Introduction
Choosing the right webhost is a prime factor that defines
your streaming video quality. The zolts and pauses in a video
that you watch, are a direct cause of improper or poor bandwidth
supplied by the webhosts. With our experience and expertise,
we can guide you how to get a proper webhost or webserver.
Bandwidth
The first thing you should not consider while choosing a
webhost is the word "unlimited bandwidth". There
is nothing unlimited for a resource like hardware and bandwidth.
When you are jumping in to buy a webhost with "unlimited
all", you are buying limited and shared resources. But
you just do not know how limited they are!
For example, imagine a webhost to have X amount of bandwidth
it can sell. The webhost sells "unlimited bandwdth"
to Y nos of people. Now everyone knowing they have unlimited
bandwidth, will try to utilize it but unfortunately
they will not be able to. Eventually, they will all have a
shared bandwidth. X divided by Y. So at a critical load point,
resources will begin to fail or choke or just get timed out.
Choose a webhost who gives you a monthly limited bandwidth
and lets you know beforehand how much you can use or avail.
Server space
The second important thing you should consider is server
space. Once again, according to thumb rule, do not opt for
webhosts who feature unlimited space in their advertisement.
Know how much you need for your webhosting and then add
30% more to it. Then choose a webhosting plan that fits
your bill.
Server Downtime/Uptime
Next is server downtime. While most webhosts do not advertise
the server downtimes, most good webhosts do. Downtimes above
1% per year or worse can be regarded as unacceptable as this
means a downtime of more than 3 days per year. Here is a chart:
90% uptime implies 876 hours downtime/year
95% uptime implies 438 hours downtime/year
99% uptime implies 87 hours, 36 minutes downtime/year
99.9% uptime implies 8 hours, 45 minutes, 36 seconds downtime/year
99.99% uptime implies 52 minutes, 33.6 seconds downtime/year
Customer Support
Finally customer support. A telephone number and an online
chat icon does not indicate that the webhost is a good one.
It is easy these days to outsource support to cheaper parts
of the world and in return you get a shoddy customer support.
We have experienced webhosts who only provide email support
but top notch.
If you are in doubt, visit a leading hosting forum like www.webhostingtalk.com
and check the webhost's review therein.
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