Top Shared Web Hosting

There are various types of shared web hosting accounts appropriate for different websites in relation to the system resources or the shared web hosting platform they require. To select the most suitable shared web hosting service for your web portal, you have to judge what server-side software it requires, how many hits per day you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific requirements that may have to be met.

Shared Website Hosting - Good Points

The most optimal choice for small sized online portals with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this type of web hosting, each user pays only for their account, which lowers the overall cost per individual considerably. There are different web hosting packages differing from one hosting company to another, supplying different amounts of server space and web traffic, different mail quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can pay for an account that will include the features your web site actually needs. You will not have to pay plenty of cash for a package you will not avail of, or wind up with a small size package that cannot accommodate the web portal. We, at HostGaroo, offer an extensive variety of shared web hosting plans appropriate for personal or small business pages that even provide pre-activated script-driven systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you begin with a less powerful package and you need more functionalities, upgrading to a better account involves only a click of the mouse.

Shared website hosting - Negative Signs

A negative side of the shared web hosting environment is that the web servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to activate new software applications. Certain online portals, particularly web storefronts, request applications to be present on the web server for them to perform, and with a shared website hosting account, you can install only software that does not request full server root access.

VPSs and Dedicated Servers

For web portals that need root access, or if your online portal has many 1000's or even millions of daily visits, what you require is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated server web hosting. A virtual server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated machine and it functions in precisely the same way.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both environments commonly give root privileges and can be restarted through a software platform by the customer, autonomously from the web hosting supplier. Like the shared web hosting plans, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated server hosting plans have diverse functionalities depending on what the hosting provider offers. A private virtual web server hosting package contains guaranteed server storage, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can at times be extended for brief stretches of time provided that there are available resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limiting factor is the hardware configuration it is using, and it can be upgraded by changing or adding components. A private virtual hosting server is simpler to manage as it ships with a virtualization panel, which can be utilized to restart it, to install applications, examine statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated server is more complex, so such an account would rather be resorted to by competent customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

However, certain hosting providers provide managed dedicated hosting services where they complete dedicated server management assignments instead of the customer. This can be a part of package or an additional feature.

Prior To Deciding...

Selecting the top hosting plan is crucial as it can influence the proper operation of a online portal. Prior to choosing a package, weigh the pros and cons, investigate completely all the preconditions for the web portal to perform properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which one is the best shared web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.