Quality Shared Hosting

There are different varieties of shared hosting solutions appropriate for different websites when it comes to the system resources or the shared hosting platform they require. To choose the most optimal shared hosting service for your web portal, you have to calculate what server-side software applications it needs, how many daily hits you anticipate at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special demands that may have to be answered.

Shared web hosting - Upsides

The most adequate option for small size web pages with several hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this type of web space hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which diminishes the overall price per customer noticeably. There are various web hosting plans differing from one hosting supplier to another, offering different amounts of disk storage space and traffic, different email quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can purchase an account that will offer the specs your web page actually requires. You will not need to pay a lot for a plan you will not avail of, or end up with a small sized package that cannot host the web page. We, at 3Hostin, offer an enormous selection of shared hosting accounts appropriate for private or small business pages that even provide pre-installed script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you commence with a basic plan and you demand more system resources, upgrading to a more feature-rich package involves only a mouse click.

Shared Website Hosting - Disadvantages

A downside of the shared web hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software installed on them and you cannot activate additional software. Certain web pages, chiefly web storefronts, require software applications to be available on the web server for them to perform, and with a shared web hosting solution, you can activate solely software programs that do not need full root access.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For online portals that require root-level access, or if your online portal has many 1000's or even millions of daily visits, what you require is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A VPS web server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated web server and it operates in precisely the same way.

Virtual Web Servers

Both environments typically provide server root access and can be restarted through a software tool by the client, independently from the web hosting provider. Similar to the shared website hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting server plans involve different characteristics depending on what the web hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual private web server plan offers guaranteed hard disk space, RAM and CPU quotas that can at times be enhanced for short spans of time if there are unused resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is making use of, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A VPS hosting server is easier to handle as it arrives with a virtualization tool, which can be utilized to restart it, to install software applications, check statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more complicated, so such a package would rather be resorted to by tech-savvy users.

Dedicated Web Servers

However, given web hosting providers provide managed dedicated hosting solutions where they execute web server management procedures on behalf of the client. This can be included in the plan or an additional option.

Prior To Deciding...

Opting for the top hosting plan is vital as it can affect the stable work of a online portal. Before opting for a package, compare the pros and cons, investigate carefully all the prerequisites for the online portal to run properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which one is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.