Quality Shared Hosting

There are different kinds of shared hosting services appropriate for different sites in relation to the resources or the shared hosting environment they require. To pick the most suitable shared hosting service for your site, you have to judge what server-side software it demands, how many daily hits you expect at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be satisfied.

Shared website hosting - Positive Aspects

The most adequate choice for small online portals with a few hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting solution. With this form of site hosting, each user pays only for their account, which reduces the total price per customer critically. There are diverse web hosting plans varying from one provider to another, delivering different quotas of hard disk storage space and web traffic, different e-mail address account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can obtain an account that will have the specs your website in fact requires. You will not have to pay plenty of cash for a plan you will not make use of, or end up with a small sized account that cannot host the site. We, at Socalwebs Domains and Hosting, offer an enormous variety of shared hosting solutions suitable for personal or small business web pages that even offer pre-installed script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you kick off with a low-cost package and you demand more functionalities, moving to a more feature-rich package requires just a click.

Shared Hosting - Negative Signs

A drawback of the shared hosting platform is that the web hosting servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to install new software programs. Certain websites, particularly web shops, need applications to be installed on the web server for them to run, and with a shared web hosting plan, you can install only software platforms that do not require complete root-level access.

Private Virtual Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web sites that request complete root access, or if your web site has many thousands or even millions of daily visits, what you require is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual private web hosting server is a software imitation of a dedicated solution and it behaves in a strictly identical manner.

Private Virtual Web Servers

Both environments traditionally provide root privileges and can be rebooted via a software tool by the client, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Just like the shared website hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting plans sport different characteristics based on what the web hosting provider offers. A private virtual web server package contains guaranteed server storage, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can occasionally be boosted for short stretches of time on condition that there are available resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be revved up by changing or adding components. A VPS is simpler to manipulate as it arrives with a virtualization panel, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, explore stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complicated, so such a plan would rather be used by competent customers.

Dedicated Servers

Nonetheless, certain hosting suppliers offer managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they carry out web hosting server management procedures on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Choosing...

Settling on the top hosting plan is important as it can affect the stable operation of a web portal. Prior to opting for a package, weigh the pros and cons, investigate thoroughly all the requirements for the site to operate properly, especially if it is script-based. And if you are still not sure which is the best shared hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.