Top Hosting

There are various varieties of hosting services appropriate for different web sites in terms of the system resources or the hosting environment they demand. To pick the most optimal hosting service for your online portal, you must estimate what server-side software it needs, how many daily hits you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may need to be covered.

Shared Web Hosting - Upsides

The most optimal choice for small scale online portals with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting solution. With this form of site hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which lowers the total cost per user noticeably. There are diverse web hosting plans varying from one hosting company to another, offering different quotas of server storage space and traffic, different email quotas and so on. The good point is that you can order a package that will have the specifications your web portal in fact demands. You will not have to pay lots of cash for an account you will not avail of, or wind up with a small plan that cannot shelter the web portal. We, at godadywebhost, offer a huge assortment of hosting packages appropriate for personal or small business websites that even include pre-activated script-driven platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you commence with a low-price plan and you require more system resources, upgrading to a more advanced package requires just a mouse click.

Shared Web Hosting - Disadvantages

A weakness of the shared website hosting platform is that the web servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to activate additional software platforms. Given web sites, especially web stores, need software applications to be installed on the server for them to run, and with a shared website hosting environment, you can activate only software programs that do not need complete root access.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For portals that need complete server root access, or if your portal has many thousands or even millions of visitors per day, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS web hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated machine and it acts in precisely the same manner.

Virtual Servers

Both environments commonly provide complete root access and can be restarted through a software platform by the customer, independently from the web hosting company. Like the shared web hosting packages, the VPS and the dedicated hosting server plans contain different specifications based on what the hosting provider offers. A VPS web hosting server plan includes guaranteed hard disk storage space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be expanded for brief spells of time in case there are unused resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be revved up by changing or adding components. A virtual hosting server is simpler to cope with as it comes with a virtualization platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, explore stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such a plan would rather be resorted to by tech-savvy clients.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Yet, some hosting suppliers offer managed dedicated hosting solutions where they implement web hosting server administration tasks instead of the client. This can be included in the plan or an extra service.

Prior To Opting...

Picking the top hosting package is important as it can influence the proper functioning of a site. Before opting for an account, weigh the pros and cons, inspect completely all the preconditions for the online portal to function properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still not sure which one is the best hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.