An evaluation of Lonex

We, at thestartingpoint.biz, have selected 'Lonex' to be our current domain name and hosting provider. This is why we anticipate that this short review of 'Lonex' is perchance going to be very helpful for other people from all around the Globe who seek domain name and web hosting solutions. We state folks from all around the Globe, because the mere truth is that 'Lonex' presently distributes domain and hosting services in numerous server farm facility sites: in the United States of America (Chicago, IL), in England (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, covering nearly the whole planet. At least as far as the Internet is concerned. So, here is what you could expect from 'Lonex' in brief:

Shared Web Space Hosting Solutions

The first thing we, at thestartingpoint.biz, have spotted is the modest prices of the shared webspace hosting packages delivered by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared hosting. The good thing here is that the webspace hosting accounts provided by 'Lonex' are driven by an in-house developed, futuristic cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, like mail, databases, web site hosting Control Panel, disk space, DNS, stats, and so on, is being served by a separate set of hosting servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting supplier in the World will have enormous complications with, since cPanel is a one single server based web hosting platform (each web hosting service, such as mail, databases, web page hosting CP, disk storage, DNS, statistics, etc., is being run on one single web hosting server), cPanel is not open source (therefore the cPanel-based webspace hosting vendors cannot add new functionality and handle it the way they need it) and there is no open source file platform (they have to set up their own file platform), which is the precondition of any cloud web hosting service. Let's go back to the shared webspace hosting plans, which are driven by a genuine cloud web site hosting system. With a shared web page hosting plan, each customer pays just for his/her account, thus retaining the web site hosting price really low (because lots of users are hosted on the same web server). In brief, a shared hosting package, which is being served by a clustered webspace hosting solution, enables you to pay only for the resources that you indeed require, precluding a situation where you pay for a feature-rich website hosting account that you cannot really use, or for a small web space hosting plan that cannot host your site. The ability to upgrade your account from one plan to another with only two mouse clicks grants you the flexibility to start with a small plan and upgrade as your web page expands. So, you save funds that you can invest in promoting the web page while it is still new. Each and every site hosting plan furnished by 'Lonex' arrives with an online web site builder and over 40 widely used script-driven platforms among them WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you 100s of dollars for web page design solutions. 'Lonex' supplies shared web hosting solutions in a number of different regions around the World. There is one datacenter in Chicago encompassing the United States and Canada; 2 European datacenters - in the UK and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific region. That way, virtually the entire World is encompassed to present you and your site's visitors with a steady and reliable web page hosting solution at a desired location. All in all, the shared hosting solutions delivered 'Lonex' are very well appointed and come at a very good price (beginning from $3.95 for the Personal package).

Semi-dedicated Servers

To users with little or no practice, a virtual private hosting server may seem troublesome to manage. That's perhaps why 'Lonex' also offers semi-dedicated hosting servers in its main US server farm facility in Chicago. Managing these packages is comparable to handling a normal shared web page hosting package through a web page hosting CP GUI. They have all the functionalities of a shared hosting plan such as a free-of-cost web site building tool and a script installation tool, but the amount of system resources typical of a semi-dedicated hosting server package is many times bigger than that of a shared web hosting account. For example, the CPU power that can be utilized is approximately 5 times as much as compared with the shared web page hosting accounts. When juxtaposed to a shared webspace hosting package, the number of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is immense: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted TLD allowance is a principle as well. The semi-dedicated server plans do not offer complete root-level access (we, at thestartingpoint.biz, regard this as a slight disadvantage), but the plus is that they are managed via the very same Control Panel interface as the shared web hosting accounts. This hints that a user-friendly graphical interface is available to all customers who do not feel self-confident enough to handle a VPS, but at the same time are in need of more power and supplies than a virtual server can furnish them with. This is so owing to the fact that the semi-dedicated web hosting servers share the resources of the same powerful top-class servers as the ones which host the private virtual server hosting plans, still, the number of the semi-dedicated web hosting servers is very low (somewhere between twenty to thirty per server), while the VPS web hosting servers can reach a much higher number (80 to a hundred and twenty per server). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers delivered by 'Lonex' can be categorized as being quite cheap (as far as cost is concerned), beginning from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus plan.

Dedicated Web Servers

In thestartingpoint.biz's opinion, huge web pages such as social networks, community and corporate web portals or famous online shops with 1000s of clients need a much more powerful website hosting platform. It seems that the fellows from 'Lonex' have arrived at the same conclusion as well. To meet its customers' anticipations, 'Lonex' supplies an assortment of dedicated web servers that can tackle millions of daily hits. That assessment is based on the hardware configurations the dedicated servers have: Dual and Quad-core processors, up to 4 GB of RAM, two thousand gigabytes of disk storage and Gigabit network cards will doubtlessly guarantee the quick and steady performance of any kind of site. According to 'Lonex', the original hardware specs can be upgraded for more system resource-demanding sites. We, from thestartingpoint.biz, deem that all dedicated server specs furnished by 'Lonex' are also appropriate for initiating a hosting reseller business as each and every hosting server ships with free invoicing software platform and a cost-free domain reseller account. Sadly, the dedicated servers delivered by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at thestartingpoint.biz, count this as a minor defect, which can be amended by paying a monthly tax of $30.00 USD. So, if you need aid, the Managed Services upgrade includes a bouquet of supplementary services such as a regular backup, software installation, web hosting server surveillance and troubleshooting operations. An assortment of webspace hosting Control Panel (CP) user interfaces are available with each of the dedicated servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (thestartingpoint.biz's) forecast is that the magnificent drag-and-drop File Manager offered by the Hepsia web page hosting Control Panel will possibly make the recourse to any FTP client futile. Our (thestartingpoint.biz's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers furnished by 'Lonex' don't appear to be very low priced (yet the Hepsia web hosting CP and the unmetered hosted domain quotas will no doubt make you smile), commencing from $40.00 for the Optima 01 plan.