VPS Hosting

Web Hosting on Virtual Private Servers

Virtual Private Servers comes with the same features like dedicated web hosting server by using software to split a singe server in to several virtual servers, this means that the cost of leasing the actual server is greatly reduced as it is spitted between number of customers without compromising the security or administrative control that is associated with dedicated server hosting.

As if compared with shared hosting each VPS hosting customer is having root access to their Virtual Server where they can customize their services to suit their individual business requirements. Each VPS client is having its own disk space, bandwidth, memory and allotment of system resources which will not be affected by the traffic or usage of the customers which co-habit the rest of their physical server, this is known as performance isolation. A VPS is far away from errors, viruses and other problems which may be present in another VPS within the same bit of hard ware, this functional isolation also provides better security for E-commerce businesses and allows users to install their own software packages related to their business area allowing the use of customized shopping cart software.

VPS hosting is usually the next step for the business owners who are on shared hosting package because as time passes and they see improvements in traffic they need better secure functionality, greater control for their web space and higher security for conducting online transactions.

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Advantages of VPS Hosting

The servers are having different operating systems. The equipments of server like RAM, diskspace etc. are shared but each VPS works like a dedicated server but, with affordable cost. Even though customer needs to use the server which is independently shared in term of hardware, the features are just like dedicated servers. In simple language, VPS server enables a customer to get their own operating system and save their own files. This eventually improves the availability and security for the website. A VPS server can also be known as a server which is made with intertwines of shared and dedicated server.

Below mentioned are some other advantages of a VPS Hosting Server

It avails windows: Around 99% of computer users in the world are windows operating system so it pretty user friendly. Many webmasters will look for such server which has windows as operating system. With windows as operating system, it will be a cinch for many other webmasters to set up.

Technology: VPS Hosting is the best one for websites which are having high traffic on it and is also ideal for small business websites.

ASP (Active server pages): ASP only runs on windows server. PHP and JSP are other scripting languages which are easily used on windows server. Most of the other applications like WordPress are operated on windows server only.

Front page extension: Front page extension from Microsoft can be used for web designing fields. This can be only done with windows based server and even the other software is easily  accessed on windows.

MSSQL and MySQL: Most of the websites are having their database in MSSQL and MySQL and both of them don’t have any problem while running on windows based server. MySQL can be easily accessed over Linux server but MSSQL cant be run over Linux server.

Microsoft SharePoint: It is utilized for creating WebPages or portal for corporate websites. Unfortunately it is only available for windows server.

Security parameters: Windows server is patent and well supported. Microsoft occasionally updates their server with providing better security.

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Best Guide for Appropriate VPS Hosting

Are you thinking about VPS hosting but don’t know what is suitable for yourself?  If so, this article will help you to get the best deals where you can make sure that you get what you want.

Questions to ask include:

What do you need?

It’s important to think over whether you need virtual dedicated hosting or not before you go for it. It’s not good in engaging a service that is later found to be unsuitable for your requirements.

What do I get?

There are lots of web hosting providers who have individual offers which will likely be very different from each others. Read all the terms and conditions of services, what comes with the package – statistical reporting is one of the important factor, and after sales service and support can differ from offer to offer.

How long is the contract?

When you are done with sign up process for VPS hosting, it will be set for a period of time. Take care that the one you choose is for a sensible time, as you don’t want to be contracted to pay for something once you have finished with it.

Will I get enough space?

Memory space and capability is pretty much important, and your requirement will differ greatly in relation to the type of business, or blog that you are intending to operate. Give the potential host all the information you can, and they will be able to recommend the best package for you.

There are no simple rules to choose a VPS hosting, no rights or wrongs, but the above mentioned points will guide you to start out on the track and get a VPS hosting service set up for your use. Make sure you have all the questions asked, and the boxes ticked, and the right service will be there for you.

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Why Should We Choose Windows VPS Hosting

Virtual Private Server (VPS) or Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) hosting is the type of web hosting in which one server is divided into multiple dedicated servers (virtual servers), which can be stopped/started and operated individually. As we can operate a normal computer on Linux OS or Windows OS, the dedicated server may also be run using either. In this article, we will see the benefits of using Windows VPS hosting.

