Best Hosting

There are various kinds of hosting plans appropriate for different websites in relation to the resources or the hosting environment they require. To select the most optimal hosting service for your web portal, you need to access what server-side software applications it needs, how many daily visits you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special requirements that may need to be satisfied.

Shared website hosting - Positive Aspects

The best option for small size websites with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this form of web space hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which minimizes the total price per person radically. There are various web hosting solutions varying from one web hosting corporation to another, providing different amounts of disk storage space and monthly bandwidth, different email address account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can buy a package that will include the resources your site in fact needs. You will not have to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not use, or wind up with a small size plan that cannot accommodate the site. We, at IPguide, offer an immense selection of hosting solutions suitable for private or small business pages that even come with pre-installed script-based systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you commence with a less powerful account and you need more functionalities, moving to a high-end plan demands only a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Shortcomings

A disadvantage of the shared website hosting platform is that the web servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot activate new software programs. Some web pages, above all online storefronts, require applications to be available on the hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting account, you can install only software that does not request complete server root access.

Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For online portals that demand complete server root access, or if your website has many 1000's or even millions of viewers per day, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated package. A VPS hosting server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated web server and it operates in exactly the same manner.

Virtual Private Hosting Servers

Both platforms commonly give complete server root access and can be rebooted via a software program by the customer, autonomously from the hosting provider. Just like the shared hosting packages, the VPS and the dedicated hosting accounts sport different functionalities depending on what the web hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual server plan offers guaranteed server storage, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can sometimes be enhanced for short periods of time if there are available system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is making use of, and it can be upgraded by altering or appending components. A virtual private hosting server is simpler to tackle as it includes a virtualization platform, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, examine statistics, and so on. The management of a dedicated server is more complex, so such a plan would rather be utilized by competent customers.

Dedicated Servers

Nonetheless, given hosting firms provide managed dedicated web server hosting services where they run dedicated web hosting server administration assignments instead of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional upgrade.

Before You Choose...

Opting for the top hosting plan is crucial as it can have an influence on the proper functioning of a website. Prior to choosing a plan, compare the pros and cons, check carefully all the prerequisites for the web portal to function properly, especially if it is script-based. And if you are still not sure which is the best hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.