An assessment of Lonex

We, at helpcentre.biz, have selected 'Lonex' to be our current domain name and web hosting vendor. Therefore we presume that this concise assessment of 'Lonex' is perchance going to be very helpful for other folks from all over the Globe who need domain name and web hosting solutions. We say people from all around the Globe, because the mere fact is that 'Lonex' currently distributes domain and hosting services in several data center facility locations: in the USA (Chicago, IL), in Great Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, embracing almost the entire Globe. At least as far as the World Wide Web is concerned. So, here is what you could expect from 'Lonex' in a few words:

Shared Web Space Hosting Services

The first thing we, at helpcentre.biz, have observed is the modest prices of the shared hosting services furnished by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared hosting. The good news here is that the website hosting packages offered by 'Lonex' are driven by an in-house designed, innovative cloud web hosting platform (each web hosting service, like electronic mail, databases, hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, stats, etc., runs on an independent set of web servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting corporation in the World will have great troubles with, since cPanel is a one single server based web space hosting environment (each web hosting service, such as mail, databases, web hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being tackled by one and the same hosting server), cPanel is not open source (therefore the cPanel web site hosting companies are unable to add additional functionality and manipulate it the way they need it) and there is no open source file platform (they need to concoct their own file platform), which is the prerequisite of any cloud web hosting service. Let's go back to the shared site hosting packages, which are powered by an actual cloud web page hosting solution. With a shared hosting package, each customer pays solely for his/her account, thus retaining the web site hosting price very low (since lots of customers use the same server). In a few words, a shared hosting account, which runs on a clustered site hosting platform, allows you to pay only for the reserves that you actually demand, evading a situation where you pay for a high-end web hosting package that you cannot really use, or for a tiny web hosting package that cannot shelter your web page. The ability to upgrade your account from one plan to another with just 2 mouse clicks gives you the flexibility to start with a basic plan and upgrade as your site grows. In this way, you spare funds that you can spend on promoting the site while it is still novel. Every website hosting account offered by 'Lonex' contains an online web site builder and over 40 widely used script platforms such as WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will economize you 100s of dollars for web site design solutions. 'Lonex' distributes shared site hosting packages in a number of different countries around the World. There is one server farm facility in Chicago covering the US and Canada; two European datacenters - in England and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia-Pacific region. Hence, approximately the entire Earth is covered to supply you and your site's visitors with a steady and dependable web site hosting service at a convenient location. As a whole, the shared hosting accounts provided 'Lonex' are really well equipped and come at an affordable price (beginning from $3.95 for the Personal plan).

Semi-dedicated Hosting Servers

To people with little to no practice, a Virtual Private Server may appear complicated to handle. That's perhaps why 'Lonex' also hosts semi-dedicated hosting servers in its main United States server farm facility in Chicago. Handling these packages is comparable to handling a standard shared site hosting plan through a site hosting CP interface. They have all the specs of a shared website hosting plan such as a free-of-charge website building tool and a PHP script installer, but the system resource quota typical of a semi-dedicated hosting server account is many times bigger than that of a shared web space hosting plan. For instance, the central processing unit power that can be used is about FIVE times as much as compared with the shared web space hosting plans. When compared to a shared site hosting plan, the quota of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is big: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted TLD allowance is a rule as well. The semi-dedicated hosting server plans do not arrive with root privileges (we, at helpcentre.biz, deem this a tiny minus), but the good point is that they are administered via the very same web page hosting CP tool as the shared plans. This suggests that a user-friendly graphical user interface is offered to all customers who do not have enough self-condifence to administer a virtual private web hosting server, yet demand more power and system resources than a virtual private web server can confer to them. This is like that due to the fact that the semi-dedicated hosting servers share the system resources of the same powerful leading edge hosting servers as the ones which host the private virtual server hosting accounts, however, the number of the semi-dedicated hosting servers is very low (somewhere between 20 to thirty per physical server), whereas the private virtual servers can reach a much greater number (eighty to 120 per physical server). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers supplied by 'Lonex' can be categorized as being very cheap (as far as cost is concerned), starting from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus package.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

In helpcentre.biz's opinion, huge sites such as social networks, community and corporate portals or famous online stores with 1000s of customers require a much more powerful web space hosting platform. It appears that the guys from 'Lonex' have reached the same conclusion too. To fulfil its customers' expectations, 'Lonex' offers a bouquet of dedicated web hosting servers that can handle millions of daily visits. That evaluation rests on the hardware specs the dedicated servers are offering: many-core processors, up to 4 gigabytes of RAM, 2000 GB of data storage and Gigabit NICs will undoubtedly ensure the fast and steady performance of any kind of web site. According to 'Lonex', the original hardware specifications can be upgraded for more system resource-demanding web sites. We, from helpcentre.biz, consider that all dedicated server plans furnished by 'Lonex' are also suitable for starting a hosting reseller business as each and every hosting server includes free-of-cost invoicing software platform and a free-of-charge domain reseller account. Unlickily, the dedicated hosting servers offered by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at helpcentre.biz, think that this is a little weakness, which can be amended by paying a monthly tax of $30.00 USD. So, if you are in need of help, the Managed Services upgrade offers a handful of extra services such as a regular backup, software installation, dedicated hosting server surveillance and troubleshooting operations. An assortment of site hosting Control Panel (CP) interfaces are available with each of the hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (helpcentre.biz's) prediction is that the magnificent drag-and-drop File Manager added in the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel will perhaps render the use of any FTP software pointless. Our (helpcentre.biz's) inference is that the dedicated servers delivered by 'Lonex' don't appear to be very affordably priced (still the Hepsia web site hosting CP and the unlimited hosted domain quotas will beyond doubt make you smile), beginning from $40.00 for the Optima 01 plan.