low (because a lot of customers are hosted on one and the same server). To cut a long story short, a shared hosting account, which runs on a clustered web hosting platform, enables you to pay only for the reserves that you really require, precluding a situation where you pay for an advanced webspace hosting account that you cannot actually use, or for a low-end webspace hosting account that cannot accommodate your web site. The ability to upgrade your account from one package to another with only two clicks gives you the flexibility to start with a small package and upgrade as your site grows. In this way, you spare cash that you can expend on publicizing the web page while it is still brand new. Each web page hosting account delivered by 'Smartway Hosting' arrives with an online web site builder and over 40 widely used script-driven platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will spare you hundreds of dollars for web page design services. 'Smartway Hosting' distributes shared web space hosting solutions in a number of different geographical regions around the World. There is one server farm in Chicago covering the USA and Canada; two European datacenter facilities - in Britain and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia Pacific region. Thus, virtually the entire World is covered to provide you and your visitors with a steady and fast hosting solution at a nearby place. On the whole, the shared hosting accounts delivered 'Smartway Hosting' are quite well equipped and are available at a very reasonable price (beginning from $3.50 for the Starter plan).

Semi-dedicated Web Servers

To users with little or no experience, a virtual private web server may appear difficult to handle. That's probably why 'Smartway Hosting' also hosts semi-dedicated web servers in its principal North American datacenter in Chicago. Handling these plans is similar to handling a standard shared web site hosting account through a web site hosting CP user interface. They have all the specs of a shared web hosting plan such as a fee-free site building tool and a PHP script installation tool, but the system resource quota offered by a semi-dedicated web hosting package is many times bigger than that of a shared webspace hosting account. For instance, the central processing unit power that can be used is about FIVE times as much as compared with the shared hosting packages. When matched against a shared webspace hosting account, the number of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is vast: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted domain name quota is a standard too. The semi-dedicated server web hosting plans do not offer full server root privileges (we, at julzm.com, consider this a minor minus), but the plus is that they are managed via the very same web space hosting CP user interface as the shared web page hosting accounts. This suggests that a user-friendly GUI is accessible by all users who do not feel confident enough to administer a virtual hosting server, but at the same time need more power and features than a virtual hosting server can furnish them with. This is like that because the semi-dedicated web hosting servers share the resources of the very same powerful first-rate hosting servers as the ones which host the private virtual hosting server accounts, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated servers is quite low (somewhere between twenty to thirty per physical machine), whereas the virtual private web servers can reach a much greater number (eighty to 120 per physical server). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers furnished by 'Smartway Hosting' can be branded as being quite cheap (as far as cost is concerned), commencing from $20.00 for the Manager package.

Dedicated Web Servers

In julzm.com's opinion, huge web sites such as social networks, community and business portals or famous online storefronts with thousands of customers demand a much more powerful site hosting platform. It appears that the chaps from 'Smartway Hosting' have arrived at the same conclusion as well. To live up to its customers' expectations, 'Smartway Hosting' supplies an assortment of dedicated web hosting servers that can manage millions of daily hits. That estimate is based on the hardware specifications the dedicated servers come with: many-core processors, up to 4 gigabytes of RAM, 2000 GB of web space and Gigabit network cards will beyond doubt ensure the quick and stable performance of any sort of web site. In 'Smartway Hosting's opinion, the original hardware specifications can be upgraded for more resource-requiring websites. We, from julzm.com, believe that all dedicated server configurations offered by 'Smartway Hosting' are also suitable for kickstarting a hosting reseller business as each server comes with free-of-charge invoicing software platform and a free-of-charge domain reseller account. Sadly, the dedicated web hosting servers furnished by 'Smartway Hosting' are all unmanaged. We, at julzm.com, consider this a little weak point, which can be righted by paying a monthly fee which amounts to $32.00 USD. So, if you need help, the Managed Services upgrade includes a bouquet of additional services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated hosting server monitoring and troubleshooting procedures. A bouquet of web space hosting CP (CP) user interfaces are available with each of the hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (julzm.com's) forecast is that the magnificent drag-and-drop File Manager available in the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel will probably make the utilization of any File Transfer Protocol client pointless. Our (julzm.com's) inference is that the dedicated servers offered by 'Smartway Hosting' don't appear to be very low priced (still the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and the unlimited hosted domain name quotas will beyond doubt make you smile), starting from $113.00 for the Xeon Scalable 6c package.