Which site hosting account will be best for me?

There are different sorts of web hosting plans suitable for different sites with regard to the system resources or the website hosting environment they demand. To select the best hosting service for your web page, you have to judge what server-side software programs it demands, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may need to be covered.

Shared Webspace Hosting - Advantages

The most relevant choice for small scale sites with several hundred or site hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which lowers the total price per user critically. There are various web hosting plans varying from one hosting corporation to another, offering different quotas of server storage space and monthly traffic, different email box account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can pay for a plan that will include the resources your web site in fact needs. You will not have to pay plenty of money for a plan you will not utilize, or end up with a small scale package that cannot accommodate the website. At 50Webs Web Hosting, there is a great assortment of shared hosting solutions suitable for personal or small business websites that even come with pre-activated script-driven platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you begin with a basic account and you demand more resources, moving to a more feature-rich plan involves just a click of the mouse.

Shared Site Hosting - Shortcomings

A weak side of the shared web site hosting platform is that the servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot install additional software. Certain sites, particularly online shops, need software applications to be installed on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared hosting account, you can install only software programs that do not require full root-level access.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For online portals that require complete root access, or if your online portal has many thousands or even millions of hits per day, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS is a virtual simulation of a dedicated machine and it works in strictly the same way.

VPSs

Both solutions traditionally include full server root access and can be restarted via a software platform by the customer, autonomously from the hosting provider. Akin to the shared hosting plans, the virtual server hosting and the dedicated server plans have different specifications based on what the web hosting vendor offers. A private virtual server hosting plan offers guaranteed hard disk storage, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be enhanced for brief intervals of time provided that there are spare resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limitation is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be revamped by changing or adding components. A virtual private web server is easier to handle as it comes with virtualization software, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, monitor stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be used by knowledgeable users.

Dedicated Web Servers

Nevertheless, some companies offer managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they perform web hosting server administration procedures instead of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Opting...

Opting for the top hosting plan is important as it can have an effect on the stable operation of a website. Before settling on a package, weigh the pros and cons, appraise thoroughly all the requirements for the online portal to operate properly, especially if it is script-based, and, last but not least, if you have already picked a provider, the best you could do would be to ask their customer support team for an opinion as to which plan exactly would be best for the stable performance of your site.