Top Web Hosting

There are various sorts of web hosting accounts appropriate for different sites in relation to the resources or the web hosting environment they need. To select the most relevant web hosting service for your web portal, you have to estimate what server-side software programs it needs, how many daily visits you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be satisfied.

Shared website hosting - Advantages

The most relevant alternative for small scale websites with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this form of site hosting, each user pays only for their account, which decreases the total cost per client drastically. There are different web hosting packages differing from one web hosting provider to another, delivering different amounts of web storage space and monthly traffic, different email quotas and so on. The good point is that you can order a plan that will offer the specifications your web site really needs. You will not have to pay lots of cash for a plan you will not make use of, or wind up with a small size account that cannot host the online portal. We, at The Host Office, offer a wide variety of web hosting solutions appropriate for personal or small business web sites that even provide pre-installed script-based platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you commence with a low-end plan and you require more system resources, upgrading to a high-end account requires only a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Negative Sides

A disadvantage of the shared hosting environment is that the servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to activate additional software. Specific web sites, chiefly web shops, request applications to be activated on the server for them to work, and with a shared web hosting account, you can install only software applications that do not require complete root access.

VPS Hosting Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For websites that need full root-level access, or if your web page has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily hits, what you need is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated web hosting. A VPS hosting server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated web server and it behaves in an absolutely identical way.

Virtual Web Servers

Both environments generally give complete root-level access and can be rebooted through a software platform by the customer, autonomously from the web hosting supplier. Similar to the shared web hosting packages, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web hosting plans have diverse specs based on what the hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual private web server hosting package has guaranteed web storage space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be expanded for short intervals of time if there are available resources on the physical server. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be revamped by altering or adding components. A VPS is easier to administer as it includes virtualization software, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, examine stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be used by experienced users.

Dedicated Servers

Still, given web hosting providers offer managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they run web hosting server management procedures instead of the customer. This can be included in the package or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Choosing...

Selecting the top hosting plan is crucial as it can affect the proper performance of a website. Prior to picking a package, compare the pros and cons, review thoroughly all the prerequisites for the web page to perform properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best web hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.