An evaluation of iMatrix ICT Group

We, at nscloud.net, have selected 'iMatrix ICT Group' to be our present domain name and web hosting provider. Hence we imagine that this short evaluation of 'iMatrix ICT Group' is maybe going to be very useful for other individuals from all around the World who need domain name and web hosting services. We state folks from all around the World, since the mere truth is that 'iMatrix ICT Group' currently furnishes domain and hosting services in several data center facility sites: in North America (Chicago, IL), in the United Kingdom (Maidenhead, 20 miles outside London), in Scandinavia (Stockholm) and in Australia (Sydney). That way, covering approximately the entire Earth. At least as far as the World Wide Web is concerned. So, here is what you could anticipate from 'iMatrix ICT Group' in brief:

Shared Web Space Hosting Services

The initial detail we, at nscloud.net, have noticed is the budget prices of the shared web site hosting solutions provided by 'iMatrix ICT Group'. Shared doesn't seem very good, does it? Well, that's what it is referred to as: shared hosting. The good thing here is that the web hosting plans furnished by 'iMatrix ICT Group' are powered by an in-house created, cutting edge cloud web hosting solution (each web hosting service, such as email, databases, hosting CP, storage space, DNS, statistics, and so on, is being run on an individual pack of web hosting servers in a cluster). This is something ANY cPanel web hosting supplier on the Globe will have big complications with, because cPanel is a one-server based web site hosting platform (each hosting service, like email, databases, web page hosting Control Panel, disk space, DNS, statistics, etc., is being handled by one and the same server), cPanel is not open source (hence the cPanel website hosting firms cannot add extra functionality and manipulate it the way they need it) and there is no open source file system (they need to construct their own file platform), which is the basis of any cloud web hosting service. Let's get back to the shared web site hosting plans, which are driven by a genuine cloud web hosting system. With a shared site hosting package, each customer pays only for his/her account, thus preserving the hosting price amazingly low (because numerous clients are located on the same web server). In a nutshell, a shared hosting account, which is hosted on a clustered site hosting solution, permits you to pay solely for the resources that you really demand, precluding a situation where you pay for a feature-rich site hosting package that you cannot actually utilize, or for a small hosting package that cannot accommodate your site. The ability to upgrade your account from one package to another with just two clicks of the mouse gives you the flexibility to begin with a basic package and upgrade as your site expands. Thus, you save funds that you can spend on advertising the web site while it is still new. Each web hosting account offered by 'iMatrix ICT Group' contains an online website building tool and over 40 popular script-driven software applications such as WordPress, Joomla, Zen Cart and Moodle that will economize you hundreds of dollars for site design services. 'iMatrix ICT Group' furnishes shared web site hosting services in a number of different regions across the World. There is one data center facility in Chicago covering the United States of America and Canada; 2 European data center facilities - in Britain and in Scandinavia; and another one in Australia, which covers the Asia-Pacific region. Thus, approximately the entire planet is covered to supply you and your web site's visitors with a steady and dependable web hosting solution at a nearby place. On the whole, the shared hosting solutions delivered 'iMatrix ICT Group' are really well equipped and come at a very good price (starting from A$9.13 for the iMatrix Starter package).

Semi-dedicated Servers

To customers with little to no experience, a VPS hosting server may seem complicated to administer. That's probably why 'iMatrix ICT Group' also hosts semi-dedicated web servers in its principal North American datacenter in Chicago. Administering these accounts is comparable to managing a typical shared account through a web hosting Control Panel tool. They have all the specs of a shared web space hosting account such as a free-of-charge web site building tool and a script installation tool, but the amount of system resources offered by a semi-dedicated web server plan is many times bigger than that of a shared web page hosting plan. For instance, the central processing unit power that can be utilized is approximately 5 times as much as compared with the shared website hosting plans. When compared to a shared hosting package, the quota of database queries added within the semi-dedicated hosting packages is vast: 90 000 / hour. An unmetered hosted TLD allowance is a norm too. The semi-dedicated web server packages do not come with full server root access (we, at nscloud.net, deem this a small downside), but the advantage is that they are administered through the same site hosting CP GUI as the shared hosting packages. This indicates that a well-known GUI is offered to all customers who are not confident enough to handle a virtual web server, yet need more power and supplies than a virtual web server can offer. This is like that because the semi-dedicated servers share the resources of the same powerful top-class hosting servers as the ones which accommodate the virtual web server hosting plans, yet, the number of the semi-dedicated web hosting servers is very small (somewhere between twenty to 30 per physical server), whereas the virtual web hosting servers can reach a much bigger number (80 to 120 per server). Having that info in mind, the semi-dedicated servers delivered by 'iMatrix ICT Group' can be defined as being amazingly affordable (as far as cost is concerned), commencing from A$32.04 for the iMatrix Semi Dedicated 1 plan.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

In nscloud.net's opinion, huge web sites such as social networks, community and business web portals or famous online shops with thousands of customers request a much more powerful website hosting platform. It appears that the folks from 'iMatrix ICT Group' have arrived at the same conclusion too. To meet its customers' anticipations, 'iMatrix ICT Group' delivers an assortment of dedicated web hosting servers that can handle millions of daily visits. That evaluation rests on the hardware configurations the dedicated web hosting servers are offering: multi-core processors, up to four gigabytes of RAM, two thousand GB of storage space and Gigabit network interface cards will beyond doubt ensure the fast and steady work of any kind of website. According to 'iMatrix ICT Group', the original hardware configurations can be upgraded for more resource-requiring websites. We, from nscloud.net, think that all dedicated server accounts furnished by 'iMatrix ICT Group' are also suitable for initiating a hosting reseller business as each dedicated hosting server comes with free-of-cost invoice transaction software platform and a cost-free domain reseller account. Sadly, the dedicated web hosting servers delivered by 'iMatrix ICT Group' are all unmanaged. We, at nscloud.net, think of this as a tiny negative point, which can be amended by paying a monthly fee which amounts to A$51.27 AUD. So, if you need assistance, the Managed Services upgrade provides a selection of extra services such as a regular backup, software installation, server surveillance and troubleshooting procedures. An assortment of web page hosting Control Panel (CP) interfaces are available with each of the web servers - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. Our (nscloud.net's) prognosis is that the impressive point and click File Manager included in the Hepsia site hosting Control Panel will possibly make the utilization of any File Transfer Protocol client pointless. Our (nscloud.net's) conclusion is that the dedicated servers offered by 'iMatrix ICT Group' don't seem to be very modestly priced (still the Hepsia web site hosting Control Panel and the unmetered hosted domain name allowance will beyond doubt make you smile), starting from A$121.62 for the Xeon E3 v3 plan.