H-Sphere
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Stable release | 3.6.2
/ May 15, 2013 |
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Written in | Java |
Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, Windows |
Type | Web hosting control panel |
License | proprietary |
Website | http://www.parallels.com/products/hsphere/ |
H-Sphere is a web hosting Automation Control Panel for shared web hosting services that was developed by Positive Software and acquired by Parallels, Inc. in September 2007.[1] It is available for Linux, Unix, and Windows environments, and works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL Server databases. H-Sphere has been written in Java and works with any SQL-compliant database.
Features[]
- Built-in billing system with variety of payment methods
- Various hosting solutions (*nix and Windows, database, load balancing, RealMedia, MS Exchange, SharePoint, FreeVPS, etc.)
- Electronic mail system with antivirus and antispam filtering and integrated WebMail
- Around 30 Payment gateways and 6 E-Payment Providers supported
- Integrated support center
- Multiple user tools
- Integrated PHP/MySQL applications, both built-in and by means of add-ons[2]
Advantages[]
- Scalable multiserver cluster: different physical and logical servers (web, mail, DNS etc.) are managed from one control panel. More servers can be added on the fly.
- Multilingual support includes English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), and several other languages integrated by means of add-ons.
- H-Sphere is recognized for end-user features availability, such as mail system, site building tools, SSL, etc. "Beginning webmasters may find H-Sphere too complicated for their needs. More advanced users, however, appreciate the features and control that H-Sphere offers the end user."
- H-Sphere may give place to other panels as regards its ease of use, but not its online documentation.
- H-Sphere has enlisted a community of online supporters who name it among their favorite control panels.[3]
- Integrated Backup capability with the ClusterLogics system created by
Disadvantages[]
- Licenses for H-Sphere accounts are more expensive than those of its competitors. Though, it is noted that H-Sphere licenses are reusable and sold for a cluster, not for a server, as with Ensim Pro.
- Some customers state H-Sphere has too many advanced features and thus is a too complicated solution for small hosting companies, especially as a single server installation. While others note that H-Sphere advantages are more demonstrable on multi-server clusters.
- On a single server mode H-Sphere consumes more server resources than other major single server control panels.[4]
- H-Sphere control panel interface extensively uses JavaScript. Some reviewers regard it as a disadvantage.[5]
- H-Sphere control panel by default works on non-standard 8080 and 8443 ports that may be blocked by client-side firewalls; but this can easily be changed in the configuration.
- H-Sphere (like cPanel, but unlike Plesk) provides online file source editing, however with H-Sphere only allows editing of .txt or .html files and without line numbers in edit mode, thus limiting PHP and other script editing possibilities.
other webhosting control panel software[]
- Baifox
- cPanel
- DirectAdmin
- Hosting Controller
- ispCP
- ISPConfig
- Kloxo
- Plesk
- SysCP
- Webmin
See also[]
- Parallels, the maintainers of H-Sphere
- Web hosting control panel
- Comparison of web hosting control panels
References[]
- ^ "Parallels Newsroom". 28 February 2020.
- ^ Archived 2007-01-17 at the Wayback Machine 24/7 Solutions.
- ^ h-sphere control panels on WHTop.com
- ^ Post here, your favorite Control Panel. WebHostingTalk Forums.
- ^ "Hosting Obzor". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
External links[]
Categories:
- Java enterprise platform
- Web applications
- Website management
- Web server management software
- User interfaces
- Web hosting