Quality Shared Hosting

There are various types of shared hosting plans appropriate for different web pages in terms of the system resources or the shared hosting platform they demand. To pick the most suitable shared hosting service for your web portal, you have to estimate what server-side software applications it needs, how many visits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be answered.

Shared website hosting - Perks

The most optimal option for small online portals with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this form of webspace hosting, each user pays only for their account, which reduces the overall price per user considerably. There are diverse web hosting plans varying from one hosting supplier to another, offering different quotas of disk storage space and monthly bandwidth, different email box account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can buy an account that will offer the specifications your site actually needs. You will not need to pay plenty of cash for a plan you will not make use of, or end up with a small sized account that cannot accommodate the online portal. We, at VistaWebHost, offer a wide variety of shared hosting solutions suitable for personal or small business web portals that even provide pre-activated script-powered systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you begin with a less powerful plan and you need more system resources, upgrading to a more feature-rich package takes just a click of the mouse.

Shared Website Hosting - Negative Signs

A shortcoming of the shared web hosting environment is that the hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot install new software programs. Certain sites, chiefly online shops, demand applications to be activated on the server for them to run, and with a shared website hosting solution, you can activate solely software applications that do not need complete root-level access.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For websites that need complete server root access, or if your web site has many thousands or even millions of visits per day, what you need is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual private hosting server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated server and it performs in strictly the same manner.

Virtual Private Hosting Servers

Both services generally offer complete server root access and can be rebooted via a software platform by the user, autonomously from the hosting company. Similar to the shared website hosting packages, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting plans involve different specifications depending on what the hosting company offers. A virtual private web server plan has guaranteed server storage space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can at times be boosted for short periods of time in case there are unused system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be configured by altering or adding components. A VPS is simpler to cope with as it offers a virtualization platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, check statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be used by proficient users.

Dedicated Web Servers

Nevertheless, certain web hosting companies provide managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they carry out hosting server management tasks on behalf of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an additional option.

Prior To Opting...

Settling on the top hosting package is essential as it can have an influence on the proper operation of a website. Before picking a plan, compare the pros and cons, examine carefully all the preconditions for the web site to perform properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still unsure which is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.