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Web Hosting Services: Shared Vs Dedicated Hosting

One of the important components needed by every website is a reliable web hosting service. After building a website with the best web design and structure, web owners should also decide what hosting service to use in order to make the site available in the internet. Internet hosts are like computers which keep the data and files of every website running in the internet. These computers are called web servers that provide resources like bandwidth, disk space, control panels and other programs and applications needed to efficiently run a website.

There are different kinds of web hosting services offered by providers in the market. Reliable and secured internet hosts are offered but for a given price. there are free services but these types of hosts are usually limited in features or are only trials, which mean that they are only free for a specific period of time and after the trial you have to buy or pay for the services.

One of the most widely used these services is shared hosting. This type of internet hosting provides clients a server which is shared with other clients. Web owners share the web server and resources such as web space, bandwidth, processor and software. Hundreds or even thousands of clients can share in one shared web server depending on the capacity of the hosting server and its resources.

One of the great advantages of shared web hosting is that it is one of the cheapest services and plans available. This is suitable for web owners who are new to online marketing since they will only have to pay for the services they need and they can just upgrade their plans later on if necessary. Shared hosting is also simple and easy to use and understand, so even beginners can easily utilize this type of service.

However, shared hosting also has disadvantages. one is limited features and resources like bandwidth allocation and web space. Since the server and resources are shared, clients have to share the available resources that can be provided, therefore creating limitations. These limited resources can cause problems to the efficiency of the client’s websites, not to mention limited modifications or upgrades since there might be problems on compatibility when using this type of service.

If you want full utilization of a web server, you should consider a dedicated web hosting service. Dedicated hosting is also one of the most commonly used services especially by online business owners and institutions.

Compared to shared hosting, dedicated services allots sole utilization of the server and resources to only one client so resources are not that limited and the security level is also high. Dedicated website hosting services can be managed or unmanaged depending on the preference of the client.

However, since the services and resources are not shared, dedicated hosting services can also be very costly not only in terms of the price of the plans available but also in terms of management and maintenance if you have minimal knowledge about internet hosting.

Understanding shared and dedicated web hosting services. Identify the type of web host suitable for a particular web design and structure.

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SoftLayer Launches QuantaStor™ Storage Servers

Press Release Source: SoftLayer Technologies On Tuesday October 18, 2011, 8:00 am EDT

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SoftLayer® Technologies, the innovation leader in cloud, dedicated, and managed hosting solutions, today announced a partnership with OS Nexus and the launch of QuantaStor™ Storage Servers. the offering provides dedicated mass storage appliances with exceptional cost-effectiveness, control, and scalability. it is ideal for a range of high performance storage solutions (including private cloud storage), eliminating CAPEX requirements that often hinder deployments.

QuantaStor Storage Servers offer the OS NEXUS QuantaStor Storage Appliance OS, the industry’s first virtual storage solution designed for global manageability, on SoftLayer Mass Storage dedicated servers. the SAN (iSCSI) + NAS (NFS) storage system delivers advanced storage features including, thin-provisioning, and remote-replication. these capabilities make it ideally suited for a broad set of applications including VM application deployments, virtual desktops, as well as web and application servers.

“When you need massive storage, having the right amount is just one part of the equation,” said Nathan Day, Chief Scientist for SoftLayer. “The more storage you have, the more you need location independence, global access, and robust tools to manage it. the QuantaStor Storage Server provides the perfect combination of performance economics, scalability and manageability that our customers deserve.”

“Data storage requirements will grow 4400% over 9 years according to IDC, and budgets are tight,” said Steven Umbehocker, CEO and Founder of OS NEXUS. “The use of virtual machine technology has driven down application deployment costs. we are thrilled to partner with SoftLayer, the leader in cloud infrastructure services, to deliver the same economics for storage.”

