Top Shared Web Hosting

There are different kinds of shared web hosting accounts appropriate for different websites with regard to the system resources or the shared web hosting environment they demand. To pick the most appropriate shared web hosting service for your online portal, you must evaluate what server-side software programs it requires, how many visits per day you expect at the start and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may need to be answered.

Shared website hosting - Perquisites

The most proper alternative for small size websites with a few hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this type of site hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which diminishes the total price per user considerably. There are various web hosting solutions differing from one web hosting provider to another, supplying different quotas of server space and monthly traffic, different mail quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can pay for a package that will offer the specs your web page in fact demands. You will not need to pay lots of money for a plan you will not utilize, or end up with a small sized plan that cannot host the online portal. We, at HostPlenty.com, offer a big array of shared web hosting packages appropriate for personal or small business sites that even offer pre-activated script-driven platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you commence with a low-end account and you demand more resources, moving to a more advanced plan involves just a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Weaknesses

A negative side of the shared hosting solution is that the hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot activate additional software programs. Specific online portals, above all web storefronts, require software applications to be installed on the server for them to work, and with a shared web hosting platform, you can activate solely software platforms that do not demand complete root-level access.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web portals that need server root access, or if your website has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of hits per day, what you demand is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated server web hosting. A private virtual hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated solution and it works in an absolutely identical way.

Virtual Web Servers

Both services generally give full root-level access and can be restarted via a software program by the client, autonomously from the web hosting provider. Similar to the shared website hosting accounts, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web server hosting plans include different features depending on what the web hosting provider has to offer. A virtual private web server hosting package includes guaranteed hard disk space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can at times be expanded for brief spells of time if there are spare system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware configuration it is making use of, and it can be revved up by changing or appending components. A virtual web server is easier to tackle as it involves a virtualization panel, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more elaborate, so such a package would rather be resorted to by practiced users.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Still, certain hosting corporations offer managed dedicated hosting solutions where they run server administration assignments on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the package or an extra service.

Prior To Selecting...

Picking the top hosting package is important as it can have an effect on the proper work of a web portal. Before picking an account, weigh the pros and cons, appraise carefully all the preconditions for the web portal to perform properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still unsure which one is the best shared web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.