Monthly Archives: January 2013

01.22.13
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Reseller hosting- Good or bad?


Do you know of the pitfalls of a reseller who is pretending not to be a reseller? or is it accepted in the industry to use a reseller for hosting if the services look right?

It is not wrong to be a reseller, you are just believing in someone’s product and sell them to your clients. In future, there will be a lot of resellers and you will find hard for hosting company but instead many hosting reseller company.

I don’t find any disadvantages with a reseller hosting package.
Thats true, you need to concentrate on your sales, marketing and seo part and need to make the brand name among millions of providers.
You should look for a reliable reseller hosting provider who can offer you more features like private nameservers, free domain reseller account to register domains for accounts under your reseller.

If you are a reseller of a reseller you will not make a lot of profit. Try to find a business that is the main hosting company or the data center itself like cpwebhosting.net and purchase a Reseller web hosting plan from that.That way you can make more money as a reseller.
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I do not think there is anything wrong with being a hosting reseller. There are even few advantages like instead of managing the servers you can focus on marketing your site and on supporting your clients.

01.22.13
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Future of hosting business?


How do you see hosting/reselling in the future ?

Will there be a hosting business?

I think, in the future every personal computer get online with higher bandwidth through GSM or CDMA communication and every person has host his own site in his laptop. So the web hosting business goes weak but domain business become strong.

I believe most of the personal website will be host in his own house with his own unlimited bandwidth broadband connection. Mean Web Hosting businesses even more competitive.
Reseller web hosting business will definitely be competitive in years to come as more and more new companies are opening up.
01.22.13
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Starting a web hosting business


I wish to start my hosting business. I want to know where and how is best to start it. I mean where to rent a dedicated or should i start as a reseller?

As you are new to this business and starting it now, I will suggest you to start with a Reseller package with the help of good reseller provider by doing home-work on the major search engines.

The very first thing I would suggest is to write up a business plan.

It is a good idea that start as a reseller under a good company, then doing more business you can move to dedicated server.

For reliable and quality Reseller web hosting services click on CP Web Hosting – Reseller Hosting : Windows Reseller Hosting, Linux Reseller Hosting

I also would recommend that you first start off with a Reseller web hosting account to learn all the tricks of selling hosting.

01.22.13
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Successful reseller host


How to become a successful Reseller Host?
Buying a managed reseller hosting account will probably not make you instantly rich, instantly generate an income, or instantly known in the web hosting world. It takes a commitment to customer service, by delivering the best service possible. Research needs to be conducted on how to setup plans and pricing, how to ensure support requests are handled quickly, and how to get your company name out there.
01.22.13
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3 Types of Reseller Web Hosting


Reseller hosting is a category of internet hosting where the site owner breaks up the allotted disk space and bandwidth to host multiple domains or resell web hosting. There are three main categories of internet small businesses for whom this kind of hosting account works well.

The Seller of Web Hosting Services

Reseller hosting accounts are perfect for someone who wants to start a web hosting business but who wants to try it first without making huge investments in computer and network hardware and even without establishing a company.

The Web Designer / Developer

Web developer who develop websites for other people as a business are also good candidates for reseller web hosting services. They can charge their clients for hosting as well as web site design and in that way provide themselves with an ongoing stream of revenue and contact with the client for follow up work.

The Internet Marketer

Internet entrepreneurs who have many sites from which they provide content and offer products for sale are also good candidates for reseller accounts, because they can find a significant money savings by paying a single monthly fee and then putting many domain sites on the same account.

01.22.13
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Succeed as a web host reseller?


How to succeed as a web host reseller?

However, just like in any other business, one needs to be cautious and to be very much aware.

The first and most important thing you need to do is find a reliable web hosting service. And that host also needs to have a good Reseller web hosting program.

cpwebhosting.net is a reliable web host and their Reseller web hosting services are amazing.
As a reseller you will also need to have a well thought out plan on how you are going to market and promote your own web site.
If u want to success in Reseller web hosting then provide hosting services that have flexible plans.
Reseller control panel is very important for you as a reseller to manage and invoice your clients.
H-Sphere is a user friendly control panel and also easy to use.
cpwebhosting.net provides H-sphere control panel with their Reseller web hosting plans.

H-Sphere offers the highest level of web-hosting operations by providing:-

Complete automation for Linux and Windows platforms
Billing solution
Private label resellers
User-friendly control panel
Comprehensive set of hosting features

01.22.13
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Which web hosting services I choose?


I have more then 25 website, which web hosting services will be suitable for me?

