Which site hosting solution will suit me best?

There are different kinds of web hosting packages suitable for different websites in terms of the system resources or the website hosting environment they demand. To select the most proper hosting service for your website, you must judge what server-side software programs it needs, how many daily visits you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other special demands that may need to be met.

Shared Web Space Hosting - Positive Sides

The most adequate alternative for small web sites with a few hundred or web space hosting, each client pays only for their account, which minimizes the overall cost per person markedly. There are different web hosting plans differing from one hosting company to another, offering different quotas of storage space and bandwidth, different email box account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can get a plan that will provide the features your web portal actually needs. You will not need to pay lots of cash for a package you will not make use of, or wind up with a small size package that cannot shelter the web site. At WebSoft Solutions, there is a large selection of shared hosting accounts suitable for private or small business web sites that even include pre-installed script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you commence with a low-cost package and you demand more features, moving to a more powerful package demands only a click.

Shared Web Hosting - Negative Signs

A weak side of the shared web hosting solution is that the servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot activate additional software platforms. Some online portals, chiefly web shops, request applications to be activated on the web hosting server for them to function, and with a shared web space hosting plan, you can activate only software platforms that do not demand full root access.

Private Virtual Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web portals that demand complete root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even millions of daily hits, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A virtual hosting server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated web hosting server and it runs in absolutely the same way.

VPS Servers

Both environments commonly give full root privileges and can be rebooted via a software tool by the client, independently from the hosting company. Much like the shared web space hosting packages, the virtual private web server and the dedicated web hosting plans sport different characteristics depending on what the web hosting provider has to offer. A private virtual hosting server account contains guaranteed disk storage space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be extended for short spells of time on condition that there are spare resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware configuration it is availing of, and it can be upgraded by altering or appending components. A VPS hosting server is simpler to administer as it includes virtualization software, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more intricate, so such a plan would rather be used by tech-savvy users.

Dedicated Servers

However, certain web hosting suppliers offer managed dedicated web hosting services where they execute web server administration operations instead of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an additional option.

Before You Select...

Picking the top hosting package is vital as it can have an influence on the stable performance of a site. Prior to picking a package, weigh the pros and cons, investigate completely all the prerequisites for the online portal to run properly, especially if it is script-powered, and, one more thing, if you have already settled on a hosting company, the best thing to do would be to ask their client support team for advice as to which plan exactly would be best for the proper operation of your web site.