Find the Host With the Most

By Jason Shpik
2005-09-20

Master your apps

While a standard host with a large amount of disk space and a few fast machines is adequate for static HTML pages, certain sites will make greater demands on the host's CPU and will consequently run slower - and slow down every other site on the server as well. Streaming video and audio, discussion forums and message boards, online surveys, and high-level animation all require huge amounts of memory and fast access to the main server. If you can't afford a dedicated or colocated server, at least find one that has experience in integrating these more complex elements.

Article Pages:
» Find the Host With the Most
» Look to the future
» Know thyself
» Demand prompt service and performance
» Security! security! security!
» You get what you pay for
» Don't commit right away
» Master your apps
» Don't be OS-tracized
» Don't make leaps of faith with your data
» Be master of your domain
» Dealing with user complaints
» Check references
» Read their diary
» Listen to other Webmasters
» Accolades are meaningless
» Read the fine print