Reseller web hosting account will be suitable for you.
A web host reseller account is a web hosting account that allows you to create hosting packages to sell to your clients. You can also host multiple sites of your own using the disk space allotted to the one hosting account.

Reseller web hosting account come with a reseller-level control panel that allows you to create your own packages.You can allocate disk space and bandwidth to each site on the account and change the space and bandwidth specifications if the site’s needs change.

With a web host reseller account, you handle account setup, billing, and (usually) support for your clients. Your web host provider maintains the servers and answers your support questions

cpwebhosting.net Reseller web hosting account can fulfill your requirement and have the above mention features. For more info. click on Reseller Hosting Plans to sell both Windows Hosting and Linux Hosting Resources with CP Web Hosting

What is advantages and disadvantages of having a reseller account?

Advantages
*You can have more flexibility with your web hosting accounts.
*You can save money.
*You can earn more revenue at little cost to yourself.
*You can focus on customer support and leave technical support to your web host.
*Your web host, not you, absorbs server maintenance costs.

Disadvantages
*Your service is only as good as your upstream provider. If the server is frequently down, for example, you may lose clients.
*If you ever have to change web hosts, the move will be an inconvenience for your clients as well as for yourself.

01.22.13
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Linux Dedicated Servers


Linux servers are manufactured to counter high demand of application such as database management, web services and network administration and system administration. Linux servers are more preferred due to its reliability, flexibility and stability. A major part of the IT market is relying over Linux platform. Linux servers now covers 16.8 % of all server revenue; up by 2.5 points over 2009.Linux server market revenue grew 30% to $1.8 billion when compared with second quarter of 2009.It share 16.8 % part of revenue grossed by all servers.

Hardening Linux servers :

A proper procedure and policy is required to maintain a secure computing environment where unauthorized access could be prevented .For making security risks should be assessed. While open source does not hide o/s inner working, but security is the core part of Linux kernel.

Linux servers are secured by External firewalls, SSH hardening and internal privilege hardening. Further some of measures can be applied that are as following:-

  • Use PAM to make user control secure. Strong password and authentication controls are critical for host with high number of shell user.
  • SELinux should be used while it is complex to configure but it strengthens more granular control.
  • You should prevent advancement of tools if there is large no. of shell user.
  • Centralized log monitoring system should be arranged and alert must be put over more critical and important log messages.SEC or Swatch like tool should be used.

ShellShock Flaw :

ShellShock Flaw has collected huge media coverage over the time. ShellShock Flaw allows invader to execute bash commands on unauthorized and unauthenticated host. It is basically a mass of vulnerabilities. The risk depends upon how bash interprets environment variables. The systems using Bash Scripts are at the higher risk .Some measures are taken to protect form Shellshock flaw are:-

  • Defense in depth should be incorporated for systems that are using bash scripts.
  • SELinux and APPArmor should be engaged to limit the access of bash to what user is running.

A required attention is brought to Shell scripting security by shellshock. Migration to languages that have been designed keeping security in mind is essential since need for shell script always exists. A new language Shill has been developed by Harvard researchers with a stress over security but there is a long way to go.

Some other common attack vectors are:-

  • Httpd
  • Secure Shell
  • DHClient
  • CUPS
  • Sudo
  • Firefox
  • Postfix

Redhat recently announced its 64 bit ARM architecture designed for datacenters. It has (TDP) thermal design power between 10 and 45watts where as traditional x86 processor has more than 90watts.Direct Server utility bills and data center running cost lowers along with power consumption.

Why Linux?

Linux has been a preferable choice because of its stability feature and better response to concurrent processes. It is able to run over a long period of time without facing any crash. The basic reason of adopting Linux is TCO (total cost of ownership). Moreover all configuration changes can be accomplished without rebooting system thus not effecting irrelevant services. The distributive nature of Linux made it acceptable choice because it does not need any SI (System identifier). In Linux; the systems are distinguished by IP addresses and names. It runs over any machine architecture and unlike its counterparts which completely depends over Intel compatible processors.

