Backup in the Cloud

Posted on April 14, 2012 by admin

Do you still store your backups in Pen Drive’s and DVD’s?

Simply forget it, we are in the 2012! A new trend has emerged, pushing everything in the cloud, the powerful, scalable and efficient. The backup service is one of the possibilities of cloud computing, where users don’t have any idea exactly where their data is stored, however, it will be available and accessible from anywhere and whenever you need.

There are several backup services available in the clouds. In this article, we are going to discuss about one of the cloud backup services known as SugarSync. Not all of the features of the tool will be explored in this post, but only those similar to other backup services in the clouds.

Cloud Hosting ServerSugarSync is a service having two membership options; Free (with limitations) and Paid (All features enabled). Although, a free account plan is listed on the homepage, it is no longer available, however, you can choose to have a 30-Day Free Trial account. In order to create an account, choose the best suited plan with adequate storage to meet your requirements and click on the download button. Once you click the download button it will ask for credentials for sign-up. Enter it and continue to create your account. Make sure to select the mobile device you are using or simply select “I don’t use a mobile device”. Once you have created your account, download the SugarSync manager and install it on your machine or device. During the setup process, it will ask you to pick folders from your computer to sync to SugarSync. Before installing it make sure to consider which folders you’ll choose.

Install the application. The installation is quite intuitive, in the style next-next-finish. Once it is installed, select the folders from your system to send it to the cloud. SugarSync will automatically send your files to your repository on the Internet. Furthermore, it is possible to backup over a computer keeping them synchronized.

Such cloud backup services also offers applications for mobile devices to access the data stored in the cloud. SugarSync now has its own applications for iPhone/iPad, BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, Windows, Palm Web OS. So, get out of the caves and store your backups in the clouds.

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Golden Rules for Choosing a Hosting Service

Posted on January 8, 2012 by admin

The network lacks information on how to choose paid or free hosting service. Each hosting company offers tips for novice users, who have no experience. It would seem more than enough information, but then why users are constantly asking the same questions?

Today, I would like to offer you a few basic rules of choosing a hosting. It’s about what can not be ignored under any circumstances.

First rule is to choose a hosting – it is responsible. The correct choice may depend on the success of your project, so forget about free hosting. If you want quality, then so be prepared to pay for it. Reliable paid hosting will provide you with everything you need, include the optimal speed of loading pages on your site.

The second rule of choosing a hosting: if you don’t know anything about hosting and domain names, choose a hosting provider, which offers domain web hosting apart from basic services to offer more and register domain names. So you do not have to deal with another and separate purchase of the domain name, without which you are hosting in general it is not needed.

The third rule: sooner or later you will learn how to manage your site. To do this you need to have a control panel for your site with a browser (for example, CPanel or Plesk). When choosing a hosting pay attention to it, although today, most providers offer the ability to manage each user. And what about without it? In addition, you must have access to the site using FTP. It is necessary to download additional files and it simply convenient.

And the fourth rule: if you decide to enter into a contract with a hosting provider, then a mandatory read the ToS of the web hosting provider, before you sign it. Pay attention to the duration of the contract. It is better not to sign any long-term contract, so as not to commit to the hosting provider.

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Features to Check When Signing up a Hosting Service

Posted on January 8, 2012 by admin

So, again, a few words about choosing a hosting company. At this time let's talk about how important it is to be safe just in case.

The first thing you should do when choosing a hosting company – is to check the work of its technical support service

. Most of those who have never used the web hosting services of the hosting providers usually forget about it, but after buying a hosting plan is too late to bite his elbow.

How do I check the technical support?

It's very simple, if the technical support is provided through email, then send them a letter and see how long it takes the support executives to respond your ticket. You can send a letter to other departments of the web hosting company, if they have. This is just another test of hosting company. If you have not received a reply the same day within 30mins, then go ahead and look for other web hosting cheap providers that will offer reliable hosting and 24/7 customer support via live chat, emails and phone.

Data backup – most hosting companies claim that the data is backed up automatically, but when something breaks, it appears that the web host just forgot about backing up your server data. And then the information is not returned. It is better to check if your web host uk company offers off site data backup services.

And the last thing: do not skimp on storage space. Even if, today you do not need much disk space, but it doesn't mean that your business starts to boom tomorrow. If you need approximately 200 MB, it is best to immediately opt for a web hosting package that includes 400MB of disk space. And it is not necessary to save on bandwidth, so you do not waste your time.

