An evaluation of Lonex

We, at powernserving.com, have chosen 'Lonex' to be our current domain name and web hosting vendor. Hence we presume that this short evaluation of 'Lonex' is probably going to be very helpful for other individuals from all over the Globe in need of domain name and web hosting services. We state folks from all over the Globe, since the mere fact is that 'Lonex' presently delivers domain and hosting services in numerous data center locations: in America (Chicago, IL), in England (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, covering virtually the entire Earth. At least as far as the Internet is concerned. So, here is what you could expect from 'Lonex' in brief:

Shared Website Hosting Plans

The first detail we, at powernserving.com, have discerned is the low-cost prices of the shared webspace hosting services provided by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared hosting. The good thing here is that the web site hosting accounts provided by 'Lonex' are driven by a custom developed, cutting edge cloud web hosting platform (each web hosting service, such as mail, databases, web page hosting CP, data storage, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being handled by an individual set of web servers in a cluster). This is something ANY cPanel web hosting firm on the Earth will have huge complications with, because cPanel is a one-server based webspace hosting platform (each web hosting service, like email, databases, web page hosting Control Panel, storage space, DNS, statistics, and so on, runs on a single server), cPanel is not open source (that is why the cPanel-based web page hosting firms cannot add new functionality and manipulate it the way they want it) and there is no open source file platform (they must devise their own file platform), which is the foundation of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared web space hosting accounts, which are powered by a real cloud hosting platform. With a shared hosting plan, each customer pays only for his/her package, thus retaining the price very low (since a lot of users are hosted on the same web hosting server). To cut a long story short, a shared hosting account, which is hosted on a clustered webspace hosting system, enables you to pay just for the resources that you indeed require, avoiding a scenario where you pay for a feature-rich hosting plan that you cannot really use, or for a low-end hosting account that cannot host your site. The ability to upgrade your account from one plan to another with just 2 mouse clicks grants you the flexibility to begin with a low-end package and upgrade as your web site expands. Thus, you spare cash that you can spend on advertising the web page while it is still new. Every webspace hosting plan supplied by 'Lonex' sports an online website builder and more than 40 widely used script-driven software applications including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will economize you 100s of dollars for web page design services. 'Lonex' furnishes shared web hosting services in a number of different geographical regions around the World. There is one data center in Chicago encompassing the USA and Canada; 2 European datacenter facilities - in the UK and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia Pacific. Thus, almost the entire Earth is covered to present you and your site's visitors with a stable and reliable site hosting service at a nearby place. All in all, the shared hosting solutions furnished 'Lonex' are quite well appointed and are available at a very low price (starting from $3.95 for the Personal package).

Virtual Private Hosting Servers

As your web site gets more famous, more people will drop in on it at the same time, thereby producing bigger hosting server load. Shared web space hosting packages have some limitations so that all the hosting clients on the web hosting server have their allotment of the system reserves. Therefore, for more visited web sites, a private virtual hosting server (VPS) would be a better selection. A VPS web hosting server offers the ideal balance between performance and cost. It mimics a dedicated web hosting server and with 'Lonex' all Virtual Private Servers that are made available include full root privileges and a handful of Operating Systems (CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian) and web space hosting Control Panel GUIs (Hepsia, cPanel, DirectAdmin) to pick from. Please pay keen heed to the Hepsia web space hosting Control Panel. As opposed to cPanel (which costs 10 dollars a month on top of the chosen VPS server hosting package's cost), Hepsia is available at no extra monthly cost (it's free with all VPS web hosting plans and runs with all Linux OSs: CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, while cPanel functions solely with CentOS) and has an astonishing Domain Manager through which you can register, migrate, renew and administer top-level domain names (cPanel does not offer such an interface at all)! The more experienced clients can manage the VPS through a Secure Shell client, but neophytes can also manage it easily via a Parallels Virtuozzo or OpenVZ virtualization client, installing server-side software applications, restarting single services or the entire VPS. Pay attention to this circumstance: the chief advantage of the VPS server hosting packages is that if the web hosting server load surpasses the plan's quota, additional reserves can be allotted to this very virtual web server for a specific amount of time as long as they are available on the physical web server. As a whole, a virtual server greatly surpasses the capabilities of any shared web page hosting plan and the extra reserves guarantee an even more steady and secure service. With 'Lonex', the prices for the private virtual hosting server packages begin at only $25.00 for the VPS Light plan. All virtual server web hosting accounts are available in Chicago, London and Sydney, guaranteeing optimum performance for your sites.

Semi-dedicated Web Servers

To people with little or no practice, a virtual web server may seem troublesome to manage. That's probably why 'Lonex' also houses semi-dedicated hosting servers in its principal US data center facility in Chicago. Handling these plans is similar to administering a standard shared web site hosting account through a site hosting Control Panel tool. They have all the features of a shared web hosting account such as a free-of-charge web site builder and a web app installer, but the amount of system resources typical of a semi-dedicated server package is many times larger than that of a shared hosting plan. For example, the CPU power that can be utilized is about FIVE times as much as compared with the shared webspace hosting accounts. When juxtaposed to a shared webspace hosting account, the quota of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is immense: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted domain name allowance is a trend as well. The semi-dedicated web server hosting accounts do not offer root-level access (we, at powernserving.com, regard this as a slight disadvantage), but the advantage is that they are managed via the same website hosting Control Panel GUI as the shared web site hosting packages. This hints that a user-friendly graphical user interface is accessible by all clients who do not have enough confidence to manage a VPS, yet need more power and system resources than a VPS can offer. This is so because of the fact that the semi-dedicated web hosting servers share the resources of the very same powerful first-rate web hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the VPS web server hosting plans, however, the number of the semi-dedicated web hosting servers is very low (somewhere between twenty to 30 per physical machine), while the virtual web hosting servers can reach a much bigger number (80 to 120 per server). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers provided by 'Lonex' can be dubbed as being very cheap (as far as cost is concerned), starting from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus package.

Dedicated Servers

According to powernserving.com, large sites such as social networks, community and business portals or popular online storefronts with thousands of clients need a much more powerful webspace hosting solution. It appears that the guys from 'Lonex' have come to the same conclusion too. To fulfil its clients' requirements, 'Lonex' supplies a collection of dedicated servers that can handle millions of daily visits. That assessment is based on the hardware specifications the dedicated servers come with: many-core processors, up to 4 GB of RAM, two thousand GB of storage space and Gigabit network cards will definitely ensure the fast and stable performance of any kind of web site. According to 'Lonex', the primary hardware specifications can be upgraded for more resource-requiring websites. We, from powernserving.com, deem that all dedicated server packages delivered by 'Lonex' are also appropriate for initiating a hosting reseller business as each and every server arrives with free-of-charge invoicing transaction software and a free domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated web servers offered by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at powernserving.com, consider this a slight inconvenience, which can be adjusted by paying a monthly fee which amounts to $30.00 USD. So, if you are in need of support, the Managed Services upgrade includes an array of extra services such as a routine backup, software installation, web hosting server monitoring and troubleshooting operations. A handful of web site hosting Control Panel (CP) GUIs are available with each of the servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (powernserving.com's) prediction is that the splendid point-and-click File Manager added in the Hepsia webspace hosting Control Panel will possibly render the use of any FTP software futile. Our (powernserving.com's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers supplied by 'Lonex' don't appear to be very affordably priced (still the Hepsia web hosting CP and the unmetered hosted domain name quotas will beyond doubt make you smile), starting from $160.00 for the Optima package.