Web Hosting Demystified

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Web Hosting Demystified
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Key Components

• Web site name registration (domain)
• Internet Connection
• Web Content (DevInfo application,Data)
• A Cyber Space location to host your content
  (Web Server, Database Server)
• Human Resource Requirements
• Web Administrator
• Database Administrator

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Key technologies

• Client Server Architecture
• Dot Net
• HTTP
• HTML (HTM) ,XML
• Active Scripting (Server Side, Client Side)
• Windows 2003 server (Web server)
• MSSQL Server (Database server)

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Options for Web Hosting

• D-I-Y
• Outsource (all or some components) to ISP
  digital farmers

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Web Hosting contd

• ISP typical advantages
• Connection speed
• Security
• Scalable/robust hardware
• Support Infrastructure (fire proof, power backup,
  etc)
• Up-to-date software/virus protection
• Expert TA (247 service, 99 uptime)

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ISP checklist

• Things to ask ISP before signing on dotted line
• Do you have 24 hour support with toll-free phone?
• Do you provide for secure daily backup?
• Do you have traffic volume restrictions (TVavg.
  page size avg. page views per month)?
• What are the implications on site if traffic
  exceeds agreed volume?
• What are the arrangements to accommodate spikes
  in traffic volume?
• What are the arrangements for upgrading?
• How fat is your pipeline?

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Pipelines options available
Name Connection Speed per second
Modem Analog 14.4-56Kb
D0 Digital (ISDN) 64Kb
T1 Digital 1.55Mb
T3 Digital 43Mb
OC-1 Optical Carrier 52Mb
OC-2 Optical Carrier 156Mb
OC-12 Optical Carrier 622Mb
OC-24 Optical Carrier 1.244Gb
OC-48 Optical Carrier 2.488Gb