Which hosting solution will serve me best?

There are different sorts of web hosting services appropriate for different websites with regard to the system resources or the web hosting platform they demand. To choose the most adequate hosting service for your online portal, you must estimate what server-side software applications it needs, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other specific demands that may need to be satisfied.

Shared Site Hosting - Upsides

The most suitable choice for small web pages with a few hundred or web space hosting, each client pays only for their account, which lowers the total price per person markedly. There are various web hosting accounts differing from one hosting provider to another, supplying different quotas of hard disk storage space and traffic, different email quotas and so on. The good point is that you can purchase a package that will offer the specs your web portal in fact requires. You will not have to pay plenty of cash for a package you will not use, or end up with a small sized account that cannot shelter the web page. At SecureBox Hosting, there is a large selection of shared hosting solutions appropriate for personal or small business pages that even include pre-installed script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you start with a less powerful account and you need more functionalities, upgrading to a more advanced plan requires only a click.

Shared Site Hosting - Minuses

A negative aspect of the shared web hosting solution is that the web servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot install additional software programs. Specific web sites, particularly web stores, demand applications to be present on the hosting server for them to function, and with a shared web page hosting solution, you can install only software programs that do not demand root-level access.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For portals that demand complete server root access, or if your website has many 1000's or even millions of visits per day, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated server. A private virtual web hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated solution and it runs in exactly the same manner.

Virtual Private Hosting Servers

Both environments typically give root access and can be rebooted via a software platform by the client, autonomously from the web hosting supplier. Like the shared webspace hosting plans, the virtual server and the dedicated server accounts have different features depending on what the hosting company has to offer. A virtual private web server account offers guaranteed data storage, RAM and CPU quotas that can sometimes be increased for brief intervals of time provided that there are spare system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware architecture it is making use of, and it can be configured by altering or adding components. A virtual server is easier to handle as it comprises a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, examine stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated server is more elaborate, so such a package would rather be resorted to by tech-savvy customers.

Dedicated Servers

Yet, given hosting providers offer managed dedicated server web hosting services where they perform hosting server management procedures on behalf of the client. This can be a part of plan or an extra service.

Prior To Electing...

Settling on the top hosting plan is important as it can influence the proper functioning of a web portal. Prior to picking a plan, weigh the pros and cons, inspect completely all the prerequisites for the web portal to perform properly, particularly if it is script-powered, and, one more thing, if you have already chosen a host, the best choice would be to ask their support team for advice as to which plan exactly would be best for the stable operation of your website.