Q. Can anybody give me some advice on what is my best option as the bandwidth and disc space under both VPS Hosting and Semi Dedicated Hosting is plenty. One of my websites is a small html site with no extras and has a small amount of visitors while the other site is much larger with around 6000 hits a week

Ans. We setup only 4 Semi Dedicated Hosting accounts on one server which maximizes each client’s access to server resources, and since you have only a percentage of the server, you will only pay a fraction of the cost over a dedicated server. All Semi Dedicated hosting accounts are hosted on Core 2 Duo Quad Core Xeon Q6600 processor servers which are much more powerful than a Single Core or Dual Core Xeon processor server. The servers come with 8 GB RAM which ensures that each account hosted on the server gets at least 2 GB of Guaranteed RAM.

Semi Dedicated servers are an ideal solution for hosting data such as resource intensive websites or business application software. They provide a secure environment for client data and clients can also enjoy the full power of the processor and hardware. The clients retain complete control and remote access to the server at all times.

Our Semi Dedicated Hosting servers fill the gap between VPS Hosting and Dedicated Server Hosting. So if you need more resources than a Virtual Private Server but aren’t quite ready to upgrade to a dedicated server yet, eUKhost’s Semi Dedicated Server is the answer for you.

Q. What does Root Access to the server mean ?

Ans. Root Access is an administrator level log-on for your dedicated server or your virtual private server. Having root access to a server gives you the ability to take full control of your server. You can then use it for almost anything you wish to including hosting multiple sites, third party software/applications, game servers etc. You can also maintain it as per your preferences.

Please note that not all Hosting packages come with full root access. We provide full root access to clients only on VPS Hosting, Semi Dedicated Servers and Dedicated Servers.

Even if a client opts for a fully managed server, he/she will be given full administrator rights to his server to have total control of the server and the content hosted on it.

Q. What control panel choices do you offer on Dedicated Servers and what are the prices?

Ans. We offer the latest versions of cPanel, LXAdmin and Plesk control panels with our Dedicated Servers.

a) Control panel prices on Dedicated Servers are as follows :-

:- cPanel/WHM with Fantastico - £20.00/Month.
:- LXAdmin - £5.00/Month.
:- Plesk 30 Domains License - £8.00/Month.
:- Plesk 100 Domains License - £15.00/Month.
:- Plesk Unlimited Domains License - £20.00/Month.

Plesk Addons:-
:- Plesk Power Pack - £15.00/Month.
:- Dr. Web Anti Virus - £25.00/Month.

Q. Linux Semi-Dedicated hosting or Windows Semi-Dedicated Hosting? I have no idea can anybody help or explain in simple terms, what the advantages and disadvantages of each are?

Ans. If you don’t know which platform you need, then most likely you do not require Windows hosting and you should select one of our LINUX hosting plans. Your choice of server platforms should be influenced by the use to which you intend to put it. The majority of web features including PHP, MySQL, POP3 etc run fine on both Windows as well as Linux platforms.

If you intend to develop your site using ASP, FrontPage, the .NET environment, Windows Streaming Media, Access, MSSQL, or any of the other Microsoft’s owned technologies then you should opt for Windows Semi-Dedicated plan.

You would need to use Windows hosting is when you are using the specific NT applications. Microsoft FrontPage may be used on both the Linux and Windows platforms as since most hosting firms support the Microsoft FrontPage server extensions on both.

If you don’t need asp.net and Microsoft database support then the Linux Semi-Dedicated Hosting would be perfect for you as it comes with the cPanel control panel which is the best control panel in hosting industry.

Q. What is the port speed of your VPS and Semi Dedicated Servers?

Ans. All our servers are on a 15 gbps network and each server gets minimum 1 gbps connectivity. Every VPS has a 100 Mbps full duplex shared connection. All connections are DDoS protected, to maintain the faster connection speed to each user.

Q. Can we have access to .htaccess on semi dedicated servers?

Ans. You have full access to .htaccess on any of our linux hosting plans which includes semi-dedicated servers as well.