Top Shared Web Hosting

There are various sorts of shared web hosting packages suitable for different web sites with regard to the resources or the shared web hosting environment they require. To choose the most optimal shared web hosting service for your online portal, you have to judge what server-side software applications it requires, how many hits per day you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may have to be met.

Shared web hosting - Perks

The most adequate alternative for small scale online portals with a few hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this type of web hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which minimizes the total cost per user noticeably. There are various web hosting packages differing from one hosting supplier to another, furnishing different amounts of web storage space and monthly bandwidth, different mail quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can order a package that will include the resources your web portal indeed needs. You will not have to pay a lot of money for an account you will not avail of, or end up with a small scale plan that cannot shelter the online portal. We, at SOS Web Development, offer an enormous collection of shared web hosting packages suitable for private or small business portals that even provide pre-installed script-powered platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you kick off with a cheaper plan and you require more resources, upgrading to a high-end plan involves just a click of the mouse.

Shared website hosting - Disadvantages

A weak side of the shared web hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to install new software. Specific web portals, particularly web storefronts, need applications to be present on the web server for them to perform, and with a shared web hosting package, you can activate only software that does not require root-level access.

Virtual Private Hosting Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For websites that request full server root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even millions of visits per day, what you need is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated server web hosting. A VPS web hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated web hosting server and it runs in precisely the same way.

Virtual Private Web Servers

Both solutions traditionally offer complete root-level access and can be restarted via a software platform by the customer, independently from the hosting provider. Like the shared hosting plans, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated hosting server accounts sport diverse characteristics depending on what the web hosting company has to offer. A virtual web server account offers guaranteed server storage, RAM and CPU quotas that can occasionally be extended for short spells of time in case there are spare resources on the physical server. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware configuration it is making use of, and it can be revved up by changing or adding components. A VPS web server is easier to administer as it comprises a virtualization platform, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be utilized by competent customers.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

However, given hosting firms provide managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they complete web server management operations on behalf of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional feature.

Prior To Opting...

Settling on the top hosting package is important as it can influence the stable performance of a web portal. Before choosing a package, compare the pros and cons, explore carefully all the preconditions for the online portal to operate properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best shared web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.