Tag Archives: dedicated hosting

December, 2009

• 9 December

  Colocation services

  With the effects of the economic downturn still being felt, many companies are looking for ways to cut hosting costs. Because of this, there has been a large increase in demand for colocation services. While renting data center space is still expensive, it’s cheaper in the short-run then building a …
• 8 December

  Load balancing

  Load balancing is used by large websites to spread out a computing load between multiple servers. A site might be load balanced between only two servers, or perhaps even several hundred! While these servers are expensive, the cost of many low-power servers is much less than a large mega-server. The …
• 1 December

  Don't expect European servers to get cheaper any time soon

  As a general rule, European data center space is more expensive compared to the United States. Those hoping for cheaper server rates in Europe will be disappointed, however, as a recent report published a consulting company predicts an overall increase in server prices in the region. The price increase will …

October, 2009

• 22 October

  What is the best way to ship a colocated server?

  Colocation is a dedicated hosting solution growing in popularity where the customer owns the server and rents space from a data center. Colocating a server is a great way to save money, but you may not have a data center nearby. So what if you have to ship your server …
• 2 October

  Does your dedicated host charge for reboots?

  A caveat of the sub-£30 dedicated servers some providers are now offering is hidden fees. One of the nastier ones is a charge for server reboots. If your server needs a simple restart, something most hosts do for free could become very expensive. I ran into a provider once that …

September, 2009

• 17 September

  Don't expect hosts to continue being generous with IPs

  When I signed up for my first dedicated server three years ago, my provider handed out IPs as if they grew on trees. Just for signing up, I received 5 and was allowed unlimited add-on addresses. At one point, I had around 12 IPs on one box. Many hosts have …

August, 2009

• 27 August

  Don't be frugal with web hosting

  When friends ask me about signing up with a dedicated or shared web host, one question I am invariably asked is: “What’s the cheapest provider?” Frugality is an important virtue to master, but when it comes to web hosting, you get what you pay for. You may be tempted to …
• 19 August

  Will cloud computing replace shared hosting?

  Cloud computing is quickly gaining traction in the corporate world, and, according to cloud computing manager Emil Sayegh, it could drive shared web hosts out of business: Over the next for five years, shared hosting as we know it will be made obsolete by the cloud. I firmly believe it. …
• 11 August

  Could IP exhaustion drive up the cost of hosting?

  IP exhaustion, or the increasing scarcity of the IPv4 addresses needed for the web to function, has been a problem for quite some time. ISPs are being pushed to move to IPv6, but thus far few have budged. As things currently stand, the current supply of IP addresses is slated …