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SQL Server 2012 is here!
The latest version of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server 2012 has been released and StudioCoast is one of the first providers in Australia to support it!
Customers can now choose from SQL Server 2012, 2008 or 2005 when creating databases from our hostControl control panel.
Take a look at our Web Hosting page to discover the extensive range of features available with each hosting plan.
In addition, ASP.NET 4.5 is almost ready and we will do our best to enable support for it within days of release. (Just after we have completed some testing!)
Introducing fileObject.com – A free file sending service for our customers
fileObject.com is a free file sending service for our StudioCoast Web Hosting customers and their friends.
It has been designed to make it as simple as possible to send large files over the internet and it only takes two clicks to get going.
1. Click Browse Files and select the files you wish to upload, you can select up to 5 files at once.
2. Wait for the files to upload. On a standard ADSL connection a 10MB file will take approximately 5 minutes.
3. Once uploaded you will be given a special link that you can copy in paste into an email, sms, instant messaging and anything else you can think of!
fileObject.com is secured using SSL and links are valid for up to 7 days. You can also manually delete a link at any time for added security.
We hope you find this new web site useful, feel free to suggest any new features in the comments below.
The dangers of Unlimited and One Size Fits All Web Hosting
In these uncertain economic times there has been an increase in large or unlimited quota web hosting from many Australian web hosting providers.
We believe this approach leads to a decline in support, reliability and performance and is ultimately to the detriment of the customer.
StudioCoast endeavours to provide our customers with the highest level of performance, reliability and support at an affordable price. The points below explain why our service is different and why unlimited isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Comprehensive Backup Policy
We provide the ability to restore backups for customers upon request for no extra charge. Most other providers either do not keep backups at all, or only have backups for their disaster recovery purposes. We also have regular offsite backups to ensure there are backups in multiple locations at all times.
BOTTOM LINE: If a provider offers a large amount of disk space, their backup policy is probably not up to scratch.
Quotas based on Customer needs
We provide quotas based on many years of experience in understanding the real needs of our customers. This means the disk space and data transfer limits can be used by customers in confidence that their web site will never be shutdown by an Acceptable Use Policy simply for using the limits they were given. Unlimited plans end up being limited by whatever the provider considers to be too much usage.We also don’t believe it is fair for one customer using 1GB of space to pay the same as a customer using 100GB and have therefore tailored our plans to offer customers real value for money.
BOTTOM LINE: If a provider offers a one size fits all plan, 80% of the customers will end up paying for top 20%.
High Performance
Our disk space and data limits ensure each customer receives the highest performance possible. We also allocate separate servers for Web, Mail, Databases and DNS to ensure each service is isolated from competing services in a way that provides a substantial speed boost over competing setups.SQL Servers for example require large amounts of memory in order to provide optimal performance. Offering very large disk space quotas for databases will lead to server performance quickly deteriorating as memory runs out and disk swapping begins to occur
BOTTOM LINE: Large database disk space quotas equals poor performance.
We are always interested in hearing feedback from our customers on how we can make our services even better. No matter how big or small your request might be, send us an email or reply to this blog. We would love to hear what you think.