Quality Web Hosting
There are different varieties of web hosting plans appropriate for different websites with regard to the system resources or the web hosting environment they need. To select the best web hosting service for your web portal, you have to evaluate what server-side software programs it demands, how many visits per day you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be answered.
Shared web hosting - Good Points
Unlimited bandwidth
5 websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
Unlimited bandwidth
Unlimited websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
The most appropriate option for small size websites with several hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this form of web site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which decreases the overall cost per user considerably. There are various web hosting packages varying from one provider to another, supplying different amounts of data storage and monthly traffic, different e-mail address account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can get a plan that will offer the specs your web portal in fact requires. You will not need to pay a lot of money for an account you will not use, or wind up with a small scale plan that cannot shelter the web portal. We, at Web Hosting and Servers, offer an enormous assortment of web hosting plans suitable for personal or small business websites that even provide pre-installed script-powered systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things easier. If you begin with a cheaper plan and you require more system resources, moving to a high-end package involves only a click.
Shared website hosting - Shortcomings
A downside of the shared web hosting solution is that the web servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot install additional software. Specific web portals, above all online storefronts, require applications to be available on the hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting account, you can install only software applications that do not demand complete root access.
Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers
For web pages that need complete root access, or if your web site has many thousands or even millions of visits per day, what you require is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated web hosting. A Virtual Private Server is a software imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it operates in a strictly identical manner.
Private Virtual Hosting Servers
Both platforms traditionally offer server root access and can be restarted via a software tool by the customer, independently from the hosting supplier. Akin to the shared website hosting plans, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated hosting accounts involve different characteristics depending on what the web hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual web hosting server plan has guaranteed server storage, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be expanded for brief spans of time if there are available resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware configuration it is using, and it can be configured by changing or adding components. A private virtual web hosting server is simpler to tackle as it comes with a virtualization console, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such an account would rather be utilized by skilled customers.
Dedicated Web Hosting Servers
However, certain hosting providers offer managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they perform web server management assignments instead of the client. This can be a part of plan or an additional feature.
Prior To Reaching a Decision...
Opting for the top hosting plan is important as it can have an influence on the stable work of a website. Before opting for a plan, compare the pros and cons, inspect carefully all the requirements for the web portal to function properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which is the best web hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.