Hosted.com has recently announced its ongoing partnership with LiteSpeed Web Server technology, which is being integrated across its entire Web Hosting platform. This move is aimed at enhancing website performance for customers by leveraging LiteSpeed’s event-driven architecture and advanced caching capabilities.
In today’s digital landscape, optimizing website performance has become crucial for businesses of all sizes. Search engines now consider page speed as a ranking factor, and users expect fast loading times and reliable uptime.
Improving loading times can reduce bounce rates and boost engagement, especially on mobile devices with varying connection speeds.
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The integration of LiteSpeed technology helps meet these expectations while ensuring reliability. This enhancement is particularly beneficial for content-heavy websites, e-commerce platforms, and sites catering to global audiences.
LiteSpeed Web Server offers a modern solution compared to traditional servers like Apache and Nginx, delivering 2x-5x faster page load speeds with significantly lower server loads and a higher site-to-server ratio.
Tests have shown that LiteSpeed’s event-driven architecture can handle more connections while using fewer server resources, resulting in improved website performance and stability during peak traffic periods.
The LiteSpeed implementation includes various technical upgrades:
- Server-level caching to reduce database queries and enhance response times
- Support for HTTP/3 and QUIC protocols for improved performance
- Enhanced PHP processing for dynamic content delivery
- Advanced rate limiting and bandwidth throttling for security
The hardware infrastructure at Hosted.com, supporting LiteSpeed Web Server technology, features high-frequency AMD processors and DDR5 RAM for faster processing and database querying.
This setup is essential to fully leverage the performance benefits of the server software, creating a stable, high-performance system for a wide range of websites.
“Our focus has always been on providing reliable hosting solutions that meet evolving performance standards,” said Wayne Diamond, CEO of Hosted.com. “By continuing to use LiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Cache, we can offer clients faster page loading speeds and lower resource consumption without sacrificing performance.”
By reducing processes and overhead, the use of LiteSpeed can enhance the user experience, leading to increased engagement and retention.
Customers using CMSs like WordPress will also experience improved performance compared to Apache or Nginx-based systems, as Hosted.com’s WordPress Hosting plans come with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin.
The plugin offers additional optimizations for WordPress:
- CDN Support
- Image Optimization and Lazy Loading
- Full-Page and Browser Cache Support
- Database and Page Optimization
The integration of LiteSpeed technology is part of Hosted.com’s commitment to providing top-notch hosting services, including US-based data centers, redundant networks, and expert customer support.
