An assessment of Lonex

We, at npcconline.org, have picked 'Lonex' to be our current domain name and hosting provider. Hence we expect that this short assessment of 'Lonex' is perhaps going to be quite useful for other individuals from all over the Globe who are searching for domain name and web hosting solutions. We say people from all around the World, since the mere fact is that 'Lonex' currently offers domain and hosting services in numerous 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). Thus, embracing virtually the whole World. At least as far as the World Wide Web is concerned. So, here is what you could expect from 'Lonex' in a nutshell:

Shared Web Space Hosting Accounts

The initial thing we, at npcconline.org, have perceived is the cut-rate prices of the shared site hosting services offered 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 website hosting packages delivered by 'Lonex' are powered by an in-house developed, ultramodern cloud web hosting platform (each hosting service, like mail, databases, site hosting Control Panel, disk storage, 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 provider in the World will have mammoth difficulties with, since cPanel is a one-server based web space hosting environment (each web hosting service, such as mail, databases, site hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, statistics, etc., is being dealt with by a single web server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel web hosting distributors are unable to include new functionality and handle it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they need to make their own file platform), which is the precondition of any cloud web hosting service. Let's go back to the shared web space hosting accounts, which are powered by an authentic clustered web space hosting system. With a shared web hosting account, each customer pays only for his/her plan, thus preserving the price really low (because a lot of customers use the same web server). In a few words, a shared hosting package, which is hosted on a clustered web site hosting solution, allows you to pay only for the resources that you indeed need, avoiding a scenario where you pay for a powerful web space hosting account that you cannot truly use, or for a basic web hosting account that cannot shelter your web site. The ability to upgrade your account from one plan to another with only 2 clicks gives you the flexibility to commence with a tiny plan and upgrade as your site grows. In this way, you economize cash that you can spend on publicizing the site while it is still new. Every website hosting package furnished by 'Lonex' comes with an online site building tool and over forty widely used script-driven software applications including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will economize you hundreds of dollars for website design services. 'Lonex' furnishes shared webspace hosting plans in several different countries across the Globe. There is one server farm facility in Chicago covering the USA and Canada; 2 European server farm facilities - in England and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific. In this way, virtually the whole Globe is covered to supply you and your web page's visitors with a steady and fast hosting service at a convenient place. As a whole, the shared hosting packages furnished 'Lonex' are very well furnished and are available at an excellent price (beginning from $4.25 for the Personal package).

Semi-dedicated Servers

To users with little to no experience, a Virtual Private Server may appear hard to manage. That's probably why 'Lonex' also houses semi-dedicated servers in its main American datacenter in Chicago. Handling these plans is comparable to handling a conventional shared hosting account via a webspace hosting Control Panel tool. They have all the functionalities of a shared plan such as a free-of-charge web site builder and a web app installer, but the amount of system resources offered by a semi-dedicated web server hosting plan is many times larger than that of a shared webspace hosting plan. For example, the CPU power that can be utilized is approximately FIVE times as much as compared to the shared site hosting plans. When matched against a shared webspace hosting package, the number of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is huge: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted domain name allowance is a principle as well. The semi-dedicated web server packages do not offer full server root privileges (we, at npcconline.org, count this as a tiny weak point), but the advantage is that they are managed via the very same CP GUI as the shared website hosting packages. This goes to say that a familiar graphical environment is offered to all customers who are not confident enough to manage a Virtual Private Server, yet require more power and reserves than a VPS web hosting server can confer to them. This is so because the semi-dedicated hosting servers share the system resources of the very same powerful hyper-advanced web servers as the ones which accommodate the private virtual server hosting accounts, however, the number of the semi-dedicated servers is very low (somewhere between twenty to thirty per server), whereas the virtual servers can reach a much greater number (80 to one hundred and twenty per physical machine). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers supplied by 'Lonex' can be classified as being quite affordable (as far as price is concerned), starting from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus plan.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

According to npcconline.org, huge web pages such as social networks, community and business portals or famous web storefronts with 1000s of customers require a much more powerful web space hosting solution. It appears that the guys from 'Lonex' have arrived at the same conclusion too. To live up to its clients' expectations, 'Lonex' offers a bouquet of dedicated hosting servers that can tackle millions of daily visits. That assessment stands on the hardware configurations the hosting servers arrive with: multi-core processors, up to 4 gigabytes of RAM, 2000 GB of storage space and Gigabit network interface cards will doubtlessly ensure the fast and stable work of any sort of site. According to 'Lonex', the primary hardware configurations can be upgraded for more resource-requiring sites. We, from npcconline.org, believe that all dedicated server specs furnished by 'Lonex' are also suitable for launching a hosting reseller business as every dedicated web hosting server offers free-of-charge billing transaction software platform and a free-of-cost domain reseller account. Unlickily, the dedicated servers provided by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at npcconline.org, think of this as a tiny negative point, which can be righted by paying a monthly fee which amounts to $30.00 USD. So, if you require support, the Managed Services upgrade includes an array of supplementary services such as a regular backup, software installation, hosting server monitoring and troubleshooting operations. An array of webspace hosting Control Panel (CP) GUIs are offered with each of the web servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (npcconline.org's) prognosis is that the splendid drag-and-drop File Manager available in the Hepsia web site hosting Control Panel will probably render the use of any FTP client useless. Our (npcconline.org's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers provided by 'Lonex' don't seem to be very cheap (yet the Hepsia webspace hosting Control Panel and the unlimited hosted domain allowance will doubtlessly make you smile), starting from $60.00 for the Xenia 01 plan.