Magento Hosting

Netstarter is a Magento Enterprise partner, offering best practice Magento ecommerce websites for Australian retail brands. Without the best hosting partners our ecommerce solutions would fall short in their performance, reliability and scalability. This solution is not for every customer. If you're a small online store looking to develop a site on Magento Community then a shared or cloud hosting environment for $50 per month would probably do the job. This solution is for larger retailer brands who already experience or anticipate high traffic volumes and generate significant turnover.

Netstarter has been a Rackspace partner for several years and we highly recommend Rackspace for Magento Enterprise clients. Here's why:

• Rackspace began in 1998 to deliver enterprise-level hosting services.
• Rackspace and Magento teamed up in 2007 and have worked together to combine world-class ecommerce hosting and cloud computing.
• In 2009 the relationship evolved to include hosting for the enterprise version of Magento.

 Magento Enterprise Hosting

Magento Enterprise is not a difficult platform to deploy, however, being Open Source does require plenty of experience with Magento to build an optimal solution.

The three main challenges every business should consider in regards to Magento Enterprise hosting are:

Hardware

To prepare a site's hardware, there are certain memory considerations that need to be addressed. For example, each PHP process on a Magento ecommerce site uses approximately 200 mb of memory. Rackspace has helped dozens of customers deploy optimal solutions for Magento Enterprise sites.

Site Growth

As an ecommerce site grows in size and traffic, other factors come into play. Having only hardware without the necessary Magento expertise can lead to hardware inefficiencies and performance issues. Through it's alliance with Akamai, Rackspace can help enterprises scale more efficiently without adding hardware.

Traffic Spikes

When launching a new product or preparing for a large promotion, considerations need to be made to handle an influx of traffic. Racksapce have a number of options that include Private Cloud and Cloud Servers to handle capacity during these high traffic periods.

Sample configuration for small to medium Magento Enterprise hosting