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A review of Lonex

We, at usentika.com, have selected 'Lonex' to be our current domain name and web hosting distributor. Hence we consider that this short assessment of 'Lonex' is probably going to be quite helpful for other people from all over the World in search for domain name and web hosting services. We state people from all around the World, because the simple fact is that 'Lonex' presently furnishes domain and hosting services in several data center facility sites: in the USA (Chicago, IL), in the United Kingdom (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thereby, embracing virtually the whole Globe. At least as far as the World Wide Web is concerned. So, here is what you could expect from 'Lonex' in short:

Shared Web Page Hosting Solutions

The initial detail we, at usentika.com, have observed is the inexpensive prices of the shared web site hosting solutions supplied by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared web hosting. The good news here is that the web site hosting packages delivered by 'Lonex' are powered by an in-house created, state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform (each hosting service, like mail, databases, Control Panel, storage space, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being tackled by an individual group of servers in a cluster). This is something EVERY cPanel web hosting vendor in the World will have great troubles with, since cPanel is a one single server based website hosting environment (each hosting service, like mail, databases, web space hosting Control Panel, disk space, DNS, stats, etc., is being dealt with by one single hosting server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel-based webspace hosting suppliers are unable to add extra functionality and handle it the way they need it) and there is no open source file platform (they must create their own file system), which is the precondition of any cloud web hosting service. Let's go back to the shared web space hosting plans, which are driven by an authentic cloud hosting platform. With a shared web page hosting account, each customer pays just for his/her account, thus keeping the webspace hosting price very low (since a lot of users are located on the same server). In a few words, a shared hosting plan, which is hosted on a clustered webspace hosting solution, permits you to pay solely for the reserves that you actually need, precluding a scenario where you pay for a feature-rich hosting plan that you cannot truly use, or for a basic site hosting plan that cannot accommodate your site. The ability to upgrade your account from one package to another with only two clicks of the mouse gives you the flexibility to start with a tiny plan and upgrade as your site expands. In this way, you spare capital that you can spend on publicizing the website while it is still novel. Each and every web site hosting account delivered by 'Lonex' offers an online website building tool and more than 40 popular script-driven software applications including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you hundreds of dollars for web site design solutions. 'Lonex' offers shared site hosting accounts in a number of different regions around the World. There is one datacenter in Chicago encompassing the US and Canada; 2 European data centers - in Britain and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific. Hence, approximately the entire Globe is covered to present you and your web site's visitors with a steady and reliable web hosting service at a preferred location. As a whole, the shared hosting services offered 'Lonex' are really well furnished and are available at an affordable price (beginning from $4.25 for the Personal plan).

Semi-dedicated Web Hosting Servers

To people with little to no practice, a virtual private hosting server may appear hard to manage. That's probably why 'Lonex' also stores semi-dedicated web servers in its principal United States data center facility in Chicago. Managing these packages is similar to administering a typical shared site hosting plan via a web page hosting CP user interface. They have all the specs of a shared hosting plan such as a fee-free website building tool and a PHP script installation tool, but the amount of system resources offered by a semi-dedicated web hosting server plan is many times greater than that of a shared plan. For instance, the CPU power that can be utilized is about 5 times as much as compared to the shared web space hosting accounts. When compared with a shared webspace hosting account, the quota of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is vast: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted top-level domain name allowance is a trend too. The semi-dedicated server plans do not arrive with root-level access (we, at usentika.com, consider this a minor disadvantage), but the plus is that they are managed through the same hosting Control Panel interface as the shared website hosting accounts. This suggests that a familiar graphical environment is offered to all customers who are not confident enough to handle a virtual private web hosting server, yet demand more power and resources than a VPS can supply them with. This is so due to the fact that the semi-dedicated web servers share the resources of the same powerful cutting edge hosting servers as the ones which host the virtual web server hosting plans, still, the number of the semi-dedicated hosting servers is very low (somewhere between 20 to thirty per physical machine), whereas the VPS web hosting servers can reach a much greater number (eighty to 120 per physical machine). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers supplied by 'Lonex' can be classified as being quite cheap (as far as price is concerned), commencing from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus plan.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

In usentika.com's opinion, big web pages such as social networks, community and corporate web portals or famous online stores with 1000s of clients demand a much more powerful web site hosting solution. It seems that the fellows from 'Lonex' have arrived at the same conclusion too. To meet its users' expectations, 'Lonex' offers an array of dedicated hosting servers that can tackle millions of daily hits. That estimate is based on the hardware specifications the web servers boast: many-core processors, up to 4 gigabytes of RAM, 2000 GB of web space and Gigabit network cards will beyond doubt ensure the fast and stable performance of any sort of site. According to 'Lonex', the primary hardware configurations can be upgraded for more resource-requiring sites. We, from usentika.com, believe that all dedicated server specifications furnished by 'Lonex' are also appropriate for establishing a hosting reseller business as each and every web hosting server arrives with free-of-cost invoicing software and a cost-free domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated hosting servers supplied by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at usentika.com, deem this a slight inconvenience, which can be corrected by paying a monthly fee which amounts to $30.00 USD. So, if you require support, the Managed Services upgrade offers a bunch of extra services such as a regular backup, software installation, web hosting server monitoring and troubleshooting procedures. Several web site hosting CP (CP) interfaces are available with each of the dedicated web servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (usentika.com's) prognosis is that the magnificent point and click File Manager available in the Hepsia CP will possibly make the recourse to any File Transfer Protocol software pointless. Our (usentika.com's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers supplied by 'Lonex' don't seem to be very affordably priced (yet the Hepsia CP and the unlimited hosted domain quotas will undoubtedly make you smile), beginning from $60.00 for the Xenia 01 package.