Web and Server Hosting

Web Hosting:

There are two major options that a company needs to consider when starting an online corporate portfolio; international or local hosting. These options have specific features and aspects that will help navigate a company to a decision.

International Hosting:

International hosting is recommended for companies that have an international standing.

International hosting offers features such as a Control Panel which enables the administrator of the website to edit and control all aspects of the domain such as mail and hosting options..

The Control Panel feature enables the administrator to:

1. Perform backups and restore the site in the event of data corruption
2. Manage email accounts
3. Give the webmaster statistics on all aspects of the websites performance, these statistics include web stats, FTP stats, latest visitors, bandwidth usage, error log, and enabkes you to download log files.
4. You can also create and delete email accounts or aliases without having to go through your service provider.

The international hosting solution also means that computers connecting to the server from overseas will get fast connection speeds. International hosting also allows a server more bandwidth (which is how much information one can download from that server per month).
The biggest advantage of an international hosting solution though is that it is cheaper than local hosting which makes it an ideal solution for smaller companies and those seeking international presence.

Local Hosting:

Local hosting is recommended for any companies that require on demand bandwidth. The local hosting option provides the user with very fast connection speeds from South Africa.

Local hosting is more expensive because of high bandwidth costs in South Africa. Although your domain will have the advantage of being hosted within South Africa this makes the ping response time from your computer to the server less. This means that if you are in South Africa your site will load faster than an internationally hosted one.

Local hosting is a very good option for a medium sized business that wants internet exposure for an international market but want to reflect that they are South African.

Server Hosting:

Server hosting is becoming a popular choice of the corporate workplace. The reason being that personalized server hosting grants the client more control, flexibility and security with regards to what is hosted and how that information is presented or formatted. In server hosting the client is given two choices in packages which will suit their company better.

Dedicated Server Hosting:

One option for companies that have large amounts of information that they would like to keep online is dedicated server hosting.

Dedicated Server Hosting is when a company buys a machine from us that they would like to be put online; although more expensive than regular hosting, this option gives the client more flexibility and security with regards to their hosting solution.

Dedicated Server Hosting affords the client full control over their domain and what they choose to put onto their server. With this solution the client need not go through their  service provider to edit the information being hosted.
This information may include:

1. Website appearance
2. Website functions
3. Website content

The dedicated server option is also efficient as a mail exchange server for the client who has a large amount of email traffic that they want sorted and delivered according tot heir needs which they have the option to configure themselves on the server.

Dedicated Server Hosting is recommended for large companies that require a high amount of bandwidth and traffic every month and that have a need for large amounts of online data such as FTP sites.

Co-Located Server Hosting:

CO-Location Server Hosting is ideal for the smaller company who has all the parts for the server they want to build and wants to escape the high initial costs of purchasing a machine from the service provider. With Co-Location Server Hosting, the client has the ability to choose the hardware and software that gets put into the machine.
The servers are hosted in a fully climate-controlled environment and all servers are protected by UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply), as well as this the servers are under 24/7 supervision  by a team of technicians and are guaranteed to have 99.9% uptime. All co-locally servers are connected to the internet by a 100Mbit line directly into the ISP’s backbone.

Thank you for taking the time to look over this information on our web and server hosting solutions.

If you have any further queries please feel free to contact either Roddy or Dino on
(011) 235-4016/5
Or email us on:
roddy@telspace.co.za | dino@telspace.co.za