• It is using Windows: The most common and well liked operating system in the universe, almost all computer users are familiar with windows. It’s so universal that it is the first choice of most all the users. Since the dedicated server in this hosting uses Windows.
• Technology: VPS Hosting is right choice for the blogs, websites and  as well as small websites that are having high traffic and also depends on complicated web based applications which make use of Microsoft technologies. As setting up is pretty much faster, the Windows VPS hosting is a good option as if compared with shared hosting packages, which are pretty limited in competence.
• .Net and .Net Framework: Windows have lot of programming languages in the .Net family, like  Visual Basic, Visual Interdev, and others that makes it more compatible. So if your web business needs programming in any of the mentioned languages, then Windows server is the best choice.
• ASP (Active Server Pages) is a well-liked scripting language which is equal to PHP and JSP. Which  can run only on Windows pogramme. PHP can also be run on a Windows server, providing much more functionality. Applications like Wordpress which use PHP are running on lots of Windows Servers.
• FrontPage Extensions: Microsoft’s well liked web design software application, FrontPage extensions are integrated into the Windows server. There are lots of people who prefer this because it is easy-to-use.
• MSSQL Server and MySQL: Both of the databases can be run on Windows Server without any issue. Some users like to use Microsoft SQL server, and others like to go with free open source version called MySQL. In either case, Windows Server is capable of running both, however Linux is not capable of running Microsoft MSSQL Server.
• Microsoft Sharepoint (used to create corporate web portals) is available only on Windows Server.
• Windows server a good brand and it is well supported. The support of open source applications can never match the Windows. In addition, Microsoft occasionally publishes server updates and security patches. These updates make the server more robust. This is another good reason why many people prefer Windows hosting.

Conclusion: From this discussion, what we came to know is that if you are a fan of the well established Windows development platform and want the same capabilities in your website, then Windows VPS hosting is perfect for the purpose.

Related Post: Benefits Of Windows Dedicated Servers

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How to repair MySql Database

Linux Virtual Private Server Cpanel/WHM

Quick operation to fix te
1) Log in to the Cpanel
2) Click on phpMyAdmin under Database
3) Locate and login to your phpMyAdmin client
4) Select the database and click on the name of the database (circled).

5) Select the checkboxes for each table that has an overhead value.
6) Go to the drop-down menu with selected on the bottom and select repair.
7) If everything works out, you will see the something like the image below.

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Domain Name Life Cycle

Domain Name Life Cycle :

Let’s be familiar with Domain Name Life Cycle. This is the cycle from the time it is first registered till it is deleted

Although the typical domain name life cycle is difficult to follow, however we’ve tried to simplify it for your reference

Below is an outlined phases of domain life cycle.

Active (1-10 Years): After the domain purchasing the domain is active for 10 years, depending upon length of subscription. The renewal is not more than 10 years.

On Hold (1-45 Days): If the registrar receives no response from the owner of the domain till 45 days it sends the delete command to the registry. The domain could continue to operate till 45 days depending upon registry and other factors.

Redemption Period (30 Days): After the period in hold status the domain name is kept in grace period in the registry. During this time the website is not working nor do the domain name is available to people to buy. It means the owner of the website gets the extra grace period to renew

Deletion(5 days): After the Final Delete command is sent the domain name is still is Shared Registry System and cannot be purchased by others. The original owner can still renew this domain

Available: Once the deletion completes, the name is released for purchase by the other public.

DNS
Domain Name System (or Service or Server), an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they’re easier to remember. The Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. For example, the domain name www.example.com might translate to 198.105.232.4.

The DNS system is, in fact, its own network. If one DNS server doesn’t know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another one, and so on, until the correct IP address is returned.

Nameservers

Domain name servers translate domain names to IP addresses.
Human-readable names like “howstuffworks.com” are easy for people to remember, but they don’t do machines any good. All of the machines use names called IP addresses to refer to one another. For example, the machine that humans refer to as “www.howstuffworks.com” has the IP address 70.42.251.42. Every time you use a domain name, you use the Internet’s domain name servers (DNS) to translate the human-readable domain name into the machine-readable IP address.