Additional features of the solution include:

  • Hard Disk or Solid State Drive support
  • Powerful storage management through an easy interface
  • iSCSI support for 1GbE and 10GbE Client support for Windows XP, 7, 2003 Server, 2008 Server; VMware ESX/ESXi; Windows Hyper-V; Macintosh OS X; XenServer 5.x; and Linux (all major distributions, open-iSCSI, and hardware initiators)
  • NFSv3 and NFSv4 support
  • thin Provisioning/Over Provisioning to allocate volumes without having to dedicate storage until needed

QuantaStor Mass Storage Servers start priced at $1,039/month for up to 12 drives and $1,139/month for up to 24 drives. Visit softlayer.com/dedicated/specialty-mass-storage/ to order.

About OS NEXUS

OS NEXUS develops next-generation storage management technologies to meet the needs of cloud computing and virtualised environments. the company’s flagship product, QuantaStor, is a storage appliance OS built from the ground up to be easy to use, low cost, and scalable. QuantaStor enables organisations to convert commodity servers and storage into enterprise-grade storage appliances quickly and easily. Beyond the advanced iSCSI and NFS capabilities QuantaStor offers a number of unique features including the ability to easily and quickly build ‘public or private storage clouds’ enabling administrators to reduce their workload by delegating storage and its management to end users. for further information please visit www.osnexus.com.

About SoftLayer Technologies

Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer is the innovation leader in cloud, dedicated, and managed hosting and is the largest private hosting company in the world. SoftLayer provides cloud, dedicated, and seamlessly integrated computing environments, with world-class data centers in Dallas, Houston, San Jose, Seattle, Washington D.C., Asia-Pacific (via Singapore), and Europe (via Amsterdam) and has network Points of Presence worldwide. the company integrates and automates all elements of its platform, empowering enterprises of any size with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management via a leading Customer Portal and Open API. for more information, please visit softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

Dot Com Infoway is a Finalist for the 2011 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award

Chennai, India: Dot Com Infoway (DCI) has been chosen as an exceptional candidate to become a 2011 Red Herring 100 Asia Finalist. 

Red Herring is a popular media company that hosts events all around the world. These events are intended to bring together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and financiers to share ideas and present their research-based discoveries. every year, Red Herring selects a group of companies for its prestigious Top 100 Asia award. This award is valued as a tool for discovering and advocating the most promising private ventures from around the world.

This year, the Red Herring editorial team has shortlisted the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds across Asia. Dot Com Infoway has also found its place among this group of elite companies. according to Red Herring, the nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, financial health and integration.

Dot Com Infoway has been operating in this industry for more than ten years and has been consistently ranked as one of the top IT companies around the world. it provides a wide spectrum of IT services comprising application development, web development, mobile app development, mobile app marketing and internet marketing. recent times have seen DCI receiving global recognition from TopSEOs for its exceptional SEO services, from Awwwards for its outstanding web design and from Web Hosting Search for its high-caliber web development services. The nomination by Red Herring is yet another feather to DCI’s cap.

While speaking about the nomination, mr. C.R. Venkatesh, CEO of DCI said, “We believe that client satisfaction is the yardstick to measure our expertise. This year has been a remarkable one for DCI and our dream run continues with this nomination. This recognition will certainly add to the reputation of the company.” mr. Vijayakumar Radhakrishnan CTO of DCI added, “We feel honored to be recognized by Red Herring as an innovator and leader in the Asian market. Knowing that it is our dedication, transparency, high-quality work, timely solutions and client centric approach that have helped us stand out in this competitive market, it is indeed a proud moment for all of us at DCI. We are thrilled with this appreciation and will continue to put in the best of our efforts.”

The Red Herring Finalists will present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Asia Forum in Hong Kong on October 17-19, 2011. The 2011 Top 100 companies from Asia will be announced at a special award dinner on October 19 at the event.

About Dot Com Infoway:

Dot Com Infoway (DCI) is a CMMI Level 3 multinational information technology company and a leader in custom software development and mobile application development with offices in India, the United States and Netherlands. an ISO 9001:2000 certified multi-disciplined professional IT service company, DCI is a Microsoft Gold Partner and a proud member of the prestigious NASSCOM and STPI.

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy.

Dot Com Infoway,“GNG House”, K-48, Anna Nagar EastChennai – 600 102Email: info@dotcominfoway.comPhone: +91-44-42620000