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Hosting
 What
is Hosting?
Do
I have to have my Domain name hosted?
What
hosting options are there?
What
is a server?
I
have a server in the office. Can't I use that?
I
want to use Microsoft FrontPage to develop my site. Do I need an NT server?
What
is Domain Parking?
Web
Hosting
What
is Hosting?
Hosting
a domain name means giving it a home on the internet. All domain names must be
hosted on a server which looks after any internet transactions to do with the
domain.
The main functions of a server are to:
- provide a home for
the domain name itself
- provide the web space for the domain's web site
- handles any email sent to an address @ that domain
- provide FTP access
to allow the owner to log in and update the web site
Do
I have to have my Domain name hosted?
Yes. It is an international
requirement when registering a domain name to provide the details of an active
server which is set up to host the domain.
What
hosting options are there?
You will find the full list
on our hosting plans page.
We have various plans available starting from Light
Brook plan: $3US for 5MB of space, 1 email addresses, and several additional
services.
What
is a server?
A server is basically a computer with a permanent,
high-capacity, leased-line connection to the internet. It is a real computer,
just like the one in your office or at home, but with a higher memory capacity
and a much faster connection to the internet than a common modem connection.
When you purchase a server to host your domain, what you are actually purchasing
is a partitioned directory on one of these high-spec computers. This is known
as a virtual server.
I
have a server in the office. Can't I use that?
Technically
yes, you can. But the extra costs to make it suitable for use as an internet server
would be prohibitive. You would need to purchase a leased line to give a permanent
internet connection, minimum cost $4,000. Even this would not be as good as the
high-capacity lines that internet servers use. Internet servers are located very
close to the backbone of the internet, which translates into fast downloading
of your website by your customers.
You would need to purchase web server
software to allow the contents of the server to be seen by others on the internet.
The security implications of using your own server also need to be considered.
You would need to protect it with Firewalls to prevent unwanted access by undesired
visitors.
Finally you would have no redundancy with your own server, which
means that in the event of anything going wrong with it, your web site and email
become unusable. Our servers have multiple redundancy, guaranteeing 99.9% uptime.
I want to use
Microsoft FrontPage to develop my site. Do I need an NT server?
No. Microsoft Front Page 98 or 2000 are web design packages and the code they
output is in the main standard HTML code which will run on any web server. There
are special additional functions, known as "Front Page extensions", which make
it easier for the user to include interactive items, like visitor response forms,
on their web site. Our servers support this feature. This however, still uses
the Linux operating system; there is no need to use Windows NT.
What
is Domain Parking?
If you want to register a domain name,
but don't need to use it yet, you can park the domain on our servers. This protects
and reserves the domain name for future use.
Parking means that we host the
domain, but dont make it available as a web site, or set up any email processing
for the domain.
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