Magento is a great solution for e-commerce, but it has higher server demands than other open source e-commerce platforms. It is mostly related to the fact that Magento’s architecture is very flexible and powerful, which allows developers to extend it easily, but requires more resources to maintain this flexibility. Anyways, it does not mean that Magento site cannot work fast, if you set up the site properly and invest in a good web hosting for Magento you can get a very fast website. Let’s overview what are the options for Magento hosting. See more at: http://magecom.net/how-to-select-hosting-for-magento/#sthash.u27z8VBk.dpuf

1. Magento Hosting
Requirements and
Recommendations
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2. Magento architecture is very flexible and powerful.
And, it requires more resources to maintain this
flexibility. Anyways, it does not mean that Magento
site cannot work fast. If you set up the site properly
and invest in a good web hosting, you can get a very
fast website.
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Hosting options for Magento websites
What are they?

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Virtual Private Server
(VPS)
Shared Hosting Dedicated Server Cloud Hosting

5. Shared Hosting
Shared hosting allows to share a physical
web server and its resources among the
multiple hosted websites.
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Affordable pricing within $5-20/month range
No administration skills required
No customization
High chances for security vulnerability
Performance issues due the lack of capacities

6. Invest some time in selecting a reliable hosting
partner that can handle the stated issues.
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Tip 1
You should consider this option, if you have very
small amount of products and do not expect
much traffic on your website.
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7. Dedicated Server
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Reliable option
Advanced technical support
Great performance
Administration access that allows to install and
configure software
Hefty monthly charges starting from $50/month;
for decent hardware - from $200/month
This is a single server dedicated to a single
customer or task.

8. You should consider the dedicated server
solution, if you have many products, several
websites/stores under one Magento
installation or/and a high number of daily
visitors.
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Tip

9. Virtual private server
VPS is a virtual server that the user perceives
as a dedicated/private server even though it is
installed on a physical computer running
multiple operating systems.
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Better performance compared to shared
hosting
Cost effective (starting from $40/month)
Full control over the server settings
Better security
Limited resources
Requires technical knowledge

10. If you are getting stable amount of traffic
and need more functionality without burdening
your budget – VPS is the best solution.
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Tip

11. Cloud Hosting
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It is hosting service that is provided to
customers via multiple connected servers
that comprise a cloud.
The best stability / cost ratio performance
Scalability
Control over server configuration files
Security problems
The most of times no real support

12. Great option for growing companies.
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13. Сonfiguration of your server
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14. Hardware
the most important components
● Powerful processor (CPU)
● Memory (RAM): starting from 512Mb
● Disk Storage: 5GB+; preferably SSD storage
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15. Configure your server properly. Well-
configured weak server may perform better
than improperly configured powerful one.
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Tip

16. Host your site in the same country where your clients
are. The closer to the server they are the faster the
site will load. For sites oriented on global market
use CDN. Static content will be delivered
from the server closest to customers.
Server location
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17. Administration and Support
● Technical staff must be experienced with Magento.
● When selecting hosting provider check reviews
about support staff – their responsiveness,
competence, reaction time.
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18. Security and Reliability
● Firewall
● SSL certificate
● DDoS attacks protection
● Server monitoring/alert
● Backup tools/services
● RAID 0 storage
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Services offered by hosting companies:

19. Operating System and Web Server
Nginx
Apache
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Linux
CentOS
Operating System Web server

20. Server performance utilities
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Magento requires solid caching, so the following tools
should be set up on server:
● APC (sometimes it will be enough)
● Memcached
● Redis
● Varnish (more advanced tool, should be configured
very carefully)

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