Top Shared Hosting

There are various sorts of shared hosting solutions suitable for different websites in relation to the resources or the shared hosting platform they need. To choose the most optimal shared hosting service for your online portal, you must evaluate what server-side software programs it needs, how many hits per day you anticipate at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other specific demands that may have to be met.

Shared Hosting - Virtues

The most suitable choice for small sized web pages with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this type of site hosting, each user pays only for their account, which reduces the overall price per user markedly. There are various web hosting packages differing from one hosting supplier to another, offering different quotas of disk space and web traffic, different mail address account quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can get a plan that will have the specifications your site in fact demands. You will not need to pay a lot for a package you will not utilize, or wind up with a small size plan that cannot accommodate the web page. We, at BigHost, offer a wide collection of shared hosting accounts suitable for private or small business portals that even provide pre-installed script-powered systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you begin with a low-price package and you demand more functionalities, moving to a more advanced package demands just a click of the mouse.

Shared Web Hosting - Disadvantages

A weak side of the shared web hosting solution is that the web servers have some software installed on them and you cannot install new software programs. Certain online portals, above all online stores, request software applications to be available on the hosting server for them to run, and with a shared hosting solution, you can activate solely software programs that do not require full root-level access.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For sites that require full server root access, or if your portal has many 1000's or even millions of visitors per day, what you demand is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A VPS is a virtual emulation of a dedicated server and it performs in a strictly identical manner.

VPSs

Both solutions generally offer full root access and can be rebooted via a software tool by the customer, autonomously from the web hosting provider. Just like the shared web hosting packages, the VPS hosting and the dedicated server web hosting packages involve diverse characteristics depending on what the hosting company has to offer. A VPS web server hosting package has guaranteed web storage, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be increased for brief spans of time provided that there are spare system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A virtual server is simpler to run as it comprises virtualization software, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, examine statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated server is more intricate, so such a plan would rather be utilized by experienced users.

Dedicated Web Servers

Still, some web hosting companies provide managed dedicated hosting services where they run dedicated web hosting server administration tasks on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an extra option.

Before You Choose...

Selecting the top hosting plan is vital as it can have an effect on the stable functioning of a web page. Prior to picking a package, compare the pros and cons, survey thoroughly all the preconditions for the web portal to operate properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure 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.