An evaluation of Lonex

We, at chrisandmarceline.co.uk, have chosen 'Lonex' to be our current domain name and web hosting supplier. Hence we expect that this short review of 'Lonex' is maybe going to be very useful for other people from all around the World in search for domain name and web hosting services. We say folks from all around the World, because the simple fact is that 'Lonex' presently offers domain and hosting services in numerous server farm sites: in America (Chicago, IL), in the United Kingdom (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thus, covering almost the entire Earth. At least as far as the World Wide Web is concerned. So, here is what you could anticipate from 'Lonex' in brief:

Shared Hosting Solutions

The first thing we, at chrisandmarceline.co.uk, have spotted is the cheap prices of the shared web hosting services provided by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared web hosting. The good news here is that the web page hosting plans provided by 'Lonex' are powered by an in-house invented, cutting edge cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, like email, databases, web page hosting Control Panel, web space, DNS, stats, and so on, is being handled by an individual host of web servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting vendor in the World will have mammoth complications with, because cPanel is a single server based web hosting platform (each web hosting service, such as electronic mail, databases, web site hosting Control Panel, web space, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being tackled by one and the same web server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel-based website hosting vendors are not able to include additional functionality and handle it the way they want it) and there is no open source file platform (they need to develop their own file system), which is at the heart of any cloud web hosting service. Let's return to the shared website hosting accounts, which are powered by a genuine cloud website hosting solution. With a shared web space hosting plan, each customer pays just for his/her account, thus preserving the webspace hosting price amazingly low (because numerous clients are hosted on the same server). In short, a shared hosting plan, which is being served by a cloud web hosting platform, permits you to pay only for the reserves that you indeed require, averting a scenario where you pay for an advanced website hosting plan that you cannot truly utilize, or for a tiny hosting package that cannot accommodate your web site. The option to upgrade your account from one plan to another with only 2 clicks gives you the flexibility to commence with a small plan and upgrade as your online presence expands. That way, you spare funds that you can expend on publicizing the website while it is still brand new. Each and every web site hosting package provided by 'Lonex' comprises an online web site building tool and over forty popular script-driven platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will economize you hundreds of dollars for web page design services. 'Lonex' supplies shared web space hosting solutions in several different geographical regions around the World. There is one datacenter facility in Chicago encompassing the United States and Canada; two European server farm facilities - in the UK and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia Pacific. Thus, practically the entire Earth is encompassed to present you and your visitors with a stable and dependable web hosting service at a desired place. All in all, the shared hosting plans supplied 'Lonex' are really well furnished and come at a budget price (beginning from $4.25 for the Personal plan).

Semi-dedicated Web Servers

To customers with little or no experience, a VPS web server may seem difficult to administer. That's probably why 'Lonex' also stores semi-dedicated servers in its principal US server farm in Chicago. Managing these packages is similar to handling a typical shared account via a web hosting Control Panel interface. They have all the functionalities of a shared web space hosting plan such as a fee-free website building tool and a web application installer, but the amount of system resources typical of a semi-dedicated web hosting account is many times larger than that of a shared website hosting package. For instance, the CPU power that can be utilized is nearly 5 times as much as compared to the shared plans. When compared to a shared webspace hosting package, the number of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is immense: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted domain name allowance is a norm as well. The semi-dedicated server web hosting packages do not include root access (we, at chrisandmarceline.co.uk, consider this a small drawback), but the good point is that they are administered through the very same web space hosting CP tool as the shared web page hosting accounts. This signifies that a recognizable graphical environment is accessible by all customers who are not self-confident enough to handle a virtual web server, but at the same time require more power and features than a virtual web server can give them. This is like that due to the fact that the semi-dedicated web servers share the reserves of the same powerful hyper-advanced web hosting servers as the ones which host the VPS plans, still, the number of the semi-dedicated servers is very low (somewhere between 20 to thirty per server), whereas the virtual hosting servers can reach a much greater number (eighty to one hundred and twenty per physical machine). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers furnished by 'Lonex' can be categorized as being amazingly cheap (as far as price is concerned), beginning from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus plan.

Dedicated Servers

In chrisandmarceline.co.uk's opinion, huge sites such as social networks, community and business portals or famous online shops with 1000s of customers demand a much more powerful web space hosting solution. It seems that the chaps from 'Lonex' have drawn the same conclusion as well. To meet its customers' needs, 'Lonex' supplies an assortment of dedicated hosting servers that can tackle millions of daily visits. That estimation is based on the hardware specifications the web servers sport: Dual and Quad-core processors, up to 4 GB of RAM, 2000 GB of disk space and Gigabit NICs will definitely guarantee the fast and stable performance of any type of web site. In 'Lonex's opinion, the primary hardware specifications can be upgraded for more resource-demanding web sites. We, from chrisandmarceline.co.uk, think that all dedicated server configurations offered by 'Lonex' are also suitable for kickstarting a hosting reseller business as every dedicated server comes with free-of-charge invoicing software and a free-of-cost domain reseller account. Sadly, the dedicated servers delivered by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at chrisandmarceline.co.uk, think of this as a minor negative point, which can be corrected by paying a monthly fee which amounts to $30.00 USD. So, if you require help, the Managed Services upgrade includes several supplementary services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated web hosting server surveillance and troubleshooting procedures. An assortment of web hosting Control Panel (CP) user interfaces are available with each of the dedicated hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (chrisandmarceline.co.uk's) prognosis is that the splendid drag-and-drop File Manager added in the Hepsia site hosting CP will probably make the use of any FTP client futile. Our (chrisandmarceline.co.uk's) inference is that the dedicated servers furnished by 'Lonex' don't appear to be very cheap (yet the Hepsia web site hosting Control Panel and the unmetered hosted domain allowance will beyond doubt make you smile), starting from $60.00 for the Xenia 01 package.