InMotion Hosting Blog

What is TLS (Transport Layer Security)?

Updated on May 12, 2026 Carrie Smaha

If your business takes payments, collects customer information, or runs anything more than a static brochure site, TLS is already protecting you. Transport Layer Security is the invisible piece of technology that turns “http” into “https” and keeps customer data private as it moves across the internet. This guide explains what TLS is, why it matters for your business, how it has changed over the years, and what role your hosting provider plays in keeping it current.

Global Peering Explained: Network Performance for Hosting

Updated on May 12, 2026 Sam Page

Global peering decides how fast your site reaches a visitor in Berlin, Mumbai, or São Paulo. Internet exchange points and software-defined network fabrics let hosting providers bypass open transit, cut latency, and stabilize routing during congestion. This guide breaks down how peering works, why it shapes site performance, and how InMotion Hosting is managing both legacy interconnections and a next-generation SDN peering architecture.

When to Upgrade from VPS to a Dedicated Server: 7 Clear Signs

Updated on May 12, 2026 Sam Page

You should move from a VPS to a dedicated server when measurable resource ceilings are hurting performance, revenue, or reliability faster than your VPS plan can absorb.

The clearest signals are sustained CPU saturation, recurring memory pressure, rising disk I/O wait, and traffic patterns that no longer fit inside virtualized resource quotas. This guide walks through seven specific indicators, what each one tells you about your workload, and how to time the upgrade without paying for capacity you don’t need.

Citizen Developer, Real Infrastructure: When Business-Built Apps Need Real Hosting

Updated on May 12, 2026 Carrie Smaha

The marketing analyst built a customer-facing portal in Bubble. Finance is running a vendor onboarding flow on Airtable plus a few Make scenarios. Operations has a Glide app that 40 field technicians use to log service calls. None of this went through IT, and now the CFO is asking who’s responsible if any of it breaks. This guide is for IT managers and agency partners who inherit production systems they didn’t spec, and who need a clear way to decide when business-built apps need production-grade infrastructure.

Dedicated Server vs. Managed Shared Hosting: Who Controls Your Security Configuration?

Updated on May 5, 2026 Carrie Smaha

On managed shared hosting, the hosting provider controls the server configuration.

They decide which TLS versions to support, how security headers are applied, when software gets patched, and what you’re allowed to change. On a dedicated server, you do. That distinction doesn’t matter much when everything is running fine. It matters a great deal when a security audit, a vendor risk review, or a SecurityScorecard report flags specific issues your current environment won’t let you address.The honest answer to that question is: it depends on who owns the server.

Hosting Sanity.io: Headless CMS Deployment and Performance Best Practices

Updated on April 30, 2026 Sam Page

Sanity.io has become one of the most developer-friendly headless CMS options, offering real-time collaboration, structured content, and a powerful query language (GROQ). Unlike traditional CMSs, Sanity is a hosted backend service, you don’t install it on your server.

Best Web Hosting Plans for Agencies: Shared, VPS, and Dedicated Compared

Updated on April 24, 2026 Carrie Smaha

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When you manage 20, 50, or 100+ client websites, finding the best web hosting plan for your agency isn’t about finding the cheapest option. It’s about matching server resources, management overhead, and support quality to your actual workload. Shared hosting works until resource limreits break campaign landing pages. VPS delivers control but requires configuration expertise. Dedicated servers provide isolation but cost more than some agencies can justify.

How Agencies Can Manage No-Code AI Client Sites Without Losing Control

Updated on April 27, 2026 Carrie Smaha

You built your agency around delivering results. Now half your Monday morning is spent logging into six different platform dashboards, each owned by a client who built their own site using an AI website builder before they hired you. You’re responsible for their performance but have no control over their infrastructure. This guide covers how to assess, organize, and centralize no-code client sites under infrastructure you actually control — and how to charge for it.

What Is Time to First Byte (TTFB) and How Your Server Affects It

Updated on April 24, 2026 Sam Page

Time to First Byte (TTFB) measures how long it takes for a browser to receive the first byte of data from your server after making a request.

While it is just one performance metric, TTFB significantly impacts user experience and search engine rankings.

National Small Business Week: What Your Business Website Actually Needs from a Hosting Provider

Updated on April 23, 2026 Sam Page

National Small Business Week is a perfect time to evaluate whether your website hosting supports your business goals or holds you back. For small businesses, hosting is not just a commodity purchase, it is infrastructure that impacts customer experience, search rankings, and operational efficiency.

Dedicated Server Rental vs. Buying Your Own Hardware: A Real Cost Breakdown

Updated on April 22, 2026 Sam Page

When your infrastructure needs outgrow VPS and cloud options, the question becomes: rent dedicated servers from a hosting provider or buy your own hardware? Both have merit depending on your situation, budget, and technical capacity.

Your Agency’s Last Line of Defense: Why Automated Backups Are the Unsung Hero of Client Site Management

Updated on April 29, 2026 Sam Page

Every agency eventually has the backup conversation the hard way: a client site is compromised, a plugin update breaks production,

Every agency eventually has the backup conversation the hard way: a client site is compromised, a plugin update breaks production, or a developer accidentally drops a database table. In those moments, a recent backup is the difference between a 30-minute recovery and a crisis that takes days and damages the client relationship.

White-Label Hosting: How to Offer It, What It Costs, and When It’s Worth It for Your Agency

Updated on April 20, 2026 Sam Page

White-label hosting lets agencies sell hosting services under their own brand without managing servers. It creates recurring revenue and strengthens client relationships, but introduces operational overhead and liability.

Server Uptime SLAs: What the Numbers Actually Mean for Your Business

Updated on April 17, 2026 Sam Page

Every hosting provider advertises uptime percentages. 99.9%. 99.99%.

Some claim 100%. The numbers look similar but represent dramatically different amounts of acceptable downtime. Understanding what these percentages translate to in real time, and what the provider’s SLA actually commits to, is essential before you sign a hosting contract for a business-critical site.

Next.js Hosting Guide: Server-Side Rendering, Static Generation, and Infrastructure Requirements

Updated on April 17, 2026 Sam Page

Next.js has become the default choice for production React applications. Its flexibility supporting static generation, server-side rendering, and API routes makes it powerful, but hosting requirements vary dramatically based on how you use Next.js.