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I. What is managed hosting?
II. Managed hosting vs Standard hosting
III. Do you need managed hosting?
IV. How does Hostico differentiate itself from other managed hosting providers?
V. Application transfer
VI. Integrity check
VII. Stress test
VIII. Security analysis
IX. Frontend analysis and optimization
X. Analysis of active themes/extensions
XI. Database analysis and optimization
XII. Application optimization
XIII. Connecting adjacent services
XIV. Connecting CDN website
XV. Uptime monitoring
XVI. Performance check
XVII. Integrity/Security analysis
XVIII. Administration
I. What is managed hosting?
Acquiring a hosting package and installing an application are no longer difficult tasks or ones that require a high level of knowledge.
However, the same cannot be said about the subsequent administration of the application, namely the website installed on that hosting.
In addition to the visible and tangible aspects that a website owner deals with, such as the website content, marketing, graphic interface, social media, etc., the technical aspects of the application must also be taken into account, such as security, optimization, updates, monitoring, etc.
Both the visible part for clients/owners (frontend) and the backend require direct, active, and constant involvement for proper functioning. This involvement requires time, energy, and resources even if one possesses the knowledge relevant to performing these tasks.
Managed hosting involves taking over these responsibilities, ensuring both the proper functioning of the hosting services and the proper functioning of the client's application.
II. Managed Hosting vs Standard Hosting
With standard hosting, you will benefit from the space provided by the purchased hosting package and the resources allocated to it. The task of installing and managing the application is the client's responsibility.
In the case of managed hosting, the responsibility for securing, optimizing, updating, and monitoring the application/website falls to the hosting provider, which takes on the complexity of managing the application, allowing the client the freedom and peace of mind necessary to focus on creating a unique digital experience.
III. Do you need managed hosting?
It would be advisable to opt for managed hosting if:
- you do not have the necessary knowledge to manage the application/site
- you do not have the necessary time to manage the application/site
- you cannot afford for the site to be compromised due to its not being updated/not secured
- you don’t want to lose visitors/customers due to a slow loading website
IV. How does Hostico differentiate itself from other managed hosting providers?
Although there are companies that offer hosting packages that contain the names of certain applications in their titles, they do not include the management of these applications.
The managed hosting service is an additional service to those already offered by Hostico, so the reasons displayed here also apply to this service.
Speed, reliability, performance, and the support provided are reasons to migrate your site to Hostico.
In completing the managed hosting service, alongside the optimizations made to the application, we also provide adjacent solutions at the server level such as Memcached, Redis, ElasticSearch, Nginx.
These will take some of the stress off the application and improve its performance.
The services we offer as part of the managed hosting package, in addition to the benefits implicitly provided by a Hostico hosting package, are:
V. Application Transfer
Free service offered for all Hostico hosting packages:
- file and database transfer
- reconfiguring the application to make it work on our servers
- the transfer of mailboxes together with their contents
VI. Integrity Check
Before carrying out any operations, we will check the integrity of the application. If it is compromised, any further tests are irrelevant, and we will first focus on restoring the integrity of the application.
Scanning files/database for possible corrupted/infected files and/or unwanted entries.
VII. Stress test
We will check the approximate number of concurrent connections that the application supports with the resources allocated to it before and after its optimization.
VIII. Security Analysis
There is an attempt to identify security issues and potential vulnerabilities that could lead to the compromise of the site. Subsequently, security measures are implemented to strengthen the application.
Checking the application vulnerabilities, extensions, and installed themes.
Checking the site in external databases regarding its status and reputation.
IX. Frontend Analysis and Optimization
Checking the frontend optimization of the application/site according to the standards set by Google/Yslow and optimizing, respectively correlating the application with these, in order to achieve a lower loading time.
X. Analysis of active themes/extensions
Checking their operation, load level, possible incompatibilities, vulnerabilities, etc.
XI. Database Analysis and Optimization
The load level of the database with essential information stored by each individual application is checked, as well as the SQL queries run by the application, in order to optimize the corresponding SQL tables.
XII. Application Optimization
Implementation of measures aimed at reducing the resource consumption of the application without affecting its proper functionality.
XIII. Connection of adjacent services
Depending on the application used and the measures that need to be taken for better performance, it will be connected to the services installed on the server in order to take a part of the resource consumption made by the application and reduce its response time.
XIV. Website CDN Connection
To improve the loading speed of the website from different locations around the globe, we connect the website to a global CDN network to ensure as fast a loading speed as possible. A properly configured CDN can also protect websites against DDOS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks, reducing their impact on the functioning of projects.
XV. Uptime Monitoring
We check the operation of the website at regular intervals, which means our response time is almost instant for any outage that may occur. The Hostico team is immediately notified of the interruption, and the verification and elimination of the cause of the interruption is initiated as soon as possible.
XVI. Performance Check
We analyze the website's performance in order to identify possible unforeseen situations, improve them as well as implement new available methods for enhancing functionality.
XVII. Integrity/Security Analysis
Scanning files/database for possible corrupted/infected files and/or unwanted records.
Security scan to identify possible vulnerabilities that may arise as a result of an update or installation/uninstallation of an extension/theme.
Application vulnerability check, installed extensions, and themes.
Checking the website in external databases regarding its status and reputation.
XVIII. Administration
Installation/uninstallation/configuration of extensions/themes.
These services are offered for applications respectively CMSs WordPress, Woocommerce, Prestashop, OpenCart, Joomla, Virtuemart, and Drupal.
The service is not available for applications respectively CMSs whose native functionality or extended through various extensions allows the creation of multiple sites / stores (multisite / multistore)