If
you're not on a great server your
going to have lots of downtime and
tons of problems
At CHIhost we have the perfect servers custom built for us.
These servers are the result of highest quality of each individual
part.
Over the last five years we have researched hundreds of parts and personally tested scores of them, everything from
hard drives to cpu fans.
To give you an idea of the
equipment we use:
* Hard drives - Each server has multiple
hard drives with a special piece of hardware that automatically mirrors your
data. In the event 1
hard drive fails all your data is
still on the other drive.
* RAM - In addition to the hard drives
RAM is the most critical piece of
hardware. We use Platinum Series RAM with heat spreader. This RAM has been
consistently top rated for speed, performance and reliability.
* CPU - We use only Intel CPU's and stay on top of
their latest
models.
* CPU Heat Sink and fan - Keeping the CPU cool is critical. While most CPU's are aluminum or aluminum with a little bit of copper
our
heat sinks are 19 ounces of pure
copper,
including the solid copper base and 38 copper fins.
* Power Supply - We use only Enermax power supplies, with exceptional quality and control Enermax produces and excellent product able to performs to the most rigorous and highest standards imposed by the industry. They also have a strong Research and Development team.
* Motherboard - The motherboards we use haven proven quality as a result of advanced technologies, inspired innovation and distinctive design.
* Case - We use special cases designed for servers, engineered for ultimate cooling. To keep the even cooler we pull out the stock fans and
replace them with more powerful Thermaltake fans, which can move nearly
3 times as much air.
* Burn in/testing phase - To ensure your server is top notch we put all new series through a burn-in testing period before that server is used in a production environment.
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#3 Linux (Not
Windows) Servers with all the
right software
A tough decision
is linux or windows?
One of the biggest myths is that you have to run Linux on your own computer in order for you to host your website on Linux server. That is false. It doesn't matter which operating system you run on your computer. If you have Windows XP, Windows 98 or a Mac OS you can still host on Linux.
The OS:
Here are a few facts, based on a recent study of enterprises that used both windows and linux servers, these will help your decision on why you should choose
Linux hosting instead of Windows hosting
- Reliability: most respondents reported 99.99% or better uptime on their linux systems.
- Able to handle high server loads (ex. lots of
visitors to your website at once): Respondents in the survey stated Linux
could handle a greater workload than Windows.
- Problem resolution: In over 60% of cases when problems occur in Linux environments they are diagnosed and repaired in less than 30 minutes, this is
over 8 times faster than the industry average.
- Security: Linux in an extremely secure OS. In the study 75% of Linux admins spend less than 10 minutes per server per week managing security.
- Viruses: 95% of Linux admins need to spend less than 10 minutes per server per week managing virus protection. Respondents strongly endorsed Linux as inherently less vulnerable. Not a single administrator reported spending more time on Linux than Windows.
- Uptime: Of the companies surveyed that did web hosting the uptime on an average of 1,800 servers per company ranged from
99.9% to 99.999% uptime.
The Web Server:
We use the Apache web server, this is the best one because it uses a
parent child model. The parent makes sure children exists to serve requests and if something happens to one child another one is created instantly.
With the Windows IIS 6.0 web server there is not
a multi-process model, when the web server dies (ex. 3rd party code
fails) its down and needs to be restarted.
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#4 Active 24x7
monitoring
The key to
your site loading fast all the
time is finding a problem before
it happens
Our servers are monitored around the clock in the rare event a server is
inaccessible we are instantly notified.
We also have a set of
proprietary scripts that do a number of things including constant monitoring for out of control processes and checking the server load and RAM usage
every 5 minutes, in the event something is wrong an admin is automatically notified.
We also have a custom firewall to keep you safe from viruses, hackers, DDoS floods and other network attacks.
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#5 An easy to
use, full featured, deluxe
control panel
The control
panel will make or break your web
hosting experience
We have tested every major control panel out there including cPanel, webmin, hsphere, plesk and ensim.
The best one, hands down, was
cPanel.
We use the Pro
version of cPanel, it currently has
42 different icons and includes Fatastico Deluxe with
your 50 favorite php
scripts,
including the OScommerce and
ZenCart shopping carts, phpBB
forums, and the WordPress Blog.
cPanel allows even
inexperienced users to be able to manage their
account very easily.
We also offer
online tutorial videos on cPanel. The videos will help you create
email accounts,
sub domains,
add-on domains, FTP accounts, databases, and
several other things.
The videos
are nice because you can work in
cPanel and pause the video as you
are going along.
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