An evaluation of DataVault

We, at stamsmala.se, have picked 'DataVault' to be our present domain name and hosting supplier. Therefore we consider that this succinct evaluation of 'DataVault' is perchance going to be very useful for other folks from all over the World who seek domain name and web hosting services. We state people from all over the Globe, since the simple fact is that 'DataVault' currently provides domain and hosting services in several server farm locations: in the United States of America (Chicago, IL), in Britain (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). Thus, covering approximately the entire Globe. At least from the point of view of the Internet. So, here is what you could expect from 'DataVault' in brief:

Shared Hosting Plans

The first detail we, at stamsmala.se, have seen is the cut-rate prices of the shared hosting services delivered by 'DataVault'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared web hosting. The good thing here is that the web site hosting packages offered by 'DataVault' are driven by an in-house created, state-of-the-art cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, like email, databases, webspace hosting Control Panel, storage space, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being handled by an independent set of hosting servers in a cluster). This is a circumstance EVERY cPanel web hosting corporation in the World will have mammoth complications with, because cPanel is a single server based web hosting environment (each web hosting service, like mail, databases, web page hosting Control Panel, data storage, DNS, stats, and so on, is being served by one and the same web hosting server), cPanel is not open source (therefore the cPanel web page hosting providers are not able to add new functionality and manipulate it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they must design their own file platform), which is the premise of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared web space hosting accounts, which are driven by an authentic clustered website hosting system. With a shared hosting plan, each customer pays only for his/her package, thus keeping the web space hosting price really low (since multiple users utilize the same hosting server). To cut a long story short, a shared hosting account, which is hosted on a cloud web hosting system, permits you to pay just for the resources that you actually require, evading a scenario where you pay for a feature-rich website hosting account that you cannot truly use, or for a basic web site hosting package that cannot host your web page. The possibility to upgrade your account from one package to another with just two mouse clicks grants you the flexibility to start with a basic package and upgrade as your Internet presence expands. So, you spare funds that you can expend on publicizing the web page while it is still brand new. Each web space hosting account furnished by 'DataVault' offers an online website builder and more than forty widely used script software applications including WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will spare you 100s of dollars for website design services. 'DataVault' supplies shared webspace hosting accounts in several different countries across the World. There is one datacenter in Chicago covering the US and Canada; two European datacenter facilities - in the UK and in Sweden; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia Pacific region. Hence, almost the whole Earth is encompassed to provide you and your website's visitors with a steady and dependable web site hosting solution at a convenient place. Altogether, the shared hosting packages offered 'DataVault' are quite well furnished and are available at an attractive price (starting from €2.76 for the Starter plan).

Semi-dedicated Web Servers

To people with little to no practice, a VPS web server may seem problematic to handle. That's probably why 'DataVault' also houses semi-dedicated web hosting servers in its main US datacenter in Chicago. Managing these plans is similar to managing a standard shared hosting plan via a web site hosting Control Panel tool. They have all the specs of a shared web site hosting plan such as a free-of-charge website building tool and a web app installer, but the system resource quota provided by a semi-dedicated web server package is many times greater than that of a shared web space hosting account. For instance, the central processing unit power that can be utilized is almost 5 times as much as compared to the shared plans. When compared to a shared web site hosting package, the quota of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting plans is huge: 90 000 / hour. An unlimited hosted TLD allowance is a trend as well. The semi-dedicated server web hosting plans do not arrive with complete root access (we, at stamsmala.se, count this as a slight drawback), but the benefit is that they are administered via the same web site hosting CP tool as the shared web page hosting accounts. This hints that a familiar graphical user interface is available to all clients who do not feel confident enough to manage a VPS hosting server, but at the same time need more power and supplies than a VPS web hosting server can deliver. This is so owing to the fact that the semi-dedicated hosting servers share the system resources of the same powerful leading edge web hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the virtual server plans, however, the number of the semi-dedicated web hosting servers is very low (somewhere between 20 to thirty per server), while the VPS hosting servers can reach a much higher number (eighty to 120 per physical machine). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers delivered by 'DataVault' can be dubbed as being very inexpensive (as far as price is concerned), commencing from €19.23 for the Semi Dedicated 1 plan.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

According to stamsmala.se, enormous sites such as social networks, community and business portals or famous web shops with 1000s of customers request a much more powerful web space hosting platform. It appears that the fellows from 'DataVault' have come to the same conclusion too. To fulfil its customers' anticipations, 'DataVault' offers a collection of dedicated web servers that can manage millions of daily hits. That estimate stands on the hardware specifications the web hosting servers sport: Dual and Quad-core processors, up to 4 GB of RAM, two thousand gigabytes of web space and Gigabit NICs will doubtlessly ensure the quick and stable performance of any kind of web site. According to 'DataVault', the original hardware specs can be upgraded for more system resource-requiring sites. We, from stamsmala.se, believe that all dedicated server specifications supplied by 'DataVault' are also appropriate for beginning a hosting reseller business as each dedicated web server provides free invoice transaction software and a bonus domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated servers delivered by 'DataVault' are all unmanaged. We, at stamsmala.se, deem this a slight negative point, which can be rectified by paying a monthly tax of €31.60 EUR. So, if you need aid, the Managed Services upgrade includes an assortment of extra services such as a routine backup, software installation, web server surveillance and troubleshooting procedures. A bouquet of hosting Control Panel (CP) GUIs are offered with each of the servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (stamsmala.se's) forecast is that the magnificent point and click File Manager included in the Hepsia webspace hosting CP will probably make the recourse to any FTP software useless. Our (stamsmala.se's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers provided by 'DataVault' don't appear to be very cheap (still the Hepsia web hosting CP and the unmetered hosted domain quotas will definitely make you smile), starting from €112.41 for the Xeon Scalable 6c package.