040Hosting uses the latest virtualization technologies from CloudLinux to improve server stability and prevent downtime on our shared hosting servers. At this moment selected servers are running cloudlinux and we slowly upgrade our server park in the coming months, not only limited to our shared environment but also our semi-dedicated and managed servers.
Shared Hosting Challenge
A typical shared environment hosts huge numbers of accounts that all use the same server resources. If one website uses too many resources, it can slow down or shut down the server. This is common for shared hosting servers and happens for like:
- Traffic spikes – a mention on a popular forum can send thousands of visitors to a website in minutes and overwhelm the server causing downtime.
- Inefficient coding – a single bug in one website’s code can use all CPU resources, no matter how powerful the server, and cause downtime.
- Denial Of Service attacks – hackers invade an insecure website and hog the server resources.
The 040Hosting Solution
We eliminate these threats by using CloudLinux, an operating system specifically designed to address the weaknesses and risks associated with shared hosting.
CloudLinux uses innovative Lightweight Virtualization Environment (LVE) technology to create isolation between websites on a shared environment. By containing each website, CloudLinux prevents each one from using more resources than allocated, making sure that one website cannot affect another.
CloudLinux together with the additional other security service like Ksplice and many others we provide here at 040Hosting gives you peace of mind that your website is protected from other sites on the same shared hosting server.
* With CloudLinux, if a website uses too many resources, only that site will slow down until it responds with “Server Busy” error. Once resource usage for the website gets back to acceptable levels, it will automatically start working again.