Web Hosting

In today’s digital world, hosting your website is not just a technical detail, but the foundation upon which your entire digital presence is built. A slow or unreliable infrastructure directly affects your visitors’ experience and, consequently, your business results. At Fusion Lab, with over 10 years of experience, we undertake the creation and maintenance of infrastructures that meet your project’s needs both today and in the future. We ensure the seamless operation of systems and infrastructure, so you can focus on your business.

There are several web servers available, with the most commonly used for web hosting being:

• Apache
• Nginx
• LiteSpeed
• Microsoft IIS

Choosing the right web server is crucial, as it significantly impacts the server’s performance, speed, and the amount of traffic it can handle based on the available hardware.

At Fusion Lab, we choose Nginx as it offers high performance and efficient management of a large number of simultaneous connections.

The core communication between a browser (client) and a server happens through the HTTP protocol.

In the early days, websites used the HTTP/1.1 protocol, where all requests of a page were processed sequentially, one after another.

As the web evolved, newer versions were introduced:

• HTTP/2: The main improvement is that it allows multiple requests to be handled simultaneously over the same connection compared to HTTP/1.1.
• HTTP/3: Built on the QUIC protocol (UDP), offering even higher performance and lower latency.

In Nginx, enabling HTTP/3 is a relatively simple process that provides a quick performance win, significantly improving loading speed and connection stability, especially on mobile networks.

To further improve website performance, modern web servers use compression algorithms such as Gzip and Brotli, reducing the size of the data transferred between the server and the browser.

In simple terms:

Think of a website sending files of 100KB to the user.

With Gzip, the size can be reduced to around 30–40KB.
With Brotli, it can be reduced even further, to around 20–30KB.

As with HTTP/3, enabling Gzip and Brotli on Nginx is a relatively simple process.
The result?
Significantly reduced bandwidth usage and faster loading speeds.

Ένας ακόμας τρόπος που μπορούμε να βελτιώσουμε την ταχύτητα μιας ιστοσελίδας αλλά και την ασφάλεια είναι περνόντας όλη τη κίνηση μέσα από τo δίκτυο της Cloudflare.

Τι είναι η Cloudflare;

Η Cloudflare λειτουργεί ως τον ενδιάμεσο μεταξύ επισκέπτη και server.
Τα πλεονεκτήμτα:

• Φιλτράρισμά Bot: Ένα αρκετά μεγάλο selling point της Cloudflare είναι ότι φιλτράρει τα bots από την ιστοσελίδα, με αποτέλεσμα να μην φτάνει ποτέ η κίνηση στο server και να καταναλώνει άσκομα πόρους από το μηχάνημα.
• Απόκρυψη IP του server: Έχοντας την Cloudflare ως ενδιάμεσο, κρύβουμε την πραγματική διεύθυνση του server κάνοντας πιο δύσκολο σε κάποιον να προβεί σε κακόβουλες ενέργειες.
• CDN: Η Cloudflare προσφέρει στο δωρεάν πακέτο της και μία μορφή CDN (Content Delivery Network). Οπότε μπαίνει και ως επιμέρους Cache Layer για τα στατικά αρχεία μιας ιστοσελίδας. Αυτό έχει ως αποτέλεσμα τα αρχεία να σερβίρονται από τη Cloudflare και όχι από το Server, κάτι που μας δίνει ακόμα περισσότερο overhead βάση του hardware του μηχανήματος.

Πάλι με απλά λόγια:

Σκεφτείτε ότι στο website σας έχει κίνηση από πραγματικούς επισκέπτες αλλά και από χιλιάδες bots.
Χωρίς Cloudflare, όλα αυτά τα requests φτάνουν κατευθείαν στον server σας, καταναλώνοντας πόρους και ενδεχομένως σε ακραίες περιπτώσεις που βλέπουμε σε e-shops, να ρίξει το site.

Με την Cloudflare, μεγάλο μέρος αυτής της κακόβουλης ή περιττής κίνησης φιλτράρεται πριν καν φτάσει στον server. Με αυτόν τον τρόπο μπορούμε να αξιοποιήσουμε επιπλέον δυνατότητες όπως:

• προστασία από κακόβουλα requests και βασικά attacks
• ταχύτερη παράδοση στατικού περιεχομένου μέσω CDN
• βελτιωμένο caching για μικρότερο load στον server
• καλύτερη σταθερότητα και απόδοση σε επισκέπτες από διαφορετικές γεωγραφικές περιοχές

Το αποτέλεσμα είναι μια ιστοσελίδα πιο γρήγορη, πιο ασφαλής και πιο ανθεκτική, χωρίς να απαιτούνται παρεμβάσεις στο κώδικα.

Let’s clarify one thing: Cloudflare filters a lot, but not everything. And it will allow legitimate bots to reach your server.

One of the most common performance degradation scenarios we see is when “good” bots (e.g. GoogleBot or Meta) become a burden.

But how can a bot that benefits you—by crawling your site and helping you rank on Google—cause issues?

The service provided by these bots is always valid and beneficial. The problem arises when they generate a very high volume of traffic in order to crawl and extract data from your site.

A common issue, especially with e-shops that have many products, is that bots (both good and bad) perform aggressive crawling, consuming a large portion of server resources. When this happens, real users experience significant delays in response times, leading to lost views, sales, and overall performance.

The solution?

We allow legitimate bots to do their job, but we apply rate limiting.

Using Nginx, we configure rules per bot, defining whether they can access the site, be blocked, or be allowed with a limited request rate.

The result: server resources are allocated where they truly matter — to your real users.

We handle the complete setup and configuration of your infrastructure, from start to finish. We take care of regular updates and proactive maintenance, ensuring everything runs smoothly and giving you peace of mind that your website is always online.

• Server installation and initial setup (Linux, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, etc.)
• Migration to Cloudflare
• SSL installation
• HTTP/3 enablement
• Brotli and Gzip enablement
• Regular updates of the operating system and services
• Security improvements and server hardening

We optimize the speed and performance of your application, ensuring you get the best possible results without necessarily needing the most expensive hardware.

• Nginx optimization with a custom setup
• Caching configuration (FastCGI, Redis, etc.)
• Brotli & Gzip compression enablement
• HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 enablement
• PHP tuning based on average RAM consumption per request
• Custom database configuration and optimization

We create and manage professional email accounts using your own domain, with proper configurations to ensure your emails always reach their destination and not the spam folder.

If our setup doesn’t achieve a perfect 10/10 score on email testing tools (e.g. https://www.mail-tester.com/), then it does not meet the quality standards we provide.

We host websites, eCommerce stores, and applications of any scale, with an environment tailored to the needs of each project. From a corporate website to a complex platform.

• Magento 2 hosting
• WordPress (& WooCommerce) hosting
• Laravel hosting
• Custom Application hosting

Ideal for small websites, startups, and businesses that are just getting started. It offers reliable operation, solid performance, and low cost without unnecessary complexity.

For demanding projects and applications with higher requirements, we provide a dedicated server (dedicated machine), ensuring maximum performance, stability, and full control over resources.

Have questions about servers and hosting? Tell us your needs and we’ll recommend the most suitable solution, without unnecessary costs and always with performance and reliability in mind.