An evaluation of Lonex

We, at usedpiano.jp, have chosen 'Lonex' to be our present domain and hosting distributor. Therefore we deem that this short review of 'Lonex' is perchance going to be quite helpful for other individuals from all around the World who need domain name and web hosting solutions. We state folks from all over the Globe, since the mere fact is that 'Lonex' presently provides domain and hosting services in several datacenter facility locations: in the US (Chicago, IL), in Great Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, covering virtually the whole Globe. At least as far as the Internet is concerned. So, here is what you could expect from 'Lonex' in a few words:

Shared Web Page Hosting Accounts

The initial thing we, at usedpiano.jp, have discerned is the budget prices of the shared website hosting accounts provided by 'Lonex'. Shared doesn't sound very well, does it? Well, that's what it is called: shared web hosting. The good thing here is that the web hosting accounts supplied by 'Lonex' are powered by an in-house built, innovative cloud web hosting solution (each hosting service, such as electronic mail, databases, hosting Control Panel, storage space, DNS, statistics, etc., is being served by a different bunch of web hosting servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance ANY cPanel web hosting corporation on the Earth will have mammoth problems with, since cPanel is a one single server based hosting environment (each web hosting service, like email, databases, web space hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, stats, etc., is being tackled by a single hosting server), cPanel is not open source (that is why the cPanel web page hosting suppliers are unable to add extra functionality and handle it the way they want it) and there is no open source file platform (they have to develop their own file system), which is the basis of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared web space hosting packages, which are driven by a real clustered web site hosting solution. With a shared website hosting package, each client pays just for his/her plan, thus maintaining the web site hosting price very low (since a lot of clients share the same server). In a nutshell, a shared hosting package, which runs on a cloud site hosting platform, allows you to pay only for the reserves that you actually require, averting a situation where you pay for an advanced website hosting plan that you cannot truly utilize, or for a basic web page hosting account that cannot shelter your web site. The option to upgrade your account from one plan to another with just two clicks of the mouse gives you the flexibility to commence with a low-end package and upgrade as your site expands. That way, you economize capital that you can expend on publicizing the website while it is still brand new. Every web site hosting account offered by 'Lonex' boasts an online web site builder and over forty popular script software applications like WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will spare you 100s of dollars for web site design services. 'Lonex' provides shared site hosting services in a number of different countries across the Globe. There is one server farm facility in Chicago covering the United States of America and Canada; 2 European server farms - in Britain and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific region. Thus, practically the whole Globe is covered to supply you and your visitors with a steady and fast website hosting solution at a desired place. As a whole, the shared hosting packages offered 'Lonex' are very well stocked and come at an attractive price (starting from $4.25 for the Personal package).

Semi-dedicated Web Servers

To users with little to no experience, a virtual private web hosting server may seem complicated to administer. That's probably why 'Lonex' also stores semi-dedicated web hosting servers in its main American server farm in Chicago. Handling these accounts is comparable to administering a normal shared package via a Control Panel GUI. They have all the specs of a shared web page hosting package such as a free-of-charge website building tool and a script installation tool, but the system resource quota offered by a semi-dedicated server web hosting plan is many times bigger than that of a shared web space hosting account. For example, the CPU power that can be used is approximately 5 times as much as compared with the shared webspace hosting plans. When contrasted with a shared web space hosting account, the number of database queries included within the semi-dedicated hosting accounts is immense: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted Top-Level Domain allowance is a principle too. The semi-dedicated server plans do not include complete root-level access (we, at usedpiano.jp, regard this as a little drawback), but the benefit is that they are managed through the same website hosting Control Panel user interface as the shared website hosting plans. This hints that a familiar GUI is available to all clients who do not feel confident enough to manage a VPS, but at the same time demand more power and system resources than a Virtual Private Server can offer. This is so owing to the fact that the semi-dedicated servers share the resources of the same powerful high-class web hosting servers as the ones which host the virtual server hosting packages, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated servers is quite small (somewhere between 20 to 30 per physical server), whereas the VPS hosting servers can reach a much higher number (80 to a hundred and twenty per physical machine). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers delivered by 'Lonex' can be categorized as being very cheap (as far as cost is concerned), starting from $30.00 for the Semi-dedicated Plus plan.

Dedicated Web Servers

In usedpiano.jp's opinion, huge sites such as social networks, community and business portals or popular web shops with thousands of customers call for a much more powerful web hosting environment. It appears that the fellows from 'Lonex' have drawn the same conclusion as well. To meet its customers' demands, 'Lonex' offers an array of dedicated web hosting servers that can tackle millions of daily hits. That evaluation is based on the hardware specifications the dedicated servers boast: multi-core processors, up to four GB of RAM, two thousand gigabytes of web space and Gigabit NICs will doubtlessly ensure the fast and steady work of any sort of web site. In 'Lonex's opinion, the original hardware specs can be upgraded for more system resource-requiring sites. We, from usedpiano.jp, consider that all dedicated server accounts provided by 'Lonex' are also suitable for beginning a hosting reseller business as every dedicated hosting server includes free-of-cost invoicing transaction software and a complimentary domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated servers furnished by 'Lonex' are all unmanaged. We, at usedpiano.jp, think of this as a small drawback, which can be corrected by paying a monthly tax which amounts to $30.00 USD. So, if you need backing, the Managed Services upgrade includes an array of supplementary services such as a regular backup, software installation, dedicated server surveillance and troubleshooting procedures. An assortment of web space hosting CP (CP) tools are available with each of the dedicated hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (usedpiano.jp's) forecast is that the great point-and-click File Manager available in the Hepsia webspace hosting CP will probably render the use of any FTP client futile. Our (usedpiano.jp's) inference is that the dedicated servers provided by 'Lonex' don't appear to be very affordably priced (still the Hepsia web page hosting CP and the unmetered hosted domain quotas will undoubtedly make you smile), commencing from $95.00 for the Xenia 01 plan.