Quality Shared Hosting

There are different sorts of shared hosting accounts suitable for different web sites in relation to the system resources or the shared hosting platform they need. To choose the most proper shared hosting service for your web page, you need to calculate what server-side software programs it requires, how many hits per day you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may need to be fulfilled.

Shared web hosting - Positive Sides

The most optimal option for small websites with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting account. With this form of web hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall price per person critically. There are various web hosting accounts varying from one web hosting vendor to another, supplying different amounts of disk space and monthly traffic, different email quotas and so on. The good point is that you can buy an account that will offer the features your web portal actually needs. You will not have to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not avail of, or end up with a small size plan that cannot host the site. We, at BigHost, offer a large assortment of shared hosting solutions appropriate for private or small business pages that even include pre-activated script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you commence with a low-price package and you need more system resources, moving to a high-end plan takes only a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Weak Points

A disadvantage of the shared web hosting platform is that the servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot install additional software programs. Given web pages, above all online stores, need applications to be installed on the web server for them to perform, and with a shared web hosting package, you can activate solely software programs that do not request full server root access.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For online portals that demand full root access, or if your website has many thousands or even millions of visits per day, what you require is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A virtual private hosting server is a software emulation of a dedicated server and it works in a strictly identical manner.

VPS Web Servers

Both solutions normally come with full server root access and can be restarted via a software platform by the user, autonomously from the hosting provider. Just like the shared hosting packages, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server packages have diverse specifications depending on what the web hosting company has to offer. A VPS web hosting account contains guaranteed web storage, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can at times be expanded for short intervals of time if there are free resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is availing of, and it can be revamped by altering or appending components. A private virtual web server is easier to tackle as it involves a virtualization panel, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more intricate, so such an account would rather be used by tech-savvy customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nonetheless, given companies provide managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they implement hosting server management assignments instead of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional feature.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Picking the top hosting package is vital as it can have an influence on the proper operation of a web site. Before opting for a plan, weigh the pros and cons, investigate carefully all the requirements for the website to work properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still unsure which is the best shared hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.