Host Databases With Us, Protect Them and Your Network
A reliable, high-performance database is the foundation for online business success.
Databases are necessary for dynamic websites. Dynamic websites are necessary when you have a lot of content to share, you want customers to register and interact with your site, or you want to sell products.
If you host your website with us, why not the database too? Read on to find out why database hosting makes functional (and financial) sense.
Why would you use a hosted database?
You experience the difference between a static and a database-driven website every time you buy something on eBay. Shop on Amazon. Read news online. Databases make Web interaction personal and enjoyable.
Delivering content via database gives users exactly the information they request. You're sharing knowledge with your visitor, one-on-one, with no extra effort from you.
Saving time and money on that effort is a big reason to use a hosted database. They make adding future updates simple, and cost a fraction of what it would take to run a database from inside your own network.
Databases are versatile, too. Use your hosted database for:
- Dynamic Websites: Content distribution, customer interaction, Ecommerce (see our Ecommerce Solutions page for more information)
- Custom Web Applications: Payroll/bookkeeping, process administration, sales management, etc.
- Intranets: Records storage/tracking, inter-office communication, project team collaboration
PlanetMagpie offers your choice of website database backend: Microsoft SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, and MySQL. We highly recommend Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Coming soon, the highly touted SQL Server 2008.
Why SQL 2005/2008?
- Security Improvements – The highest setting on access security is set as default.
- New Analysis/Reporting Tools – compile data over criteria you determine, like customer location, biggest purchasers, website location most visited, etc. Reports of data like this help you make more sales, improve customer service, focus on products doing well, and more.
- Visual Studio 2005 – SQL Server 2005 is integrated with the Visual Studio development environment. This gives you .NET and XML programming capabilities, which means you can use the most up-to-date technology in your websites and applications.
- Response Time – Query responses on SQL 2005 are 70-80% faster than on SQL 2000.
Hosting with PlanetMagpie
If you’re a PlanetMagpie customer, you already know about the reliability of our hosting servers. If not, here are some reasons why hosting through PlanetMagpie means a stable, worry-free database:
- Microsoft-certified database engineers
- Mirrored disks for constant availability
- Your choice of database: SQL 2005, MySQL, or the new SQL Server 2008
- Daily backups, off-site tape storage
- Support for XML and MS .NET Framework
- High-end Xeon-based servers with 4GB of RAM
- The same service you expect from on-site PlanetMagpie engineers 24/7 live, local phone support
- Specialized support for SQL 2005 (see our Database Services page)
Monthly recurring cost (in addition to website hosting package):
Up to 1GB of Storage: $30.00
Each additional GB of Storage: $15.00
Online sales growth only goes as fast as the database you use. And the provider you choose.
Call PlanetMagpie today to give your visitors every technical reason to do business with you.
