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The hosting industry is quite competitive, and web hosting providers use some cheeky marketing tricks to attract customers. Many hosting providers, especially cheaper ones, don’t always disclose the full details of their plans. They might offer “unlimited” storage or bandwidth, but that usually comes with strict limits on other resources, like CPU power, memory, or the number of visitors your site can handle at once. This can cause performance issues or even downtime when your site grows or gets more traffic. For a site that runs well, CPU, IO, and EP are crucial. They keep the site responsive, handle multiple visitors, and ensure data moves quickly. Higher Physical Memory is also valuable for smooth operations, especially with high traffic or media-heavy sites.
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Let’s imagine hosting companies as car dealerships promoting affordable, flashy cars with enticing promises, but carefully hiding limitations that impact performance.
When you walk into the dealership, the salesperson eagerly shows you a car that boasts “unlimited fuel capacity” (storage) and “free access to all roads” (bandwidth). They highlight how affordable the car is, insisting it’s a great deal, and you’re getting exceptional value. With visions of endless road trips, you happily sign up. However, after driving off the lot, you soon realise there are hidden limitations that make the car far less powerful than it seemed.
Many hosting companies maximize profits by offering attractive features like “unlimited storage,” while quietly limiting essential resources like CPU, RAM, and I/O speed. Much like the car dealership analogy, they bank on customers not noticing these performance caps until they’re already committed. By the time you realize your website isn’t running as promised, the company often suggests costly upgrades—turning what seemed like a budget-friendly plan into a higher-cost commitment.
Engine Power Restriction (CPU Limit): The car’s engine is quietly limited to a lower horsepower. While you can technically go anywhere, the engine struggles on uphill roads (high traffic demands) and slows down with just a few passengers. When you ask why it feels so slow, the dealer tells you that a stronger engine is available—at a much higher cost.
Small Fuel Lines (Limited RAM): The dealership promised a “high-capacity fuel tank” (lots of storage), but they didn’t mention the fuel lines were narrow, restricting fuel flow to the engine. The car can’t accelerate quickly and struggles with multiple short stops. If you want it to handle heavy loads, they suggest an upgrade package.
Data Flow Bottleneck (I/O Restrictions): On the open road, the car drives smoothly, but as soon as you start making frequent stops, it lags because the data flow from the fuel tank to the engine can’t keep up. This is like hosting companies placing limits on I/O speed. The dealer’s fine print mentions “smooth highway driving” only, meaning if you’re doing a lot of quick errands (many data requests), you’ll hit bottlenecks.
Low Passenger Limit (Entry Processes): The dealership brags that you can take your friends along on your trips, but there’s a catch: only a few passengers can sit comfortably at once. If you bring more, the car becomes sluggish, and you might even be asked to wait. The dealership tells you the car is perfect for “small groups,” which in hosting terms is like handling only a few visitors at a time.
Hidden Maintenance Costs (CPU and RAM Up-charges): When you complain about performance, the dealership tells you that a “pro package” will solve the issues by adding horsepower and better fuel flow (CPU and RAM). Suddenly, that affordable price you were excited about balloons as each necessary upgrade adds to your bill.
Web Hosting is rather a technical thing to manage. As a result, most web agencies find a good hosting company to deal with and settle for reselling their products. When that’s the case you can be sure they are looking for the lowest possible cost and trying to make the maximum profit – after all, that’s just business right? At Sites By Design we own and run our own servers. No, not rented Virtual Private Servers at Amazon or Google, our own powerful servers. With a strong foundation of over 56 Physical Cores and over 500 GB’s of Memory, we have all the grunt to make sure our clients’ websites stay online and run smoothly.
As a provider that geeks out on great features, we couldn’t help but include some great features that many others dont. Below is a list of the ones that matter.
By monitoring and containing resource spikes, CloudLinux eliminates the need to leave server resources idle, providing the ability to handle more client accounts with less hassle.
We give customers the flexibility to choose the PHP version that they need. This includes PHP versions between 5.6 and 7.4. And over 50 PHP extensions with the ability to adjust php.ini settings.
Imunify360 delivers sophisticated detection and display of security threats, powered by a self-learning firewall with herd immunity. Catch more bad guys while still allowing verified users easy access with smart intrusion detection that collaborates with the central intrusion system.
Connections currently being served are not interrupted and finish processing, allowing you to restart and apply configuration changes with zero downtime. Sophisticated malware scanning engine will scour your files to detect malicious code, preventing servers and websites from being compromised.
Our business hosting clients enjoy phone support with our team. So, when you do need support, you can rest assured that you can call us. Call to talk with a real person sitting in Australia who is ready to help take the stress away as soon as possible.
Not at Sites By Design, we charge honestly for our support and include web hosting as a part of that fee. We believe that you need our support on the internet more then you need a cheap web hosting solution. Our servers are hosted in Australia in world-class facilities, this offers our clients, security, support and peace of mind.
Our Servers host no more than 250 clients per server at any time. So you’re not jammed onto an overcrowded server with 1000 other businesses. Businesses who are experiencing the same website dropouts and email issues as the rest. Our resources aren’t spread thin, they are used wisely and for our client’s interests in mind.
