Top Shared Hosting

There are different varieties of shared hosting accounts appropriate for different web sites when it comes to the resources or the shared hosting platform they need. To select the most appropriate shared hosting service for your web site, you need to reckon what server-side software programs it demands, how many daily hits you anticipate at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific requirements that may have to be met.

Shared web hosting - Good Points

The most proper choice for small sized online portals with a few hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this form of web hosting, each client pays only for their account, which diminishes the total cost per person substantially. There are different web hosting solutions varying from one hosting vendor to another, offering different quotas of web storage space and monthly bandwidth, different mail quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can order a package that will include the specifications your web page in fact requires. You will not need to pay plenty of money for an account you will not make use of, or end up with a small plan that cannot shelter the web portal. We, at HostTower, offer a wide array of shared hosting plans suitable for private or small business web pages that even provide pre-installed script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you commence with a basic plan and you require more system resources, moving to a better package involves only a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Weak Points

A weak side of the shared web hosting platform is that the hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you are unable to install additional software. Specific web pages, mainly online storefronts, need applications to be available on the hosting server for them to function, and with a shared web hosting account, you can install only software applications that do not need full root-level access.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For websites that demand complete root-level access, or if your website has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily visitors, what you need is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual web hosting server is a software imitation of a dedicated web server and it behaves in exactly the same way.

Virtual Private Servers

Both solutions generally come with root access and can be restarted through a software tool by the user, autonomously from the web hosting provider. Akin to the shared web hosting plans, the virtual private servers and the dedicated hosting server accounts come with different specs based on what the web hosting vendor has to offer. A VPS web server hosting account contains guaranteed data space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be expanded for short spans of time in case there are unused system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is using, and it can be configured by altering or adding components. A private virtual web server is simpler to tackle as it ships with a virtualization panel, which can be utilized to restart it, to install applications, examine stats, and so on. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more intricate, so such a solution would rather be utilized by practiced customers.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, given web hosting firms offer managed dedicated server hosting solutions where they perform dedicated server administration tasks instead of the client. This can be included in the plan or an extra feature.

Prior To Opting...

Selecting the top hosting plan is crucial as it can have an effect on the stable functioning of a web site. Before selecting an account, compare the pros and cons, appraise carefully all the prerequisites for the web page to work properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still unsure which one is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.