Web hosting is a kind of Internet hosting service that permits individuals and businesses develop their own website available worldwide. Web hosts are companies that offer space on server they own or hire for use by their customers together with supplying Internet connectivity and some kind of control panel, normally in a data center.
Before choosing a web host provider, it is important that you read web hosting reviews and compare web hosting plans and take into consideration several factors in your review.
Reliability and up-time
The availability of any website is calculated from the percentage of per annum when the website is publicly available and reachable through Internet. This is different compared to| measuring server up-time, as up-time refers into the system itself being on-line. Take a look at downtime table below:
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Uptime
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Downtime per month
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Downtime per year
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Notes
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| 100% | 0 min | 0 min |
When discussing reliability, one often talks about "five nines" (99.999%), "four nines" (99.99%), "three nines" (99.9%), etc
For example, according to a Fatcow review, they promise a 99.9% uptime record which is needed in an online business. Your site shouldn’t be caught on a downtime period at the time of their visits otherwise they may not revisit your site. |
| 99.999% | 0.4m | 5m | |
| 99.99% | 4m | 52m | |
| 99.9% | 43m | 8h 46m | |
| 99.8% | 1h 26m | 17h 31m | |
| 99.7% | 2h 10m | 1d 2h 17m | |
| 99.6% | 2h 53m | 1d 11h 2m | |
| 99.5% | 3h 36m | 1d 19h 48m |
Many service providers do not count downtime caused by planned maintenance into their uptime numbers.
A review of iPage shows that they are highly reliable. They utilize Dell hosting servers and their staff monitor them 24/7 and ensure that any problems are fixed before customers get affected. |
| 99.4% | 4h 19m | 2d 4h 34m | |
| 99.3% | 5h 2m | 2d 13h 19m | |
| 99.2% | 5h 46m | 2d 22h 5m | |
| 99.1% | 6h 29m | 3d 6h 50m | |
| 99.0% | 7h 12m | 3d 15h 36m | |
| 98.9% | 7h 55m | 4d 0h 22m | |
| 98.8% | 8h 38m | 4d 9h 7m |
Be really careful with choice of web hosting provider, read user reviews, check comparison charts, hosting reliability and uptime is critical for your business.
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| 98.7% | 9h 22m | 4d 17h 53m | |
| 98.6% | 10h 5m | 5d 2h 38m | |
| 98.5% | 10h 48m | 5d 11h 24m | |
| 98.4% | 11h 31m | 5d 20h 10m | |
| 98.3% | 12h 14m | 6d 4h 55m | |
| 98.2% | 12h 58m | 6d 13h 41m | |
| 98.1% | 13h 41m | 6d 22h 26m | |
| 98.0% | 14h 24m | 7d 7h 12m |
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