Some of the best Linux Distro :

  • Fedora : It was developed around same time as Ubuntu. Fedora 21 is the new release known as fedora next. Fedoras has three releases Workstation, cloud and sever, each one is aimed to specific use-cases.Fedora21 server with its Rolekit tool is now focused over server administration and enable administrator to specify server roles .It leverages open source freelPA identity and authentication application providing secure access. The big tool is Cockpit server management which provides small scale server management.
  • Ubuntu : It is one most prevalent and famous Linux Distro .it is preferable for its user friendliness. Its name is derived from a South African philosophy of ‘universal humanism’. Besides it includes various open source programs like email client thunderbird, web browser Firefox, and Libreoffice. Moreover a user can access more software from Software center Repository.
  • Debian : It is one of original Linux Distro developed almost three decades ago. It is named over its founder Ian Murdock and Debra.
  • Linux Mint : It is less prominent distro and has been forked in its second iteration from earlier release of Ubuntu. The developer behind Linux mint decided to release an alternate version of debian and now supporting various streams for those who wants to incorporate it in different hardware condition. It comes with Many of software which will be needed out of the box despite of being less dominant than its industry rivals.
  • OpenSuse : OpenSuse was based off a German acronym Suse (Software and system evolution).The project was developed by the US firm Novell for allowing to work over its development by them who are outside the firm. It offers high configurable feature, huge scope of customization and YAST a tool for the control of entire operating system from single program.

There are many organizations who advocate for Linux adoption. In May 2014, W3techs surmised that 67.5% of top 10 million website run over some form of UNIX whereas Linux is used by 57.2% of website which uses UNIX. The (IFOSSF) international free and open source foundation has decided to accelerate and promote the adoption of FOSS (free and open source software) through civil society partnership and research.

Some other are:-

  • Asian Open Source centre (AsiaOSC)
  • Software LivreBrasil (a Brazilian organisation)
  • Free and open source foundation of India and china.
  • IBM with its Linux marketing strategy
  • Linux users group

Oracle has released secure boot version of its linux, which has chain of trust in boot process. When bootloader is loaded by firmware, it checks authentication signature of bootloader with signature key stored in firmware before proceeding.

Linux software developers are striving hard to expand Linux storage and file systems. In recent years flash memory has been evolved as server primary storage and persistent memory is rendering us storage that works at DRAM speed.

  • BTRFS : BTRFS is a copy on write file system that emphasis over fault tolerance and easy administration. It has advantage of handling numerous small size files and huge size files such as 16 EiB, multi-storage device support, and baked in RAID. It has extent based storage system, space-effecting indexing directories, Writable and read only snapshots, separate internal file storage system modules. The BRTFS development team is working over object level stripping and mirroring, compression methods and in band deduplications.
  • CephFS : It is POSIX-compliant file system that utilizes ceph storage cluster to store data. It provides a distributed storage and file system, which relies over resilient and scalable storage model. Some expert says that CephFS is not completely ready yet. Being a distributed system, Ceph FS has to deal with multiple writes from multiple clients. Consequently that results in file lock-in situation.

So, Although Linux has many file system and able to use any kind of storage. Still there is lot of work which is to be done.

01.22.13
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Only Reseller web host can have reseller web hosting account?


To have a Reseller web hosting account, you need to be in the business of selling hosting. Is this true?

Most people assume that to have a reseller account, you need to be in the business of selling hosting. This is not true. Anyone can set up a reseller account and enjoy the benefits of saving money and also having the convenience of only dealing with one company for all your hosting needs.

Previously I had over 10 domain names and associated web sites that were costing me around $4 – $7 a month to host. The average months hosting costs were around $50. Therefore, by setting up a Reseller web hosting account with cpwebhosting.net and transferring my domains and web sites over to my reseller account I made an instant saving of $15 a month.

cpwebhosting.net Starter Reseller plan cost is $24.95/month and you can host unlimited domains with it.

For cpwebhosting.net Reseller web hosting plans click on Reseller Hosting Plans to sell both Windows Hosting and Linux Hosting Resources with CP Web Hosting

Recently I have also purchased a Reseller web hosting account from cpwebhosting.net.They provide a very competitive reseller account priced at $24.95/month. Their Reseller’s Package allows you to host unlimited Domains.

Previously I set up a personal home page with a few details about myself, then create more for my family, then my business so I have several domain names and web sites spread across several web hosting companies then I purchase a Reseller account and transfer all my website.

A more convenient approach would be to set yourself up with a reseller account with one hosting company.

With the reseller account you have helped yourself, helped your friends and relatives to host their websites and possibly started making money as well.
01.22.13
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What’s inside the data center?


Data Center

With rapidly growing businesses, data center’s need arose to keep huge data. Although cloud is there but still company must have a network and electrical backbone which assure close monitoring and inspection. Server virtualization is an efficient way to adopt capacity in existing data center. Increase in server virtualization can reduce data center energy consumption. Companies were able to save 50% of data center energy just by virtualization and turning off which is not being used.Futher rack density should be considered to increase efficiency and capacity. If you can’t recover enough capacity after optimizing then collocation or cloud may also be the options

Disaster Recovery in Data center

Data center disaster recovery is not an option but a necessity owing to the rapid growth of IT market. As IT is pervasive in almost every business now there is requirement of 24/7 availability. As a result disaster recovery budgets are also higher than ever before. In survey of Tech Target’s Data center and reader’s choice 2013, 23% users showed disaster recovery and redundancy as a key driver for server expenditure, the sixth most popular choice.

