Quality Web Hosting

There are various varieties of web hosting accounts appropriate for different websites in terms of the resources or the web hosting environment they require. To pick the most proper web hosting service for your web portal, you have to reckon what server-side software applications it needs, how many daily visits you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be fulfilled.

Shared website hosting - Advantages

The most adequate option for small scale web portals with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting account. With this form of webspace hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which lowers the total price per person markedly. There are various web hosting packages differing from one web hosting supplier to another, furnishing different quotas of server space and bandwidth, different mail address account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can obtain a package that will include the resources your web page in fact demands. You will not have to pay a lot for an account you will not utilize, or end up with a small account that cannot shelter the web site. We, at Host it For Me, offer a big array of web hosting plans suitable for personal or small business websites that even offer pre-activated script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you start with a low grade package and you demand more system resources, upgrading to a more powerful account involves only a click.

Shared Website Hosting - Negative Sides

A negative aspect of the shared web hosting solution is that the servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to install additional software programs. Given web sites, especially web stores, need applications to be available on the web hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared website hosting environment, you can install only software that does not demand full root access.

Private Virtual Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For websites that need full root-level access, or if your web portal has many 1000's or even millions of daily hits, what you require is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A virtual server is a software imitation of a dedicated hosting server and it behaves in an absolutely identical way.

Private Virtual Servers

Both services normally include full root access and can be rebooted via a software platform by the customer, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Much like the shared hosting packages, the VPS hosting and the dedicated server hosting plans have diverse features depending on what the web hosting provider has to offer. A VPS plan has guaranteed data storage, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be extended for short stretches of time if there are available system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware equipment it is using, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A virtual private web server is simpler to manipulate as it includes a virtualization software platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, examine statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated web server is more complex, so such an account would rather be resorted to by tech-savvy clients.

Dedicated Servers

Nevertheless, certain hosts offer managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they complete server administration procedures on behalf of the client. This can be a part of package or an additional feature.

Prior To Electing...

Choosing the top hosting plan is crucial as it can affect the stable functioning of a website. Before choosing a package, compare the pros and cons, study thoroughly all the preconditions for the site to work properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still unsure 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.