Today's Top Trends in Dedicated Web Hosting   The world of dedicated web hosting has changed and evolved significantly over the past several years. Today, more and more people rely on dedicated servers and web hosting for their website, email, and gaming needs. By having a better understanding of today's top dedicated web hosting trends, you can make informed decisions about your own hosting needs. Increasing Affordability Some of the best news out of the dedicated hosting world is the fact that this type of hosting is now more affordable than ever before. There are two main reasons for this. For starters, web hosting is a supply and demand industry; now that more people are turning to dedicated hosting to meet their needs, web hosts have realized that they need to make their services more accessible and affordable. As a result, there has been a lot of increasing competition among hosting

When it comes to hosting your website, are you currently on a shared hosting plan? If so, then this means you are sharing a server with one or more other websites or entities. A lot of times, people will select a shared hosting plan because they assume it is the most affordable hosting option available to them. What they may not realize is that they could be putting their site's security at-risk. Specifically, when you're on a shared hosting plan, this means you're sharing all of your server's resources with all the other accounts on your plan. Depending on the configuration of your specific server, this could mean sharing with one other account or it could mean sharing with multiple other accounts. Along with shared resources, there are also some potential security risks that can present themselves. By having a better understanding of these potential security risks, you can hopefully make informed decisions regarding

Dedicated hosting provider ReliableSite expands its hosting reach with a data center in Los Angeles, California. It is the company’s third data center in the United States. ReliableSite’s decision to expand in Los Angeles was made to fill a need for dedicated servers on the U.S. West Coast. Los Angeles is a well-known hub for the hosting market, as it offers direct connectivity and low latency to many areas of the world. In addition to expanding hosting in the U.S., this location will provide reliable routes between the U.S. and countries in the Asia-Pacific area, including China and Australia. “We are happy to announce that ReliableSite is expanding to another data center that has always been in demand for our customers,” said Radic Davydov, founder and CEO of ReliableSite. “We look forward to offering our premium network and respected service in more places than ever." NOT-SO-STANDARD HOSTING ReliableSite dedicated hosting

ReliableSite has completed major changes to its network with the addition of Telia Carrier and replacement of network hardware. We will also now offer a standard 20 Gbps of DDoS protection to all of its dedicated server customers. The addition of Telia will improve ReliableSite’s network performance and reduce latency across its data centers. Upgraded network hardware ensures greater stability as well. With thousands of customers in data centers across the continental United States, ReliableSite is committed to having completely redundant service at every location. This brings its New York City metro, Miami, and Los Angeles locations up to a half dozen premium upstream providers. “We strive to provide the best service in the industry,” said Radic Davydov, founder and CEO of ReliableSite. “Constantly improving our network is a priority, and as all of our data centers are carrier neutral, we can do that with the best carriers for our

We challenged our followers and customers to submit their best costumes for our Halloween contest (Rules and info). Within a few days we received some great entries, and one of these people will win 6 months of free dedicated hosting on a Rapid Deploy Intel Xeon E5 1650 v2!   Dinosaurs need hosting in their offices too. We do the work, so their arms don't need to reach a server.   The deadline to submit your photos is by the end of November 1. A winner will notified by email by Nov. 4, 2016. Thank you everyone for your entries!

This post was written by Radic Davydov, CEO and founder of ReliableSite. If you're in the internet or hosting industry, you might feel like DDoS threats and attacks are becoming a regular part of business. When I started ReliableSite, we were a web hosting provider. Ten years later, it seems we are becoming a security company for our customers as well. There are weekly news stories about DDoS attacks and security breaches. Every major site has gone through a DDoS attack, was taken offline, and then invested a great deal of money into specialized protection because of a single incident. Those news stories typically make it seem like only the really popular websites are targeted. What would the incentive be for someone to target a smaller site? Money! These “hacker” groups need a way to fund themselves and their activities as resources, rent, and internet bills tend to pile up quickly.

In 2005, only 21% of Brazil’s population was connected to the internet. Compare this to the United States at the same time where 68% of the population had an internet connection in their home. At this time, the average connection speed for Brazilian users was between 2 and 8Mbps. Those providing dedicated servers to focus on the South American market will be glad to know that internet usage rates in South America have shifted greatly in recent years. In the past 10 years, internet connectivity in South America has skyrocketed. In 2010, broadband internet access was available in 88% of Brazilian cities. Now 51% of Brazil’s population has an internet connection and growing, Argentina has 59%, and many other South American countries are showing rapidly expanding internet usage. By 2016, it is expected that 57% of Brazil’s population will have internet. Also of note are the 131 million mobile phone users

Working with an Infrastructure Provider ReliableSite has focused on providing quality dedicated servers for several years. We believe this specific focus helps us compete in the hosting industry. Between shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS, game server hosting and others, most web hosts work with providers like ReliableSite for their infrastructure and dedicated server needs. This allows them to focus on what they know best. Let us show you why working with an infrastructure provider like us is the best option for every type of hosting provider. Shared Web Hosting Shared web hosting is a business based on volume, and the real profit comes when a server can efficiently host hundreds, or even thousands of websites without any impact to website performance. Casual internet users probably experience a shared hosting website all the time. This service involves one server acting as a shared environment for many customers' websites. A control panel

Be Part of the Future with IPv6 Did you know that ReliableSite has fully implemented native IPv6 support? All of ReliableSite’s servers are provisioned with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses so that our customers can enable support for the latest internet technologies. Why is native IPv6 a big deal? You might have read that almost all of the internet registry agencies of the world have run out of available IPv4 addresses. Even though IPv6 was created three decades ago, not everyone’s using it. In fact, only 22.68% of Google’s visitors in the United States or about 20% of data going through Akamai are on IPv6 connections. Internet service providers (like us, and maybe you) are the ones responsible for this push. There are 340 undecillion, 3.4x10^38, IPv6 addresses available and we want to start making a dent in them. Explore IPv6 At ReliableSite, we're encouraging our customers to explore IPv6

To people who are just regular users of the internet, the end of IPv4 is barely a noticeable event. ARIN, or the American Registry of Internet Numbers, announced that they had allocated every single available IPv4 - translating to IPv4 exhaustion. Registries in other regions of the world have their own availability, but in general, the days of IPv4 are coming to a close. Even though IPv6 was created back in the 1990's, IPv4 is still hanging on. For everyone who is responsible for internet infrastructure -- dedicated server administrators, internet providers and web-based companies -- the end of available IPv4 space is causing headaches for many reasons. The IP aftermarket If you really need to have IPv4 blocks, there are companies that act like brokers to sell them. What was once a free service from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) — is now a new market. One IP has sold for $7 to