We at all times like speaking about what you are able to do with our webhosting. We need to encourage individuals to make new and thrilling issues on-line, whether or not it’s beginning a enterprise, making a portfolio, or simply placing up glorious cat pictures.
However we’re not going to misinform you — there are belongings you can’t do with our internet hosting. Now we have our Truthful Use Coverage, however we thought we’d clarify among the issues that we don’t enable and why.
Issues you possibly can’t do on our webhosting however may do on a VPS
Run sport or chat servers
If you happen to’ve ever tried to play an internet sport, particularly one with lots of people on the server, you’ll know the way a lot processing energy it could possibly take up, and that’s not even stepping into rendering these graphics.
The identical goes for many chat platforms as properly. Something that entails lots of people connecting and responding to one another goes to eat up numerous the server, and that’s simply going to sluggish all the things down much more.
Run scripts that eat up all the things
That is like the sport and chat server subject however can cowl any software program you’re operating in your web site. Whether or not it’s a home-grown all-bells-and-whistles e-commerce answer, an enormous database that goes again many years, or, god forbid, mining cryptocurrency, if it takes up greater than 5% of the server’s processing capability, it’s getting shut down.
To place it one other means, your web site internet hosting is sort of a flat in a big block of flats. And everybody’s on the identical broadband connection. Everybody will get alongside rather well, no one’s inflicting any issues, after which there’s That One Flat that’s streaming like 50 completely different channels on the similar time and tying up the complete Web.
Don’t be that flat. If you happen to assume one thing’s slowing all the things down, speak to us, and we can provide you some recommendation.
Deal with it like your private backup server
You recognize backups are necessary, so why not simply use that internet area you’ve got as an additional backup? It’ll be effective, they’re a superb firm, it received’t trigger any issues!
Yeah, no, it’s going to trigger issues. Our servers are constructed for internet hosting web sites which can be obtainable to the general public, on the market for individuals to see. Turning our internet hosting right into a backup server isn’t only a misuse of our methods, it’s additionally a foul thought usually.
We’re not going to again up your backups for you. In reality, we’re extra more likely to delete information if it seems like they’re backups. We’re like a procuring centre, stuffed with superb issues to take a look at, not a self-storage warehouse, all locked up and inaccessible.
This consists of on-line workplace software program as properly. We’re not your Google Drive. We’re not Microsoft Workplace 360. We’re right here simply to your web site.
Do you know that when you have one in all our Digital Personal Servers, you can do all the things above? Certain, you’d should care for all the things your self, and also you’d have to ensure it was all safe, however whether or not you need to run Valheim, construct your good workplace administration system, or create a devoted file server, they’re completely there for you.
Issues you possibly can’t do on any of our packages
Ship out huge quantities of e-mail
Sending out emails are necessary to any enterprise, and we count on individuals to be sending out emails, whether or not it’s replies out of your private e-mail account or automatically-sent emails to your on-line retailer. And we additionally know that newsletters are an effective way to attach together with your viewers — we even have our personal.
However you possibly can’t spam individuals. No mailing individuals who haven’t opted in to obtain your emails, no shopping for bulk mailing lists, none of that. (And if you’ll ship out numerous emails, please take into account spreading them out over a time frame, as a result of in any other case, you’re simply clogging everybody’s community.)
Host something that breaks UK legislation
As a result of we’re primarily based within the UK, we’re held to UK legislation. Which means something that might trigger us authorized points within the UK, we’re going to be taking it down. This may be fraud websites, illicit materials, libel, breaking injunctions, no matter. If we get advised about it, and it’s a selection between conserving a buyer or not getting in hassle, we’re by no means going to decide on the shopper.
“Freedom of speech” solely applies to the US federal authorities not having the ability to cease you from saying issues. It has nothing to do with different international locations and even much less to do with companies.
Host pirated content material
Did you make it your self? Nice, superior, put that up and have a good time with it. Did you rip it or obtain it from some place else and also you’re placing it up in your account? No.
You’re not doing that right here. No streaming websites, no file sharing websites, no BitTorrent trackers, nothing like that. If we’re advised about it, we’re taking it down. If we discover it randomly, we’re taking it down. And should you’re silly sufficient to ask us for assist to repair it? Oh, it’s so getting taken down.
When it comes right down to it, there’s a lot you are able to do with our webhosting. So do us a favour, learn the Truthful Use Coverage, and be sure to’re conserving all the things throughout the pointers, okay?