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An evaluation of Rai Hosting

We, at wabfc.com, have selected 'Rai Hosting' to be our current domain and web hosting distributor. This is why we think that this short review of 'Rai Hosting' is maybe going to be very useful for other individuals from all over the World who need domain name and web hosting services. We state individuals from all over the Globe, because the simple truth is that 'Rai Hosting' currently offers domain and hosting services in multiple data center facility locations: in America (Chicago, IL), in Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thereby, covering almost the entire Earth. At least as far as the World Wide Web is concerned. So, here is what you could anticipate from 'Rai Hosting' in brief:

Shared Web Space Hosting Packages

The initial thing we, at wabfc.com, have perceived is the low-cost prices of the shared hosting solutions furnished by 'Rai Hosting'. 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 site hosting accounts provided by 'Rai Hosting' are powered by an in-house invented, state-of-the-art cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, such as mail, databases, website hosting Control Panel, disk storage, DNS, stats, etc., runs on an independent group of servers in a cluster). This is something ANY cPanel web hosting firm on the Earth will have huge complications with, since cPanel is a one-server based webspace hosting platform (each hosting service, like email, databases, web site hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, stats, and so on, is being handled by one single hosting server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel web page hosting vendors are not able to add additional functionality and handle it the way they want it) and there is no open source file system (they need to create their own file system), which is the foundation of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared web page hosting accounts, which are powered by an actual clustered webspace hosting solution. With a shared site hosting package, each client pays just for his/her plan, thus retaining the price amazingly low (since a lot of customers utilize the same web server). To cut a long story short, a shared hosting plan, which is hosted on a cloud web hosting system, allows you to pay solely for the reserves that you really require, avoiding a situation where you pay for an advanced web hosting account that you cannot truly utilize, or for a small hosting account that cannot handle your site. The option to upgrade your account from one plan to another with just 2 clicks of the mouse grants you the flexibility to start with a basic plan and upgrade as your site grows. So, you economize funds that you can spend on publicizing the website while it is still new. Each and every site hosting package delivered by 'Rai Hosting' ships with an online web site building tool and more than 40 popular script software applications such as WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will save you hundreds of dollars for web design solutions. 'Rai Hosting' furnishes shared website hosting packages in a number of different countries around the World. There is one data center facility in Chicago encompassing the United States of America and Canada; two European datacenters - in England and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia-Pacific. Thus, practically the entire Globe is covered to supply you and your site's visitors with a stable and fast hosting solution at a preferred location. All in all, the shared hosting plans provided 'Rai Hosting' are quite well equipped and are available at a cut-rate price (beginning from $2.75 for the Standard plan).

Semi-dedicated Web Hosting Servers

To clients with little to no experience, a VPS web server may seem problematic to handle. That's probably why 'Rai Hosting' also hosts semi-dedicated web hosting servers in its principal US data center in Chicago. Managing these packages is comparable to managing a regular shared plan through a web site hosting CP tool. They have all the functionalities of a shared site hosting package such as a fee-free site building tool and a web app installation tool, but the amount of system resources offered by a semi-dedicated server package is many times larger than that of a shared website hosting account. For example, the central processing unit power that can be utilized is approximately FIVE times as much as compared to the shared site hosting packages. When compared to a shared web page hosting plan, the quota of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is vast: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted top-level domain name allowance is a pattern as well. The semi-dedicated server plans do not ship with complete root access (we, at wabfc.com, consider this a little problem), but the advantage is that they are managed via the same CP GUI as the shared webspace hosting packages. This suggests that a recognizable GUI is available to all users who are not self-confident enough to handle a virtual web hosting server, yet demand more power and system resources than a virtual private web hosting server can give them. This is like that due to the fact that the semi-dedicated web servers share the resources of the very same powerful first-class servers as the ones which host the Virtual Private Server hosting packages, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated web hosting servers is very low (somewhere between 20 to 30 per server), while the virtual web servers can reach a much greater number (80 to a hundred and twenty per physical server). Having that information in mind, the semi-dedicated servers supplied by 'Rai Hosting' can be classified as being very affordable (as far as price is concerned), commencing from $20.00 for the Fast package.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

In wabfc.com's opinion, large web pages such as social networks, community and corporate portals or famous online stores with 1000s of customers require a much more powerful web page hosting platform. It seems that the blokes from 'Rai Hosting' have drawn the same conclusion as well. To fulfil its users' requirements, 'Rai Hosting' delivers a collection of dedicated servers that can cope with millions of daily visits. That estimate is based on the hardware specs the dedicated web hosting servers come with: multi-core processors, up to 4 gigabytes of RAM, 2000 GB of data storage and Gigabit NICs will definitely guarantee the fast and stable performance of any kind of website. In 'Rai Hosting's opinion, the original hardware specs can be upgraded for more system resource-requiring websites. We, from wabfc.com, think that all dedicated server packages delivered by 'Rai Hosting' are also suitable for beginning a hosting reseller business as every hosting server offers free invoicing software and a free-of-charge domain reseller account. Unlickily, the dedicated web hosting servers delivered by 'Rai Hosting' are all unmanaged. We, at wabfc.com, regard this as a tiny weak point, which can be adjusted by paying a monthly tax of $32.00 USD. So, if you need support, the Managed Services upgrade provides an array of extra services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated server monitoring and troubleshooting procedures. A selection of web hosting CP (CP) GUIs are available with each of the hosting servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (wabfc.com's) prediction is that the exceptional point and click File Manager offered by the Hepsia webspace hosting Control Panel will probably make the recourse to any FTP client pointless. Our (wabfc.com's) inference is that the dedicated servers delivered by 'Rai Hosting' don't seem to be very modestly priced (yet the Hepsia web space hosting CP and the unlimited hosted domain quotas will definitely make you smile), commencing from $115.00 for the Xeon Scalable 6c plan.