Top Shared Hosting

There are different varieties of shared hosting solutions suitable for different web portals in relation to the system resources or the shared hosting platform they demand. To select the most suitable shared hosting service for your website, you must evaluate what server-side software programs it requires, how many visits per day you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific demands that may need to be covered.

Shared web hosting - Pluses

The most optimal option for small web sites with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting package. With this form of website hosting, each client pays only for their account, which reduces the total price per person considerably. There are diverse web hosting plans differing from one hosting firm to another, furnishing different amounts of data space and monthly traffic, different e-mail account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can obtain a plan that will have the resources your web site indeed needs. You will not have to pay plenty of money for a package you will not make use of, or wind up with a small size plan that cannot shelter the web site. We, at VistaWebHost, offer an immense variety of shared hosting solutions suitable for private or small business websites that even provide pre-installed script-driven platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you kick off with a basic account and you require more functionalities, moving to a better package requires only a click.

Shared web hosting - Drawbacks

A shortcoming of the shared web hosting environment is that the hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot activate new software. Certain web pages, above all online shops, request software applications to be activated on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared website hosting package, you can activate only software applications that do not request complete root access.

Virtual Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For websites that demand root access, or if your web site has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily hits, what you demand is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual private hosting server is a software emulation of a dedicated server and it operates in an absolutely identical manner.

Private Virtual Hosting Servers

Both environments commonly provide full server root privileges and can be restarted via a software program by the user, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Much like the shared web hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated server accounts have diverse specifications depending on what the hosting supplier offers. A virtual server package includes guaranteed data storage, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can at times be increased for short intervals of time in case there are available system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limit is the hardware architecture it is availing of, and it can be revved up by changing or appending components. A VPS is easier to cope with as it comprises a virtualization console, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, examine stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more intricate, so such a plan would rather be used by tech-savvy clients.

Dedicated Servers

However, some web hosting companies provide managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they carry out dedicated server administration operations instead of the client. This can be included in the plan or an extra feature.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Settling on the top hosting plan is important as it can have an influence on the stable performance of a website. Prior to picking a plan, weigh the pros and cons, explore completely all the prerequisites for the online portal to work properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best shared 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.