Top Hosting

There are various kinds of hosting solutions suitable for different sites when it comes to the system resources or the hosting platform they demand. To pick the most adequate hosting service for your web page, you need to calculate what server-side software applications it requires, how many hits per day you anticipate at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be covered.

Shared Hosting - Perquisites

The most proper option for small websites with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this type of web hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which lowers the total cost per individual drastically. There are different web hosting packages differing from one web hosting provider to another, furnishing different quotas of web storage space and bandwidth, different mailbox account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can purchase an account that will provide the features your web portal in fact needs. You will not have to pay plenty of cash for an account you will not make use of, or end up with a small sized account that cannot shelter the web portal. We, at Hostinger, offer an immense collection of hosting solutions suitable for personal or small business websites that even offer pre-activated script-driven systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you kick off with a cheaper account and you need more features, moving to a more powerful plan requires only a mouse click.

Shared Hosting - Negative Sides

A negative side of the shared website hosting platform is that the servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to activate new software programs. Specific websites, above all web shops, request software applications to be activated on the web hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting account, you can activate solely software platforms that do not demand complete server root access.

VPSs and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For web pages that demand complete root access, or if your portal has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of hits per day, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated solution and it works in absolutely the same manner.

Virtual Private Web Servers

Both solutions traditionally come with full root privileges and can be restarted through a software interface by the client, autonomously from the hosting provider. Similar to the shared website hosting plans, the VPS and the dedicated server packages include diverse features depending on what the web hosting provider offers. A virtual private hosting server account offers guaranteed data storage, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be expanded for brief intervals of time provided that there are free resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limit is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be upgraded by changing or adding components. A Virtual Private Server is simpler to administer as it arrives with a virtualization panel, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, monitor statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated server is more complex, so such an account would rather be resorted to by qualified customers.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

However, certain hosting vendors offer managed dedicated hosting solutions where they carry out dedicated server management operations instead of the client. This can be included in the package or an extra upgrade.

Prior To Deciding...

Selecting the top hosting package is crucial as it can have an effect on the proper functioning of a web portal. Before selecting a plan, compare the pros and cons, examine carefully all the preconditions for the web page to function properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which is the best hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.