Best Shared Hosting

There are various types of shared hosting accounts appropriate for different web portals in relation to the resources or the shared hosting environment they demand. To pick the most optimal shared hosting service for your site, you must judge what server-side software programs it needs, how many daily visits you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may need to be answered.

Shared Web Hosting - Advantages

The most proper alternative for small sized web pages with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this form of hosting, each client pays only for their account, which decreases the total cost per customer noticeably. There are diverse web hosting packages differing from one web hosting provider to another, providing different amounts of server space and monthly bandwidth, different mailbox account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can buy a package that will offer the specifications your site indeed requires. You will not need to pay a lot of money for a package you will not avail of, or end up with a small package that cannot host the web site. We, at cHostit, offer a vast collection of shared hosting packages suitable for private or small business portals that even offer pre-installed script-powered platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you begin with a low-cost package and you require more functionalities, moving to a more powerful package takes only a click.

Shared web hosting - Negative Sides

A shortcoming of the shared web hosting solution is that the servers have some software programs installed on them and you are unable to activate additional software. Certain online portals, particularly web shops, require applications to be available on the hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting account, you can install only software programs that do not need complete root access.

Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For sites that request server root access, or if your web page has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of visits per day, what you demand is a VPS hosting or a dedicated server. A VPS web hosting server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated web hosting server and it works in exactly the same way.

Private Virtual Hosting Servers

Both environments normally provide full root-level access and can be restarted via a software platform by the user, independently from the hosting supplier. Just like the shared website hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web hosting accounts contain diverse features based on what the web hosting supplier has to offer. A private virtual server plan contains guaranteed web storage, RAM and CPU quotas that can occasionally be enlarged for brief intervals of time in case there are spare system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware architecture it is making use of, and it can be upgraded by altering or adding components. A Virtual Private Server is easier to tackle as it comprises a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to restart it, to install applications, examine statistics, and so on. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more intricate, so such an account would rather be resorted to by tech-savvy users.

Dedicated Web Servers

Yet, given web hosting firms offer managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they perform dedicated web hosting server management operations on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the package or an additional service.

Prior To Selecting...

Picking the top hosting package is essential as it can influence the proper work of a site. Prior to choosing an account, compare the pros and cons, investigate thoroughly all the requirements for the web portal to function properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still in doubt which is the best shared hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.