An assessment of Lonex

We, at domingoalluminium.co.za, have picked 'Lonex' to be our present domain and web hosting provider. Therefore we believe that this concise assessment of 'Lonex' is perhaps going to be quite useful for other folks from all over the Globe who seek domain name and web hosting services. We say folks from all around the World, since the mere fact is that 'Lonex' currently delivers domain and hosting services in numerous data center facility sites: in the USA (Chicago, IL), in the UK (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thereby, covering approximately the whole Globe. At least as far as the Internet is concerned. So, here is what you could expect from 'Lonex' in a few words:

Shared Site Hosting Accounts

The first thing we, at domingoalluminium.co.za, have perceived is the inexpensive prices of the shared hosting packages delivered by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared web hosting. The good thing here is that the webspace hosting accounts supplied by 'Lonex' are driven by a custom created, cutting edge cloud web hosting solution (each hosting service, like email, databases, hosting Control Panel, web space, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being tackled by an individual stack of servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting corporation in the World will have mammoth difficulties with, because cPanel is a one single server based web page hosting platform (each hosting service, like electronic mail, databases, web page hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, statistics, etc., is being dealt with by one and the same web server), cPanel is not open source (therefore the cPanel hosting providers are not able to add additional functionality and manipulate it the way they want it) and there is no open source file system (they have to set up their own file system), which is the prerequisite of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared webspace hosting plans, which are powered by an actual cloud web site hosting system. With a shared web site hosting package, each customer pays only for his/her account, thus keeping the web site hosting price very low (because multiple users use the same web server). In a few words, a shared hosting account, which runs on a clustered hosting solution, permits you to pay solely for the resources that you actually demand, precluding a situation where you pay for a high-end web space hosting plan that you cannot really use, or for a basic website hosting package that cannot shelter your site. The possibility to upgrade your account from one plan to another with just two clicks of the mouse gives you the flexibility to start with a small plan and upgrade as your site expands. So, you spare cash that you can expend on promoting the web site while it is still brand new. Each and every webspace hosting account provided by 'Lonex' sports an online website building tool and more than forty widely used script-driven software platforms such as WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you 100s of dollars for web site design solutions. 'Lonex' distributes shared web page hosting solutions in several different countries around the Globe. There is one datacenter facility in Chicago encompassing the US and Canada; two European datacenter facilities - in the United Kingdom and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia-Pacific region. In this way, practically the entire Globe is covered to supply you and your site's visitors with a stable and fast site hosting solution at a preferred location. All in all, the shared hosting packages provided 'Lonex' are really well equipped and are available at a very good price (starting from $3.95 for the Personal package).

Semi-dedicated Hosting Servers

To clients with little or no experience, a private virtual hosting server may appear troublesome to administer. That's perhaps why 'Lonex' also houses semi-dedicated web servers in its main US server farm in Chicago. Administering these accounts is similar to administering a conventional shared web page hosting plan through a website hosting CP user interface. They have all the specs of a shared web hosting plan such as a free-of-cost web site building tool and a web application installer, but the system resource quota offered by a semi-dedicated account is many times bigger than that of a shared hosting account. For example, the central processing unit power that can be used is approximately FIVE times as much as compared with the shared accounts. When juxtaposed to a shared site hosting account, the number of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting packages is big: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted TLD allowance is a rule as well. The semi-dedicated hosting accounts do not come with server root access (we, at domingoalluminium.co.za, count this as a slight weak point), but the benefit is that they are administered through the same web site hosting CP user interface as the shared web site hosting packages. This suggests that a known graphical user interface is available to all customers who do not feel confident enough to administer a virtual private web hosting server, but at the same time require more power and supplies than a virtual private hosting server can bestow on them. This is like that because the semi-dedicated servers share the reserves of the same powerful hyper-advanced web hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the private virtual web server hosting packages, still, the number of the semi-dedicated web hosting servers is quite small (somewhere between twenty to 30 per server), whereas the private virtual hosting servers can reach a much bigger number (eighty to a hundred and twenty per physical machine). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers furnished by 'Lonex' can be defined as being amazingly cheap (as far as cost is concerned), beginning from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus package.

Dedicated Servers

According to domingoalluminium.co.za, enormous web pages such as social networks, community and business portals or popular online storefronts with 1000s of customers request a much more powerful site hosting solution. It appears that the fellows from 'Lonex' have come to the same conclusion as well. To satisfy its users' requirements, 'Lonex' offers a number of dedicated servers that can tackle millions of daily visits. That estimate rests on the hardware specifications the hosting servers are offering: many-core processors, up to four GB of RAM, two thousand GB of storage space and Gigabit network cards will beyond doubt guarantee the quick and steady work of any type of site. In 'Lonex's opinion, the original hardware configurations can be upgraded for more resource-demanding sites. We, from domingoalluminium.co.za, think that all dedicated server accounts furnished by 'Lonex' are also appropriate for commencing a hosting reseller business as each and every dedicated hosting server includes free-of-cost billing software and a charge-free domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated web hosting servers delivered by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at domingoalluminium.co.za, think that this is a tiny inconvenience, which can be rectified by paying a monthly fee which amounts to $30.00 USD. So, if you are in need of aid, the Managed Services upgrade includes a number of extra services such as a regular backup, software installation, web server monitoring and troubleshooting procedures. A handful of hosting CP (CP) interfaces are available with each of the dedicated web hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (domingoalluminium.co.za's) prediction is that the remarkable drag-and-drop File Manager available in the Hepsia site hosting CP will possibly render the recourse to any File Transfer Protocol software useless. Our (domingoalluminium.co.za's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers provided by 'Lonex' don't seem to be very affordably priced (yet the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and the unmetered hosted domain name allowance will no doubt make you smile), commencing from $40.00 for the Optima 01 plan.