An evaluation of Lonex

We, at chrisrhinoswenson.com, have selected 'Lonex' to be our current domain and hosting provider. Therefore we imagine that this brief review of 'Lonex' is probably going to be quite helpful for other individuals from all over the Globe in need of domain name and web hosting solutions. We say people from all around the Globe, since the simple fact is that 'Lonex' presently supplies domain and hosting services in several server farm facility locations: in America (Chicago, IL), in Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, encompassing practically the whole planet. At least from the point of view of the World Wide Web. So, here is what you could expect from 'Lonex' in a few words:

Shared Site Hosting Services

The first detail we, at chrisrhinoswenson.com, have spotted is the inexpensive prices of the shared site hosting accounts supplied by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is called: shared web hosting. The good news here is that the web page hosting accounts delivered by 'Lonex' are driven by an in-house devised, futuristic cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, such as mail, databases, hosting Control Panel, web space, DNS, stats, etc., is being dealt with by a different bunch of web servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance ANY cPanel web hosting company on the Globe will have colossal complications with, since cPanel is a one single server based web hosting platform (each hosting service, such as mail, databases, site hosting CP, web space, DNS, stats, etc., is being tackled by a single web hosting server), cPanel is not open source (that is why the cPanel web hosting suppliers cannot include new functionality and manipulate it the way they want it) and there is no open source file system (they must concoct their own file platform), which is at the heart of any cloud web hosting service. Let's return to the shared hosting packages, which are powered by a genuine clustered web page hosting solution. With a shared plan, each client pays only for his/her plan, thus preserving the hosting price very low (since multiple customers are hosted on one and the same web server). In brief, a shared hosting package, which runs on a clustered hosting system, permits you to pay only for the reserves that you really need, refraining from a situation where you pay for a powerful web hosting account that you cannot actually use, or for a small web space hosting account that cannot shelter your site. The ability to upgrade your account from one plan to another with just 2 mouse clicks grants you the flexibility to commence with a low-end package and upgrade as your web site grows. That way, you save money that you can invest in advertising the web site while it is still new. Each web space hosting package provided by 'Lonex' contains an online website building tool and over 40 popular script software platforms among them WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will economize you 100s of dollars for web page design services. 'Lonex' furnishes shared web page hosting solutions in a number of different regions across the Globe. There is one datacenter in Chicago covering the United States of America and Canada; two European server farms - in Great Britain and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia-Pacific region. In this way, nearly the whole World is covered to present you and your web page's visitors with a stable and reliable web site hosting solution at a preferred location. On the whole, the shared hosting services offered 'Lonex' are quite well stocked and come at a very cheap price (starting from $4.25 for the Personal package).

Semi-dedicated Hosting Servers

To people with little or no experience, a virtual private web server may appear complicated to handle. That's perhaps why 'Lonex' also keeps semi-dedicated hosting servers in its principal North American server farm facility in Chicago. Managing these accounts is similar to managing a typical shared web page hosting account via a CP user interface. They have all the features of a shared web space hosting plan such as a free-of-cost website builder and a script installation tool, but the amount of system resources typical of a semi-dedicated server package is many times bigger than that of a shared webspace hosting plan. For example, the CPU power that can be utilized is approximately 5 times as much as compared with the shared web page hosting plans. When compared to a shared website hosting account, the quota of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is immense: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted Top-Level Domain quota is a pattern as well. The semi-dedicated server packages do not include full root privileges (we, at chrisrhinoswenson.com, count this as a little weak point), but the benefit is that they are managed through the very same website hosting CP GUI as the shared packages. This signifies that a recognizable GUI is available to all users who do not feel confident enough to handle a private virtual hosting server, yet demand more power and features than a private virtual web hosting server can provide them with. This is so due to the fact that the semi-dedicated servers share the system resources of the very same powerful avant-garde hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the VPS web hosting server plans, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated servers is quite low (somewhere between 20 to 30 per server), whereas the virtual private hosting servers can reach a much bigger number (80 to 120 per server). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers supplied by 'Lonex' can be dubbed as being very cheap (as far as price is concerned), commencing from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus plan.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

In chrisrhinoswenson.com's opinion, large web sites such as social networks, community and corporate portals or famous web stores with thousands of clients demand a much more powerful web space hosting environment. It appears that the guys from 'Lonex' have come to the same conclusion too. To fulfil its customers' needs, 'Lonex' delivers a collection of dedicated servers that can handle millions of daily hits. That estimation rests on the hardware specs the dedicated web servers include: multi-core processors, up to four gigabytes of RAM, 2000 GB of data storage and Gigabit NICs will no doubt guarantee the fast and stable work of any kind of site. In 'Lonex's opinion, the original hardware specs can be upgraded for more system resource-requiring web sites. We, from chrisrhinoswenson.com, consider that all dedicated server plans provided by 'Lonex' are also appropriate for kickstarting a hosting reseller business as each web hosting server provides free invoicing software platform and a free-of-charge domain reseller account. Unlickily, the dedicated servers delivered by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at chrisrhinoswenson.com, count this as a small defect, which can be righted by paying a monthly tax which amounts to $30.00 USD. So, if you demand support, the Managed Services upgrade provides a bouquet of additional services such as a regular backup, software installation, dedicated hosting server surveillance and troubleshooting operations. Several web hosting CP (CP) tools are offered with each of the servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (chrisrhinoswenson.com's) prediction is that the great point-and-click File Manager added in the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel will probably make the use of any FTP software futile. Our (chrisrhinoswenson.com's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers delivered by 'Lonex' don't appear to be very modestly priced (yet the Hepsia webspace hosting Control Panel and the unlimited hosted domain name quotas will no doubt make you smile), commencing from $60.00 for the Xenia 01 package.