A description of hosting
The most elemental and commonly used variety of web hosting is the shared web hosting solution. It represents a way to host your web portal without having to know much about programming and administrating a server. In addition to this, it's also the most economical type of webspace hosting and it's indeed affordable for everybody. However, what is shared web site hosting?
What is shared webspace hosting?
As the name suggests, the shared web page hosting service is a sort of service where numerous users share the system resources of the same web server. This implies that all web server components like CPU, hard disk drives, RAM, NICs etc. are apportioned among the users whose accounts are on that same web hosting server. This is mainly rendered viable by opening different accounts for the separate users and assigning given limitations and usage quotas for each of them. Those restrictions are applied so as to hinder the customers from intervening with each other's accounts and, of course, to hinder the web hosting server from overburdening. Usually, shared webspace hosting users do not have full root access to the web server's config files, which essentially suggests that they cannot access anything else on the web server apart from their own shared hosting account. The site hosting features that each account may use are fixed by the web hosting supplier that possesses the web hosting server and by the given web site hosting package. That entails the second vital question:
How are the shared web hosting servers divided among the customers?
Hosting firms that provide shared web hosting accounts usually have different website hosting packages. Those plans offer diverse quotas of web hosting features and specifications, which actually set the limitations that a web site hosting account will include. The client may choose between the individual web hosting plans and sign up for the one that he believes will fit him best. The hosting plan will then define what restrictions the customer's account will include, once created. The prices and the specifications of the webspace hosting plans are defined by the actual web hosting supplier. Based on the politics of the distributor, the shared webspace hosting service falls into 2 groups - the free hosting solution and the popular shared solution, most recently very popular among "cPanel hosting" distributors as a cloud web hosting one. It's impossible to allege, which one is more preferable, since they are very different from each other and they indeed depend on the marketing tactics of the particular firm and, of course, the requirements of the specific customer.
What is the distinction between the free and the typical shared web space hosting solution?
Of course, the main difference between the free of cost and the paid service is in the quantity of features that they involve. Free web hosting corporations are not able to maintain a large number of web hosting servers, therefore, they simply accommodate more clients on a single hosting server by lowering the quantity of resources offered by the accounts. This will be efficient only on condition that the web servers are supervised and administered properly, because the immense amount of accounts may cause the server to crash regularly. The majority of the free web space hosting vendors, however, neglect the quality of the service and hence, it's very tough to stumble upon a free of charge web space hosting service that's actually worth the effort. The top free hosting suppliers usually offer free client support even to the free web space hosting users, because they want their websites to get bigger so that they eventually upgrade to a paid web hosting package, which offers more web hosting features. Such supplier, for example, is FreeHostia.com, which is among the largest and oldest free site hosting suppliers worldwide.
At the same time, traditional shared web hosting providers like Reliable Domain Name Registry, for instance, are able to maintain numerous web hosting servers and therefore, they are able to offer much more powerful hosting plans. Of course, that influences the pricing of the hosting plans. Paying a higher fee for a site hosting service, though, does not automatically denote that this package has a finer quality. The most advantageous solutions are the balanced ones, which offer a fee that matches the actual service which you're receiving. The top web site hosting suppliers that have been around for quite a while are listing their price tags and plan features in an objective way, so that the client may familiar with what indeed he is receiving. Additionally, some of them give a free bonus with the web space hosting plan, such as the 1-click applications installer, accompanied by 100's of charge-free web skins that are furnished by 'Reliable Domain Name Registry'. Such hosting corporations do look after their reputation and that is the reason why if you pick them, you can be calm that you won't get swindled into paying for a service that you cannot in fact utilize.
What should I anticipate from a shared web page hosting solution?
The shared web site hosting service is best for individuals who wish to host a standard site, which is going to consume a small or medium amount of traffic every month. You cannot anticipate, though, that a shared web site hosting account will be sufficient for your needs, because as your business grows, your web page will become more and more demanding. Therefore, you will have to eventually move to a more powerful website hosting solution such as a semi-dedicated server, a VPS (also known as a virtual server, or VPS), or why not a dedicated server. So, when picking a web space hosting distributor, you should also consider how they can be of service to you, otherwise you might end up migrating your domain name manually to a different distributor, which can create website problems and even continuous downtime for your web portal. So, selecting a web site hosting company like 'Reliable Domain Name Registry', which can present you with the required domain name and hosting services as you grow bigger, is vital and will save you lots of problems in the long run.