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Dedicated Servers: are they Profitable and Convenient

Posted on January 8, 2012 by admin

Service and quality of servers

Unexpected lock on your site, because of misunderstandings with the provider or channel congestion due to a neighboring site – is a frequent issue of mass web hosting. The dedicated server hosting can help them avoid it. Dedicated server is essential if your website uses a lot of tools and services that complicate the work, by giving a significant burden on the server hardware. In such case, your own server will cost a lot more expensive than a dedicated server, and opportunities remain the same. These days, renting dedicated servers is a well-established businesses, which will develop a variety of web resources on remote machines, ensuring the privacy of all developments, as some of them have a fairly large value.

How to choose a quality virtual server ?

When you choose your own high-quality virtual server (VPS), should not stop at the first one you like. Look on the Internet, look through the webmaster forums, there you will find a lot of reviews and you can select a dozen firms that provide quality and reliable services. This is paramount, if you want to make a virtual server.

Renting game servers and CS hosting servers

If you need a game server for setting up your CS, for example, but to prepare it for that you have no chance, then hire a quality dedicated game servers – an excellent solution. The dedicated game server will provide a stable connection and server uptime and quality support staff to help with maintenance and setting up your CS game. Perhaps, of course, establish a game server on a PC just for this you will require a good and quality Internet connection. Rent a suitable dedicated game server, if the speed of the internet connection is low and unstable.

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Golden Tips for Hosting Resellers

Posted on February 10, 2011 by admin

In the market, already there are a lot of hosting companies, that oversell the hosting services. If you really wish to be a successful hosting reseller then by making efforts, you may get a good hosting reseller, who will earn a living by selling hosting services.

Let’s begin with the budget first. If you do not have much budget, you should not immediately give up. First, you can always get a bank loan, which is certainly not enough to build their own data center, but that’s for a dedicated server is always enough. Secondly, you can simply rent some servers, as most of the hosting resellers do, and get a reseller hosting account, which allows you to connect new customers to register domain names at special prices.

Suppose you already have a server, immediately identify with those on what audience you’re going to work (bloggers, large companies, individual entrepreneurs). Evaluate the market, and maybe you’ll even find a niche in which is not yet so many offers. Only then you can move on to the formation of tariff plans. Incidentally, note the plans and packages of your competitors and then try to offer your customers something that will differentiate you from your competitors. It is best, not just to offer your future customers a gift for opting and immediately pack to offer additional services they receive by signing your hosting service.

The important thing that will lead your business to success is the advertising and marketing. Today is not enough to have a server and lucrative tariff plans. Your customers need to know about you, so think carefully about advertising campaigns. Options you may have a lot: banners, rich media advertising, contextual advertising,  and even hidden marketing forums. The more effective advertising, the higher the likelihood that you will quickly find its customers.

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Cloud Hosting – Alternative to Dedicated Server

Posted on February 10, 2011 by admin

If your company website is popular or you are doing business on the Internet, sooner or later you’ll need to consider buying your own server, because virtual hosting is no longer able to cope with the flow of clients. You will always hear complaints that your site loads slowly, and clients are losing precious time in finding the necessary information.

What options do you have? If you need a dedicated server, then you have these options: colocation hosting, cloud server and dedicated server.

What does this mean in practice?

Colocation – it’s your own server, which you buy and place in a data center, where you have all the necessary technical support, server configuration, installation of additional software and so on. However, buying and server selection is your task.

Cloud Server Hosting – cloud server offers numerous advantages as compare to the traditional web hosting service. This is because of the number of servers that are being used for a single cluster to offer more processing power and performance. If your business rely only on website, then cloud server is a worthy web hosting type to upgrade for you. It offers greater reliability as 100% uptime and completely scalable, as it allows you to upgrade your resources easily.

Dedicated server – you rent a server in a data center, that is, the server is provided you by the web hosting company. Technical support is also offered 24/7 free from the web host. Option with dedicated server is good that if your server suddenly fails, the web hosting company will immediately replace the server. In the case of colocation, you have to look or repair the server yourself. This issue can be completely avoided with cloud server solutions.

In any case, all these three options are suitable to provide your customers with a comfortable and satisfying services for their websites.

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