Shared Hosting vs. Semi-Dedicated Hosting
Shared hosting is a suitable solution for most of our clients' hosting needs. However some need more than what this type of hosting has to offer. This is why we have Semi-Dedicated Hosting.
If you are running multiple websites or even a single highly popular website and these have outgrown the capabilities of our Shared Hosting in terms of: CPU/RAM use, Web Server use, MySQL or other services use or need in general better server performance, then you need the power of our Semi-Dedicated Hosting. You are on the move to get what your sites and business demand.
Semi-Dedicated hosting provides the solution. Its a higher level of hosting, which will provide you with a bounty of resources for all your sites' needs:
- performance on a Semi-Dedicated plan is better than the same with Shared Hosting
- prices for this type of hosting will remain lower than those for a dedicated Virtual Private Server (VPS) solution
- the hosting technology and tools (control panel, services and support) provided are as easy to use as the ones for Shared Hosting. No advanced technical skills are required (unlike with VPS plans, which will require administration skills).
Benefits of the Semi-Dedicated Hosting
More processing power
In a few sentences, Semi-Dedicated Hosting offer more processing power than shared hosting. It is the perfect solution for people who are not so advanced to manage a dedicated Virtual Private Server.
Lower usage limitations
CPU, RAM, Apache and MySQL limits are up to several times higher compared to shared hosting.
Fewer accounts on server
Semi-Dedicated Hosting features fewer accounts compared to shared hosting. In the same time, cost is lower compared to a dedicated Virtual Private Server.
More server resources
Physical machine resources are distributed on a few accounts powering them with more CPU, RAM, Web Server and MySQL resource.
Custom modules & packages support
Unlike shared hosting you can request a custom module or software to be installed by our technical support in case any of your scripts need so.
Clustered hosting
Semi-Dedicated Hosting compared to dedicated Virtual Private Server still has the clustered platform advantage. That is DNS, Email and MySQL to run on separate servers distributing the load.
No advanced or technical knowledge needed
While dedicated Virtual Private Server requires advanced technical skills to be managed efficiently, Semi-Dedicated Hosting entire maintenance and monitoring is performed by our experienced technicians.
Shared hosting Control Panel
Our in-house Control Panel is included in our Semi-Dedicated Hosting plans as it is on the shared hosting platform. The maintenance and updates are entirely performed by our team.
- co.za domains can be purchased directly from UniForum in South Africa through CozaReg for free and hosted on our servers by first adding them to our system via the control panel once a member and proceeding to CozaReg. Registration requires that the domain already be enlisted with our DNS as the registrar checks whether the name servers specified on the registration form are valid and the domain enlisted. You can also transfer the domain to us.
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- If already a member, please file a trouble ticket to support from your control panel to resolve any queries, otherwise use the Contact Us form. We wish you the best in your enterprise.