On behalf of all the team here at Downtown Host, I am delighted to announce that we’ve successfully completed a full hardware upgrade over most of the server hosting, shared hosting and reseller hosting.

Our brand new servers features Dual Quad Core 5520 5620 processors, 24GB RAM and RAID 10. We believe that the hardware is an impressive  2 and sometimes 4 times more powerful than our previous spec!

The upgrade marks a crucial development for Downtown Host, as part of our commitment to investing in high quality services to deliver exceptional service standards to each and every one of our clients. We’re extremely excited about the results of the upgrade.

“What will this mean for me?”

This upgrade is excellent news for our clients. You’ll be seeing improvements in three different areas – speed, stability and reliability. Our new absolute power-horse Dual Quad Core processors, backed by a massive 24GB Random Access Memory (RAM) per server, allow us to bring you an incredible level of high performance. In short – web pages, scripts and databases hosted with Downtown Host are going to run much faster from now on.

Your data is valuable, and at Downtown Host it’s extremely important to us that we help you to protect it. That’s why all of our new servers feature RAID 10 – securing your data with powerful RAID technology.

Hopefully you’ve already have noticed significant improvements in performance over the past few weeks – and as we optimize our network for the new hardware, things will only get better!

“Why the ‘need for speed’?”

It’s no coincidence that Downtown Host have chosen to upgrade our spec now. Of course, everyone wants the internet to be faster – so as download speeds improve it’s important that we increase the speed at which our servers can serve your content. But one major player has recently chosen to go a step further in recognising their love for high speed browsing – Google.

Google now considers site load times when deciding how to rank web pages Search users want to be presented with the best possible results, and in Google’s view faster page loading times result in a greater user experience. (And potentially increased ad revenue for Google!) That means that a faster website now means a better Google search engine ranking.

It has never been more important to ensure that you can serve your visitors, fast. Hosting on powerful, reliable new hardware is now a key part of your SEO strategy, and Downtown Host are delighted to be able to contribute to the success of your website.

“Why’ve you spent money on upgrading your servers?”

At Downtown Host we are committed to quality. And we believe that our clients demand it. In this case, that means investing in the services we deliver to bring them in line with the very latest technological advances. The new hardware is going to offer an enhanced experience and give you more for your money.

Downtown Host are proud to deliver the fastest, most reliable web hosting in the industry using nothing less than top-of-the-range cutting-edge technology.

In fact, we’re already looking forward to Downtown Host’s next hardware upgrade!

A big thanks must go to our server team, who have worked tirelessly to ensure that there was no disruption during the upgrade works. All of the team here at Downtown Host are very proud of what we’ve been able to achieve with our new spec, and we’d love to hear your feedback. Leave a comment below, or email us