  • Your data center’s disaster recovery plan must accommodate with the high availability requirement. Disaster recovery plan may include on- site recovery plans and Mobile recover units.
  1. On-site recovery plans are almost meant to save data center from mishap of power outages. Now data center are investing a huge amount over huge backup and power saving units, below ground fuel storage for generators to save from longer power outage.
  2. Some companies like Sunguard, Rentsys offers mobile recovery plan includes self-contained power and weather resistance. These companies build each unit in a tractor –trailer truck that can be dispatched at requirement. Mobile recovery unit called “Mobile metro centers” are connected to Disaster recovery Company’s data center via satellite to avoid latency .It protect critical apps or whole application.
  3. Some companies prefer to outsource the disaster recovery plan due to the lack of experienced IT staff or huge resources to manage it. They prefer to render the responsibility to a managed service provider or cloud hosting company. It allows them to more focus over business operation.
  • It is troublesome to synchronize the disaster recovery budget with your business budget. It is necessary to keep cost down while optimizing and maintaining security for any mishap. If any company has a huge amount of data then for making data secure it is required to backup data from primary storage to disaster recovery site. This task can take your budget to uncontrollable amount. Hardware and software based WAN optimization can lower the cost. The speed of data transfer should be monitored and data hops have to happen for within a reasonable amount of time.
  • Redundant copies of data at remote data center allow data center to recover damaged and malfunctioned data or launch workloads to remote system to manage traffic. It is required to carefully consider the remote storage and server network deployment needs. Redundancy means occasional virtual machine snapshots and conventional backup approaches. Some technologies like thin provisioning and data duplication satisfies remote storage system needs. Complete data backup may also affect bandwidth, so proper management of network bandwidth is also required. Server must be able to run required resources to protect data.
  • Different business demands and various complexities enhance complicacies to redundancy decisions. It is worth to acquire resources but without proper configuration of those tools and compliance with business goals, outcome will not be satisfactory.
  1. A data recoverability testing should also be conducted because the redundancy of data is of no use if we are not able to recover data at disastrous condition.
  2. Regulatory Compliance and data retention period should also be considered as not all data is of same importance; rather some data is for contemporary use and must be deleted after a fixed period of time. IT officials should check compliance for data center redundancy.

Geographically split data center management

Geographically split data center management is able to reduce recovery time. Being Ecommerce affected market, not only it has become essential to split data centers at proper distance with little recovery time. All data center must have its direct access storage device. The network cloud plays an important role as it is the switch between two data centers. Incoming data request can be routed to any of data centre depending on some criteria with the use of proper internal plumbing.

  • One data center is converging point of all data traffic. All modification and changes are done over primary storage and then it is duplicated to secondary storages. If primary storage fails, secondary storage takes its place.

Modular data center: a solution

Modular data center are also in demand. Although percentage of companies who has acquired modular data centers are less as 9% yet but other companies are also willing to join them .Modular data center is portable   method of deploying data center. These data center comprises purpose engineered   component to offer scalable data center capacity with various cooling and power option.

Modular data center can be classified in two forms:

  1. Containerized data center in which all data center equipment is fitted in and then it can be transported to desired location. Cisco containerized data center is an example of containerized data center.
  2. Flexible data center in which all data center equipment is fitted into a facility made up of pre-fabricated components that can be built frequently over a site and then it can be added as capacity is needed. It is made up of sheet metal components which is formed into four data center halls which in turn linked by a central operating building.

RFP and RFQ tips for IT managers:

RFP and RFQ are two fundamentally different thing .RFQ (Request for Quote) is the quote by an enterprise or government. RFQ takes place when IT manager are resolved about their technical requirement and has assessed the problems. The vendor has to just deliver that technology to them .RFP (Request for proposal) is used to explain certain system requirements and encountered challenges. The vendor offers with various technical configuration and architectures. Here IT vendor assess the problem and responds with specific technology

Writing wrong RFP in lack of proper knowledge may lead   your business to survive over less optimal resource which will affect Quality of service level. IT personnel should state workload requirements with its dependencies, future requirements. Keep yourself away from using biased language which will mislead vendor.