RealMetrics (http://www.realmetrics.com), a new provider of independent information about the performance of web hosting providers, has a recognized a number of providers for the service they provided in July 2006. The hosts recognized include RimuHosting (CPU Speed), Web Speed (EV1 Servers), iPower (Disk Speed), 1and1 Internet (Web Speed), 1and1 Internet, HostGator, Pair Networks, and Powweb (100% shared hosting uptime), Linode, ProHosters, RackCo, RimuHosting, and VPS Land (100% VPS hosting uptime).
We are pleased to recognize the outstanding performance of these web hosts for July 2006. With all the web hosting options available in todays marketplace, it is good to see these providers reaching out to their customers through outstanding performance, said Rick Ralston, RealMetrics President and CEO. In both our Shared Hosting category and our VPS Hosting category, there are providers that are not just setting the bar, but raising the bar for the web hosting industry, added Ralston.
RealMetrics ranks and graphs uptime, speed and technical support of web hosting companies by establishing actual hosting accounts and then conducts systematic tests on several parameters of online service. Kent Johnson, RealMetrics Chief Technology Officer suggested, We conduct over 60,000 tests per day from half a dozen locations across the United States. To achieve high performance is no easy task for a web hosting provider. For the Uptime metric, as an example, we test actual accounts every 30 seconds from multiple monitoring locations. To obtain the 100% Uptime recognition, a web hosting provider is required to be up for the entire 30 days during the recognition period.