Best Shared Hosting

There are different types of shared hosting accounts suitable for different sites in relation to the resources or the shared hosting environment they demand. To choose the most proper shared hosting service for your web portal, you must access what server-side software applications it demands, how many visits per day you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be answered.

Shared Web Hosting - Strong Sides

The most relevant option for small size web pages with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting account. With this type of web site hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which decreases the overall cost per client radically. There are various web hosting packages varying from one host to another, providing different amounts of data storage and bandwidth, different e-mailbox account quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can purchase a plan that will include the features your online portal really demands. You will not need to pay a lot of cash for a plan you will not utilize, or end up with a small size package that cannot accommodate the web portal. We, at HOSTid.biz, offer a great array of shared hosting plans suitable for private or small business web pages that even provide pre-activated script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you commence with a less powerful account and you need more system resources, upgrading to a high-end account involves just a click.

Shared Web Hosting - Negative Aspects

A downside of the shared hosting environment is that the servers have some software programs installed on them and you are unable to install additional software platforms. Given online portals, chiefly online stores, demand software applications to be present on the web server for them to function, and with a shared web hosting plan, you can install only software programs that do not demand root access.

VPS Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For web portals that request root-level access, or if your web portal has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of visits per day, what you require is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A VPS web hosting server is a software emulation of a dedicated web hosting server and it behaves in exactly the same way.

Private Virtual Servers

Both platforms traditionally come with root access and can be rebooted through a software program by the customer, independently from the hosting provider. Analogous to the shared hosting packages, the virtual private servers and the dedicated hosting plans have diverse features depending on what the hosting company offers. A virtual web server package includes guaranteed storage space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can occasionally be extended for brief spans of time if there are free system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware configuration it is availing of, and it can be revamped by altering or appending components. A VPS server is simpler to handle as it comprises a virtualization tool, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, monitor statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more complicated, so such an account would rather be utilized by competent clients.

Dedicated Servers

Yet, certain hosting companies offer managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they carry out dedicated web hosting server administration assignments on behalf of the client. This can be included in the package or an extra option.

Prior To Deciding...

Opting for the top hosting plan is important as it can affect the stable performance of a web page. Before settling on a package, compare the pros and cons, investigate carefully all the preconditions for the site to operate properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still not sure which is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.