{"id":1495,"date":"2024-12-26T17:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2024-12-26T17:35:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:35:18","slug":"web-hosting-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/web-hosting-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Hosting Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/web-hosting-best-practices\/#What_Are_Basic_Web_Hosting_Best_Practices\" >What Are Basic Web Hosting Best Practices<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/web-hosting-best-practices\/#Disaster_Recovery\" >Disaster Recovery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/web-hosting-best-practices\/#Server_Hardening\" >Server Hardening<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/web-hosting-best-practices\/#DDoS_Protection\" >DDoS Protection<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" 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IMPROVING CONNECTION SPEED AND QUALITY<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Are_Basic_Web_Hosting_Best_Practices\"><\/span>What Are Basic Web Hosting Best Practices<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/^D3B58FE1C2A1FF0A9794D59F55D37CD35EE0DFAEBB1989135C^pimgpsh_fullsize_distr-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Best Web Hosting Practice\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/^D3B58FE1C2A1FF0A9794D59F55D37CD35EE0DFAEBB1989135C^pimgpsh_fullsize_distr-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/^D3B58FE1C2A1FF0A9794D59F55D37CD35EE0DFAEBB1989135C^pimgpsh_fullsize_distr-300x300.png 300w, 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results and that is established or proposed as a standard suitable for widespread adoption.&#8221; Web hosting best practices should include disaster recovery, server hardening, DDoS protection, backups and updating patches.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disaster_Recovery\"><\/span><strong>Disaster Recovery<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Way too many web hosting clients continue to view RAID configurations as disaster recovery solutions. While different RAID levels do address redundancy and performance factors, they are NOT disaster recovery solutions. Murphy&#8217;s Law says that if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong &#8211; and at the most inopportune time.<\/p>\n<p>The key to effective disaster recovery solutions is backing up your mission critical data REMOTELY and then testing the restore function to ensure that you&#8217;ll be able to bring everything back up in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Server_Hardening\"><\/span><strong>Server Hardening<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, &#8220;By not applying a patch you might be leaving the door open for a malware attack. Malware exploits flaws in a system in order to do its work. In addition, the time-frame between an exploit and when a patch is released is continually getting shorter.<\/p>\n<p>Defects in clients like web browsers, email programs, image viewers, instant messaging software, and media players may allow malicious websites, etc. to infect or compromise your computer with no action on your part other than viewing or listening to the website, message, or media.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How would you know if your web hosting provider employs best security practices when hardening your server? At a minimum the base install of all OS\u00a0and post-OS software should come\u00a0from a trusted source and that includes being connected to a completely trusted network. Each base install should also include all current service packs and patches.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DDoS_Protection\"><\/span><strong>DDoS Protection<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In web hosting, ensuring that your servers and websites are protected from DDoS attacks is critically important as\u00a0attacks by cybercriminals continues to increase in both scope and volume. An alarming number of web hosting providers still lack adequate DDoS protection services, so it&#8217;s incumbent to ask what protection they do provide.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve purchased DDoS protection from your web hosting provider, do you know what levels of network, application or protocol layers that it protects you from? When they filter attacks, will they allow legitimate traffic to pass through unhindered? Will those services encapsulate DNS, UDP\/TCP, SMTP, FTP, SSH and VoIP protections?<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/unnamed-e1408122780935.jpg\" alt=\"ProlimeHost Cheap Dedicated Servers\" width=\"400\" height=\"80\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BROUGHT_TO_YOU_BY_PROLIMEHOST\"><\/span>BROUGHT TO YOU BY PROLIMEHOST<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We\u2019ve been in the web hosting industry for over a decade, helping hundreds of clients succeed in what they do best and that\u2019s running their business. We specialize in Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and dedicated servers, with data centers in Los Angeles, Denver &amp; Singapore.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"VPS_SERVICES_LIGHTNING_FAST_SSD_VIRTUAL_SERVERS\"><\/span>VPS SERVICES: LIGHTNING FAST SSD VIRTUAL SERVERS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/ssd-vps-server\/\">Virtual Private Servers<\/a>\u00a0all feature high performance Xeon processors and SSD storage in a RAID10 configuration to optimize your server\u2019s performance, which dramatically enhances visitor experiences on your site.<\/p>\n<p>That speed is backed by unparalleled 24\/7 support, featuring both outstanding response AND resolution times to maximize your uptime.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Now is the time to join the ProlimeHost virtual private server revolution.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DEDICATED_SERVERS_BACKED_BY_A_999_SLA_NETWORK_UPTIME_GUARANTEE\"><\/span>DEDICATED SERVERS: BACKED BY A 99.9% SLA NETWORK UPTIME GUARANTEE<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>We only use enterprise-class hardware in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/los-angeles-dedicated-servers\/\">dedicated servers<\/a>\u00a0and offer a four (4) hour hardware replacement. Throw in IPMI for remote management, support for public and private networks, free operating system (OS) re-installs, and SATA, SAS &amp; SSD (including NVMe) storage. Call 1-877-477-9454 or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>. For everything from gaming, AMD and GPU servers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/discounted-dedicated-server-deals\/\">cheap dedicated servers<\/a>, we\u2019re here to help.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ASIA_OPTIMIZED_SERVERS_IMPROVING_CONNECTION_SPEED_AND_QUALITY\"><\/span>ASIA OPTIMIZED SERVERS: IMPROVING CONNECTION SPEED AND QUALITY<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Procuring an Asia optimized server improves the connection speed and quality between the server and the users in Asia or China. This can reduce latency, packet loss, jitter, and bandwidth issues that can affect the performance and reliability of the server and the applications hosted on it. For more information, please call 1-877-477-9454 or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What Are Basic Web Hosting Best Practices Best practices are defined as &#8220;procedures that have been shown by&hellip;","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1,10],"tags":[199,120,123,43,24,107,113,198,106,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-1495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-around-the-web","8":"category-geneal","9":"category-tutorials-tips","10":"tag-amd-servers","11":"tag-asia-optimized","12":"tag-china-optimized","13":"tag-dedicated-server","14":"tag-dedicated-servers","15":"tag-dedicated-servers-usa","16":"tag-gaming-servers","17":"tag-gpu-servers","18":"tag-virtual-private-servers","19":"tag-vps","20":"cs-entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}