H Sphere

[raversworld]

What is it about hsphere has anyone ever used it?Does it include a reseller function in it? Is it any good? please give me your reviews:)

[Volt.Networks]

I haven't used it yet but from what I've gathered. It's an all-around system. It takes care of everything, from billing to your control panel.

Avail uses it so you might want to go ask him or wait until he responds to this thread.

[AvailNetworks]

...and here I am :)

H-Sphere is a great system for both the end user and reseller clients. Setup is a pain in the arse simply because there is just so much there and so many options.

If you are an experienced system admin then it will help you out since it is a fairly complicated setup, we use dynamic.net for the in depth stuff and serverwizards.com for the day to day bs that might creep up (not usually hsphere related). Dynamic is "expensive" but their work is flawless and their knowledge of H-Sphere is ridiculous.

The reason why I chose H-Sphere is because of its clustering capabilities, we are launching an application by the end of this year that will need to take full advantage of this as well as most of the other H-Sphere backend items.

H-Sphere vs. the other panels is kind of hard to do just because they do not have the same application in mind. Cpanel/Direct Admin/Plesk are great panels but offer no clustering abilities and is for the most part geared towards resellers and small hosts, that is why you do not see the real large ones on cpanel. It is either custom or H-Sphere. Jodohost/Dynamic/Vortech all have clients into the high thousands and use H-Sphere.

H-Sphere offers more control over sites as well with the Rlimit CPU and Rlimit MEM to setup a semi-dedicated style environment with ease.

hope I could shed a bit of light on the whole thing, if you go for H-Sphere be prepared to shell out some good cash for proper setups and the right admins because it can get hairy.

[raversworld]

okay instead of creating a new topic what about ihost? is that any good?

[AvailNetworks]

ihost is no where near hsphere even though I have not used it in a production environment.

instead of going control panel by panel. what are you looking to do when it comes to selecting a control panel? personal sites, general consumer, etc.

[nuyo6d9]

ihost is no where near hsphere even though I have not used it in a production environment.

instead of going control panel by panel. what are you looking to do when it comes to selecting a control panel? personal sites, general consumer, etc.


I have a quick question to throw in the mix for VOLT and AVAIL, since both sound very seasoned at this and I a newbie.:wave: What are your opinions on automation of account creation for either free or paid accounts. And what script or program would you sugggest. Now I here that the downside to the automation of new accounts is the abuse of spammers. What do you guys think?

[Volt.Networks]

It probably would have been better to start a new thread for this question.

Anyways, for paid accounts, it's probably best to have auto account creations for faster set-ups, unless you always have an admin/sales tech on hand to set up the accounts the moment someone registers for one. As for the spam issue, you can get a telephone verification service or something of the sort to stop against abuse. Also, forcing people to enter the text from an image helps stop bots. I recommend WHMCS. I've been using it and I love the script. Has everything I need.

For free hosting, it depends. Depends on the target or type of free hosting services you plan on providing. I recommend manual setups but that's just my opinion.

Avail can probably give better advice than me. Though I've been at these forums longer, he's probably more knowledgeable than me.

Hope that helps.

[nuyo6d9]

Thanks for the tips. All you have written is definetly worth taking into consideration.




It probably would have been better to start a new thread for this question.

Anyways, for paid accounts, it's probably best to have auto account creations for faster set-ups, unless you always have an admin/sales tech on hand to set up the accounts the moment someone registers for one. As for the spam issue, you can get a telephone verification service or something of the sort to stop against abuse. Also, forcing people to enter the text from an image helps stop bots. I recommend WHMCS. I've been using it and I love the script. Has everything I need.

For free hosting, it depends. Depends on the target or type of free hosting services you plan on providing. I recommend manual setups but that's just my opinion.

Avail can probably give better advice than me. Though I've been at these forums longer, he's probably more knowledgeable than me.

Hope that helps.

[AvailNetworks]

I have always been a fan of manual account creation and against auto creation especially for free accounts.

It all comes down to the nature of your business. If you actually know who is going to be on your server and what they will be hosting, and the funds they will be paying with are their own, then I see no reason auto creation should not be implemented.

For myself personally I take a few minutes and do research on the new person signing up. Generally I know the users who are signing up and it is not a problem but I do sell to the general public as well. I have had a few users question the practice and when I explain that it is for their protection from potential spammers or other malicious sites and they are grateful for the protection.

sometimes in business you have to ignore what the customer wants and give them what will benefit them directly, just educate them along the way.

[nuyo6d9]

That sounds like a solid plan!!! Thanks guys,