by An Old Fashioned Website, but Are the Features Any Better?
If you’re looking for a host which comes with all the bells and whistles, you’d probably better look elsewhere. As well as an outdated website, Contabo’s is lacking a few important features, such as a one-click installer and content delivery networks (CDNs).
Having said that, there’s a website builder (with more than 200 mobile-responsive templates), SSL support, manual backups, and DDoS protection – so while it’s not the most extensive list, it’s not all bad.
Build Your Own Servers
One of the big advantages of Contabo is the fact that it allows you to build your own dedicated servers. This includes physical hardware like processing power, hard drive space, and RAM, as well as features like additional backup space and ongoing monitoring and management.
This only applies to its dedicated servers and not to its shared or VPS hosting, but there’s still some flexibility with its other products.
Energy-Efficient Data Centers
Unlike some other hosting providers that put all of their resources into speed and security, Contabo invests heavily in energy efficiency, making it a good choice if you’re trying to cut your carbon footprint. Its two data centers are also fed by different electricity suppliers to ensure uptime in the event of a disaster.
Speedy Ports
All of Contabo’s servers are connected to at least one 100-megabit port, with the option of 1-gigabit ports. The goal of these ports is to help your website keep up with traffic spikes and other unexpected periods of high resource usage.
The company also notes that the majority of its customers live in the UTC+/-1 timezone (which includes the United Kingdom and France). So when people visit your site from the United States, they’re typically outside of peak times and thus receive faster page load times.
Owned Data Center
Contabo is notable for owning its own data centers instead of leasing servers from other companies. It has enough room for nearly 15,000 servers, which will allow the company to continue growing as it increases its customer base. It also has qualified engineers on site 24/7, 365 days a year.
Oddly, considering it’s one of the few hosts that owns its own data center, its uptime is below par at “an annual mean 95% availability” and there isn’t any compensation in the event of excessive downtime either.
