Quality Shared Hosting

There are different varieties of shared hosting packages appropriate for different web sites in terms of the system resources or the shared hosting platform they require. To choose the most relevant shared hosting service for your site, you must access what server-side software programs it needs, how many hits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be answered.

Shared web hosting - Benefits

The most suitable choice for small web sites with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting package. With this type of web site hosting, each user pays only for their account, which decreases the total cost per client drastically. There are various web hosting plans differing from one web hosting supplier to another, offering different amounts of web storage space and bandwidth, different mailbox account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can pay for a package that will include the specifications your online portal actually needs. You will not need to pay plenty of cash for an account you will not make use of, or wind up with a small plan that cannot shelter the web portal. We, at ComputerWorks Hosting, offer an extensive collection of shared hosting solutions suitable for private or small business sites that even offer pre-installed script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you kick off with a cheaper plan and you demand more functionalities, upgrading to a more advanced package takes just a click.

Shared web hosting - Weaknesses

A negative aspect of the shared website hosting platform is that the hosting servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to activate new software programs. Some web sites, above all online storefronts, request software applications to be present on the web hosting server for them to function, and with a shared website hosting environment, you can activate only software applications that do not need complete server root access.

Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For online portals that need full root access, or if your web page has many thousands or even millions of daily viewers, what you require is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual private web server is a software emulation of a dedicated hosting server and it works in a strictly identical way.

VPS Web Hosting Servers

Both solutions normally include full server root privileges and can be rebooted via a software tool by the user, autonomously from the hosting provider. Analogous to the shared website hosting plans, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting server plans include diverse functionalities depending on what the web hosting supplier offers. A virtual server hosting plan has guaranteed server storage, RAM and CPU quotas that can at times be increased for short stretches of time provided that there are free resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be configured by changing or adding components. A VPS web hosting server is easier to tackle as it comprises a virtualization console, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, monitor statistics, and so on. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be resorted to by trained clients.

Dedicated Web Servers

Yet, given web hosts provide managed dedicated web hosting services where they carry out dedicated web server management procedures instead of the client. This can be included in the plan or an extra service.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Settling on the top hosting package is vital as it can have an effect on the proper functioning of a web page. Before opting for a package, compare the pros and cons, check thoroughly all the requirements for the web site to function properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still in doubt 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 happy to help you and answer all your questions.