A review of Alpha

We, at mwcatering.nl, have selected 'Alpha' to be our present domain and web hosting provider. This is why we anticipate that this succinct evaluation of 'Alpha' is probably going to be quite helpful for other folks from all around the World who need domain name and web hosting services. We say individuals from all over the World, since the simple fact is that 'Alpha' presently supplies domain and hosting services in several datacenter facility sites: in the United States of America (Chicago, IL), in the United Kingdom (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Sweden (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, encompassing almost the whole World. At least as far as the Internet is concerned. So, here is what you could anticipate from 'Alpha' in brief:

Shared Web Space Hosting Solutions

The first detail we, at mwcatering.nl, have seen is the cheap prices of the shared web space hosting solutions provided by 'Alpha'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is called: shared hosting. The good thing here is that the website hosting accounts delivered by 'Alpha' are powered by a custom devised, cutting edge cloud web hosting solution (each hosting service, like electronic mail, databases, website hosting CP, data storage, DNS, statistics, etc., is being served by an autonomous host of web hosting servers in a cluster). This is something EVERY cPanel web hosting firm on the Globe will have immense complications with, since cPanel is a one single server based web page hosting platform (each web hosting service, like mail, databases, site hosting Control Panel, disk storage, DNS, stats, etc., is being dealt with by one and the same hosting server), cPanel is not open source (therefore the cPanel website hosting companies cannot include extra functionality and manipulate it the way they want it) and there is no open source file platform (they must design their own file system), which is the foundation of any cloud web hosting service. Let's go back to the shared hosting accounts, which are driven by an actual cloud webspace hosting platform. With a shared web page hosting account, each customer pays solely for his/her plan, thus preserving the web space hosting price amazingly low (since numerous clients share one and the same web hosting server). To cut a long story short, a shared hosting account, which runs on a clustered web space hosting platform, permits you to pay just for the resources that you really demand, refraining from a scenario where you pay for a high-end hosting package that you cannot truly utilize, or for a low-end web space hosting account that cannot accommodate your site. The ability to upgrade your account from one plan to another with only two clicks grants you the flexibility to begin with a tiny package and upgrade as your website expands. That way, you save capital that you can invest in advertising the website while it is still brand new. Each hosting package provided by 'Alpha' boasts an online web site builder and more than 40 widely used script-driven platforms among them WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will spare you hundreds of dollars for website design solutions. 'Alpha' furnishes shared webspace hosting plans in a number of different countries around the World. There is one data center facility in Chicago encompassing the US and Canada; two European server farm facilities - in the UK and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which encompasses the Asia-Pacific. That way, almost the entire Earth is covered to supply you and your web site's visitors with a steady and dependable web space hosting solution at a convenient place. Altogether, the shared hosting packages provided 'Alpha' are really well furnished and come at a very inexpensive price (beginning from €5.00 for the Starter plan).

Dedicated Web Servers

According to mwcatering.nl, large web sites such as social networks, community and business portals or popular online storefronts with thousands of customers call for a much more powerful site hosting environment. It appears that the guys from 'Alpha' have arrived at the same conclusion too. To answer its clients' needs, 'Alpha' provides a number of dedicated web servers that can cope with millions of daily visits. That estimate is based on the hardware specifications the web hosting servers sport: many-core processors, up to 4 gigabytes of RAM, two thousand GB of disk space and Gigabit network interface cards will no doubt guarantee the quick and steady performance of any type of website. In 'Alpha's opinion, the original hardware specs can be upgraded for more system resource-requiring websites. We, from mwcatering.nl, believe that all dedicated server specifications offered by 'Alpha' are also suitable for launching a hosting reseller business as every dedicated web server provides free invoicing software and a free-of-cost domain reseller account. Unfortunately, the dedicated web servers delivered by 'Alpha' are all unmanaged. We, at mwcatering.nl, regard this as a slight defect, which can be righted by paying a monthly tax which amounts to €31.61 EUR. So, if you are in need of aid, the Managed Services upgrade offers several additional services such as a routine backup, software installation, dedicated web server monitoring and troubleshooting operations. An assortment of hosting Control Panel (CP) interfaces are offered with each of the servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (mwcatering.nl's) forecast is that the amazing point and click File Manager added in the Hepsia hosting CP will probably render the recourse to any File Transfer Protocol software program futile. Our (mwcatering.nl's) inference is that the dedicated servers furnished by 'Alpha' don't seem to be very inexpensive (still the Hepsia hosting CP and the unmetered hosted domain allowance will definitely make you smile), starting from €142.25 for the Xeon Scalable 8c plan.