Primary Nameserver

The primary nameserver is the machine where the records are edited and maintained through, and is held to be the final authority on the domain name. If there is an error here, it will propagate throughout the internet, so it is vitally important that the records on the primary nameserver be set up correctly.
These records are stored in something called a “zone file.” The zone file is a text file, stored on the nameservers, which contains all the technical information regarding the servers for the domain. All the authoritative nameservers need to have a matching copy of the zone file, since they are equally likely to be asked about the domain whether secondary or primary, though the file is only edited and maintained through the primary nameserver.

Secondary nameservers

The remaining nameserver or nameservers listed on the whois record transfer, or copy, the zone file from the primary nameserver. These nameservers are referred to as secondary, and ensure that the domain does not go off-line if there should happen to be a problem with the primary, and also makes resolution faster by allowing more than one option for finding authoritative information for the domain.

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Exploring Domain Status

Exploring Domain Status :

Before having a look at the domain status lets check out some definitions  which would help you out:

Registrar: It is a business that has the ability to register domain names on behalf of anyone interested in obtaining a domain name. The registrar maintains the information regarding each domain and manage registration, expiration and NIC fee collection process.

Registrant: Registrant is the person or organization registering a domain name, the registrant is also recorded as legal owner of the domain name.

Registry: A Domain registry is a database that contains information about every registered domain name. when you register a domain name every information regarding the domain is stored in the registry database. Different registries exist for different top level domains.

Lets see some of the states the domain would be in its lifetime.

Domain Status:

Active: The registry sets this status. This is the default or normal  status code at the registration time. The domains which are active are used for websites or for registering name servers. Active status denoted that the domain can be transferred from one registrar to another(After completing atleast 60 days with the current) registrar.

Registry-Lock: This status is a preventive step taken for security measures for the domain. This will lock the domain name at the registry level and  prevent it from being transferred, deleted or modified. It can be renewed  though.

Registrar-Lock: The Sponsoring registrar sets this status. The domain cannot be modified or deleted. The domain will be included in the zone

Registry-Hold: The registry sets this status. The domain cannot be modified or deleted. The domain will not be included in the zone.

Registrar-Hold: The sponsoring registrar sets this status. The domain cannot be modified or deleted. The domain can be renewed and it will not be included in the zone.

Redemption period: The registry sets this status when a registrar request that the domain name be deleted from the registry and the domain has been registered for more than 5 days. The domain will not be included in the zone, also cannot be modified it can only be restored. The domain will be held in this status for a maximum of 30 days.

Pending Restore: The registry sets this status after a registrar request restoration of a domain that is in REDEMPTIONPERIOD status. Registrar cannot modify or update domain. The domain will be included in the zone. The domain will be held in this status while the registry waits for the registrar to provide required restoration documentation. If the registrar fails to provide documentation to the registry within 7 calendar days to confirm the restoration request, the domain will revert to REDEMPTIONPERIOD status. The domain status will be set to ACTIVE only if the registrar provides documentation to the registry within 7 calendar days to confirm the restoration request.

Pending Delete: The registry sets this status after a domain has been set in REDEMPTIONPERIOD status and the domain has not been restored by the registrar. The domain will not be included in the zone. Once in this status all registrar requests to modify or otherwise update the domain will be rejected. The domain will be purged from the registry database after being in this status for 5 calendar days.

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Web Analytics:Awstats and google Analytics(GA)

Web Analytics.

It is the process of tracking , collecting and analyzing data of the visitors of the website. It provides the website owner about the visitors and its interaction with the website. This software helps the owner to calculate visits per keyword and it can also monitor visits from domain URLs such as google,yahoo,msn, other search engines. Website Analytics tells us if our website visitors came from paid listings, organic listings, email marketing campaigns, affiliate programs or other direct referrals. In sum, Website Analytics tracks visitors and marketing campaign efficiencies so that the return on your advertising investment can be optimized.

Awstats and google Analytics(GA):

These are the small utilities for analyzing data from internet. Data is visually presented within reports by tables and bar graphs. These tools are referred as web analytics reporting tool.

