Best Shared Hosting

There are different kinds of shared hosting services appropriate for different web sites in terms of the resources or the shared hosting environment they need. To choose the most adequate shared hosting service for your web site, you need to reckon what server-side software applications it requires, how many hits per day you anticipate at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special demands that may need to be covered.

Shared website hosting - Perquisites

The most relevant option for small size web sites with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting package. With this form of site hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which lowers the overall cost per customer markedly. There are different web hosting solutions differing from one company to another, offering different amounts of storage space and web traffic, different e-mail account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can get a plan that will provide the specs your web site in fact needs. You will not have to pay plenty of money for a plan you will not make use of, or end up with a small scale package that cannot shelter the web page. We, at 24onlinehost, offer a wide choice of shared hosting packages suitable for personal or small business pages that even offer pre-installed script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you kick off with a less powerful package and you need more resources, upgrading to a more powerful account demands just a mouse click.

Shared Web Hosting - Negative Sides

A negative side of the shared web hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot install new software programs. Some web sites, particularly web storefronts, require applications to be present on the web hosting server for them to run, and with a shared website hosting platform, you can activate only software programs that do not demand server root access.

VPS Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web sites that require root-level access, or if your web portal has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily visitors, what you demand is a VPS hosting or a dedicated server. A private virtual hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated web server and it runs in absolutely the same way.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers

Both services typically offer server root access and can be restarted through a software platform by the customer, autonomously from the web hosting company. Much like the shared web hosting accounts, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server packages contain diverse functionalities based on what the web hosting supplier offers. A virtual hosting server account includes guaranteed disk storage, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can at times be enhanced for brief periods of time in case there are free system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be configured by changing or appending components. A private virtual hosting server is easier to cope with as it includes a virtualization platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore stats, and so on. The administration of a dedicated web server is more complicated, so such a plan would rather be used by competent clients.

Dedicated Servers

However, some hosting corporations provide managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they perform server management tasks instead of the client. This can be a part of package or an additional service.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Settling on the top hosting plan is crucial as it can have an influence on the stable operation of a website. Prior to opting for an account, compare the pros and cons, review completely all the prerequisites for the site to run properly, especially if it is script-based. And if you are still not sure which one is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.