All 8bits websites are hosted on reliable dedicated servers. We realise the importance of reliability and uptime, so all our hosted services come with a 99.9% server uptime guarantee.
Our hosting servers are configured with the software best suited to the applications we run. This enables us to properly support our applications and effectively manage security. For reasons of reliability and configuration we only host websites we build on our own servers.
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Dedicated vs shared hosting
Many web companies use shared hosting to host their customers websites. They do this because shared hosting is cheap. The problem is that it means your customers website is residing on a server that is shared with hundreds of other websites managed by dozens of different web agencies. This has an adverse effect on performance, security and reliability as you don’t know who else is using the server. For example, there may be a popular website that gets lots of traffic and uses a large portion of the servers resources. This can adversely effect the performance of your website.
Shared servers are less secure. This is because there are many more administrators that have access to areas of the server that can effect other users.
Dedicated servers avoid these problems because 8bits is the only company that has access to the administrative controls of the server. We also have complete control over what websites and applications that are hosted on our servers.
Using dedicated servers costs more than a shared server, but the importance of uptime, performance and reliability means choosing a quality service pays for itself over time.
Configuration
The server capacity that is allocated to a website depends upon the scope of the project. Factors include the estimated amount of monthly traffic and the disk space required to host the website, files and any applications. 8bits monitor the performance of every website we host, and can dynamically alter the capacity required if a surge in traffic occurs.
Monitoring
All 8bits hosted services are monitored. If a server suffers an un-scheduled outage, our support staff are notified automatically by email and SMS.
