Web Hosting FAQ

How do Daily Backups Work?

As a responsible provider, for disaster recovery purposes, we backup servers on a daily basis. This enables us to effectively manage any network wide failures to provide a highly robust service and minimise any downtime.

Access to backup data on an individual site by site basis is not provided, site owners remain entirely responsible for ensuring they have a backup copy of any data stored on our servers.

What is a Database?

A database is a collection of data that is organized so that its contents can easily be accessed, managed and updated. The most command type of database is the relational database, a tabular database in which data is defined so that it can be reorganized and accessed in a number of different ways.

What is MySQL?

MySQL (pronounced "my ess cue el," not "my sequel") is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database. Because it is open source, anyone can download mySQL and tailor it to their needs in accordance with the general public license. MySQL is noted mainly for its speed, reliability, and flexibility.

What is Microsoft Access?

Microsoft Access is a relational database management system from Microsoft, packaged with Microsoft Office Professional which combines the Jet relational database engine with a graphical interface.

What is FrontPage?

A web site development tool created by Microsoft, FrontPage is designed for optimal performance on Windows servers.

What are FrontPage Extensions?

A series of scripts that can be utilised by FrontPage users to add dynamic functions to a Web site. FrontPage Extensions are installed/uninstalled on server side, this can be done via Namesco Control Panel.