In the traditional single server shared hosting environment all resources of that server are used to power the hosting requirements of all the hosting accounts on that server. If the server fails or shuts down for maintenance the end result may be prolonged downtime. In addition, all server software (web, email, database server) are located on the same server creating a possible bottleneck that can lead to slow performance.
Failover is very different. Netports Failover web hosting will ensure an identical copy of your entire hosting account, including email, simultaneously exists across multiple enterprise class servers, each boasting dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon™ CPUs (8xCPUs) - amongst the most powerful mainstream web servers in the business.
Should anything go wrong with the primary server your website will continue to be served via the secondary or tertiary server in the cluster. The Failover system will detect the fault and re-route traffic to the next server in the cluster thereby substantially lowering, if not eliminating all together, the likelihood of outages.
Further, with Netports Failover hosting database queries are routed to a dedicated database server thereby maximising resources availability on the main server. The result can be tangible performance gains that translate into much appreciated speed increases for almost any website or application served from a Netports Failover Clustered servers based hosting account.
Because there are multiple servers involved, Failover hosting is slightly more expensive than the more traditional single server powered hosting such as
Netports Classic web hosting and Netports Queensland based web hosting. However, for those that demand supreme hosting confidence for their websites then Failover is made to measure.
Failover Web Hosting
