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What to Expect From a Good Web Hosting January 3, 2007

Posted by Sonia Chen in hosting.
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Keep in mind budget web hosts cannot always provide all of this, but at minimum all web hosting providers should supply some kind of money-back guarantee and responsive support. Even pure email support can sometimes be quick and responsive.

24 Hour Support (preferably telephone)
Money-Back Guarantee (at least a 14 day minimum)
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
Server backups Reliable web hosts will always have backups of your data in case they or you lose or delete data.
High Levels of Bandwidth Host Help do a great a job of explaining in detail how bandwidth works. Click here for Webopedia’s definition of bandwidth. Click here for Webopedia’s definition of bandwidth.
Backup Power Supplies Also referred to as a UPS, or uninterruptible power source.
A T3 Connection or better to a primary internet backbone

- What is a T3?
What is an Internet bckbone?

Redundancy Redundancy is simply more than one connection to the internet in case one fails. Click for the official definition

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