Lets take an overview of both.

Awstats is included in Cpanel and GA is a third party plug-in which can be added to your site. Awstats uses the technology called log file analysis, whereas GA uses page tagging which uses JavaScript on each page to notify a third –party server when a page is rendered by a web browser. The difference between these two technologies is because of two reasons mentioned below.

Caching File : If a visitor has a file caching enabled on his web browser then the request to the file he already visited will not be sent to the server and the local copy will be visited. As the result Awstats will not detect the second visit or we can say the preceding visits.

Page Tagging: It relies on Visitors web browser providing the analytical information

Now, The advantage of logfile analysis is that the data is already logged by your webserver. Each visit is rcorded by the web server. So the data is directly stored on the server not relying on third party server.Also,it also provides the information about visits from search engines and spiders which is useful in SEO.

Pagetagging has its own advantages, javascript is called evrytime the page is loaded.Its easy to record the visitors information even if they are loading the pages locally from cache.

You can use this two at the same time

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Unlimited domains and Types of domains

Unlimited Domains:

Once you grow with your business you need to add more domains to your account. Why not make sure about the domains you will be allowed to host under a single website. Many of the hosting companies provides unlimited domains and sub domains.

Let’s have a look at benefits of Unlimited Domain hosting:

• You can host unlimited no of Domains and Sub domains within a single website.
• Unlimited domains in fact have there own FTP, email, database etc.
• This facility provides you an option to grow online.
• You can add as many domains as you can without additional cost, the only thing is keeping traffick, Disk space and other resources which would be shared in mind.

What is Domain parking?

Domain Parking is pointing a domain to another domain existing on the server. Consider you have a domain abc.com and another domain xyz.com. suppose you have parked xyz.com on abc.com  and u access xyz.com you will see the same page as abc.com. The name servers of parked and the main domain point to same name servers.

What is Add on Domain?

Addon domain is as good as a new Website. The add on domain will be hosted or pointed to a folder in public_html folder of your main domain. This is feature provided by the hosting provider, which allows to host multiple domains on single hosting account. This feature allows you to reach a sub domain directly by entering the name of add on domain. You can add multiple domains and remove them from the  addon domain maintenance menu. The addon domain are listed under current addon domains.

Please remember that the add on domains should be already registered and name servers for the addon domain pointing to same name servers as of your main domain.

Consider the following example :

You have addon domain named add.com and your main domain is main.com. you can access in three ways.

1 add.com
2. main.com/add
3. add.main.com

What is Sub Domain?

Sub domain utilizes the existence main domain name. It does not have its own domain name. A sub domain points to a folder in Public_html directort of your main domain.

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What to look for in a web host ???

There are many companies which provide hosting for small as well as big business. How would you decide which company is best for you? You can follow these rules while choosing your winner.

1) Backups – Daily basis: Please look for this option keeping your eyes open while choosing a web host. This service should be provided free of charge.

2) Uptime- Uptime percentage should be 99.5 %. Online business is very sensitive, you never know when your customer is looking for you. So you should be there 24×7 ready for them. So a small business hosting should be reliable.

3) Speed : Customers are seriously worried about speed , so you should be very keen of how fast the servers are. Usually when server is shared by many other sites, server may get bogged down. Bandwidth is a major factor in this.

Processor speed is also a very important . Video, Audio Streaming, Disscussion forum, message boards, online surveys all require a large amount of memory and a good access speed

4) Technical Support – We all know nobody can run away from problems, they arrive anytime, anywhere without invitation. So we should be pretty sure about the technical team that is going to encounter these problems. Just make sure the technical support team is available 24×7.

5) Security  -  Protecting your data from unwanted intrusion and malwares is a basic need when your site is up. Please make sure your Webhost does outline security protocols. We all know hacking and cracking the site has become famous these days. We should be prepared to prevent our site.

6) Money Back Guarantee – Having such option is important. When things do wrong , infact worse and you are help less this option can get you some relief .

It takes month to find a customer and takes second to loose one. So please consider the points outlined above and make sure you are on the right way of find you success partner.

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