Hosting Company BackgroundFounded in 1999 IX WEB HOSTING has close to ten years experience in the web hosting industry. Their call center is in the US with real American English speaking call center representatives from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. They also have their own data center in Columbus, Ohio). WEB HOSTING PRODUCTS AND SERVICESIX WEB HOSTING has a good range of products from shared web hosting (linktotheshared page) to virtual private servers or VPS Hosting for sort. Virtual Private Server hosting is where you have a dedicated set of resources and a shared set of resources for top performance at a lower price point than using a dedicated server. Shared web hosting is where many accounts are all on the same web servers and they share all of the resources, which can be sub optimal if you have a bunch of really busy websites on the same server as you, it can slow down your website, but VPS hosting can overcome this with a balance between completely dedicated resources and a mix of shared resources. |
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Plan Pricing and Overall Value of Web Hosting PlansThey have two main types of web hosting plans. The cheap web hosting plan that is on a shared host (Virtual hosting) and the more robust Virtual Private Server hosting (VPS for short). To see the Virtual Private Server plans click here or scroll down past the virtual hosting plans. 3 Affordable Virtual Hosting Plans To Choose FromAll three of these plans deliver everything you need for setting up your website and any other websites you might want to add on in the future. I do recommend the BUSINESS PLUS plan for someone starting out since you do get up to three IP addresses included in the plan and two free Domain name registrations; however the plan that is currently the best bang for the buck is the UNLIMITED PRO Plan which is priced at $7.95 if you buy the two year term option, which works out to the same price as the BUSNESS PLUS Plan but you get up to 15 IP addresses and 3 free Domain name registrations. Additional Shared Web Hosting Plan Features |
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Free software for your website(s)
With your account you get the EasyApp Installer that gives you over 36 scripts to install very easily. Software such as WordPress (blog software), phpBB (bulletin/forum), Joomla and Xoops (content management), OS Commerce (E-Commerce), Image gallery programs, Polls & survey plug ins and many other Free Software tools that are easily installed with the EasyApp installer.
Please note: if you want to install other pieces of software you can but you will need to do it manually or have your system administrator do the install for you.
Both the X4 and X8 VPS hosting plans include the license cost but the X2 does not, so you would be paying an additional monthly fee if you choose one of the commercially available control panels (you can read up on freely available control panels such as ISPConfig and WebMin). Both cPanel and Plesk are world renowned control panels, if however you require easy installation of the standard web software packages such as Worcpress, Drupal, etc... I would recommend you go with cPanel and choose the optional Fantastico script installer (a $5 per month option). If you want to use Plesk instead they currently don't have a scrip installer but you can always easily install them yourself (they are not too hard to install) and if you have any troubles you can read up on how to install them properly on websites like ours.
CentOS -
Linux that is an Enterprise-class Distribution. Should you want to install a free control panel (X4 and X8 plans have a control panel included in the hosting cost so there is no need to do this) Webmin supports CentOS and ISPConfig supports CentOS 4.1 - 5.3
Debian -
Linux based, it has many tools from the GNU project if you are getting an X2 account and want to use a free control panel Debian is supported by Webmin. ISPConfig supports Debian 3.0 - 5.0
Open SUSE -
Linux based operating system, as of this writing Webmin does not support Open SUSE, it did at one point but it no longer does, however it appears that ISPConfig does support it.
With a 99.9% server uptime guarantee, a Climate Sealed and climate controlled data center that uses CISCO network infrastructure (connectivity), electricity, fire suppression, security and heating/cooling/ventilation.
cPanel VPS HostingIf you choose cPanel VPS Hosting, you can feel safe knowing that it is one of the most common types of control panels, and the reason is simple, simplicity, Their point and click user-friendly control panel makes setting up and managing your website a snap. What's even better is the fact that you are developing skills that are easily transferable to most of the top web hosting providers since a lot of them use cPanel.
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Plesk VPS Hosting AccountShould you choose to use the Plesk control panel for your VPS hosting account then you are in luck because IX WEB HOSTING offers Plesk as well. I have used and continue to use both Plesk and cPanel and find them both very capable control panels. |
Please note: some of the control panel screens shown on this page may look a little different depending on if you are using a shared web hosting account, a VPS hosting account or a dedicated server.
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