Quality Shared Hosting

There are various kinds of shared hosting services appropriate for different sites in terms of the resources or the shared hosting environment they demand. To select the most optimal shared hosting service for your web portal, you have to judge what server-side software it requires, how many daily visits you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special demands that may need to be met.

Shared Website Hosting - Positive Sides

The most appropriate option for small size web portals with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this form of site hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which diminishes the total price per customer critically. There are different web hosting solutions varying from one web hosting firm to another, delivering different quotas of storage space and monthly traffic, different email account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can buy an account that will include the specs your web site really requires. You will not have to pay lots of money for an account you will not utilize, or end up with a small sized plan that cannot shelter the online portal. We, at My Internet Host, offer a big choice of shared hosting accounts appropriate for personal or small business sites that even offer pre-activated script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you commence with a basic plan and you demand more features, moving to a more powerful package demands just a mouse click.

Shared web hosting - Weak Sides

A disadvantage of the shared web hosting environment is that the web servers have some software installed on them and you cannot install additional software. Given web pages, mainly web stores, require applications to be activated on the server for them to perform, and with a shared web hosting environment, you can install solely software programs that do not request full root-level access.

VPS Web Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For websites that demand server root access, or if your web page has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily hits, what you need is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual web server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated machine and it performs in strictly the same manner.

Private Virtual Web Servers

Both solutions typically give root access and can be restarted through a software tool by the customer, independently from the hosting company. Just like the shared website hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting server packages sport diverse specifications depending on what the hosting vendor offers. A VPS server web hosting package has guaranteed server storage, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can sometimes be expanded for short periods of time provided that there are spare resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limitation is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A VPS hosting server is simpler to tackle as it involves a virtualization panel, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, check stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated web server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be used by tech-savvy customers.

Dedicated Web Servers

Still, given hosts provide managed dedicated server hosting services where they perform dedicated web hosting server administration tasks instead of the customer. This can be a part of package or an additional service.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Selecting the top hosting package is vital as it can affect the stable operation of a site. Prior to opting for a package, weigh the pros and cons, appraise carefully all the requirements for the web portal to work properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which is the best shared hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.