Which web site hosting plan will be best for me?

There are various sorts of web hosting services appropriate for different web sites in regard to the system resources or the hosting platform they need. To choose the most relevant hosting service for your web page, you need to evaluate what server-side software programs it requires, how many hits per day you anticipate at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be satisfied.

Shared Web Space Hosting - Perks

The best option for small size web pages with a few hundred or site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which reduces the overall cost per individual radically. There are diverse web hosting solutions differing from one web host to another, offering different quotas of disk space and web traffic, different e-mailbox account quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can pay for a package that will offer the specifications your web portal really requires. You will not have to pay lots of money for a plan you will not avail of, or wind up with a small scale package that cannot accommodate the web portal. At True Cloud Hosting, there is a vast choice of shared hosting accounts suitable for private or small business pages that even provide pre-activated script-driven systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you start with a low-cost account and you demand more system resources, upgrading to a more powerful plan requires only a click.

Shared Web Site Hosting - Negative Aspects

A disadvantage of the shared web page hosting platform is that the hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot install additional software applications. Given web portals, mainly online shops, require applications to be installed on the hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared hosting environment, you can activate only software applications that do not request root access.

Virtual Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web portals that demand full root-level access, or if your website has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of visits per day, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A virtual private hosting server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated hosting server and it acts in exactly the same manner.

Virtual Servers

Both environments typically offer complete root access and can be rebooted via a software platform by the user, autonomously from the web hosting supplier. Just like the shared site hosting plans, the private virtual server hosting and the dedicated server packages have diverse features based on what the web hosting company offers. A private virtual server web hosting plan includes guaranteed hard disk space, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can at times be enlarged for short spans of time provided that there are spare system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware architecture it is making use of, and it can be upgraded by altering or adding components. A Virtual Private Server is easier to manage as it comprises a virtualization tool, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, monitor statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be resorted to by experienced customers.

Dedicated Servers

However, some providers offer managed dedicated server web hosting services where they complete hosting server management procedures on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the package or an additional upgrade.

Before You Select...

Selecting the top hosting plan is important as it can have an influence on the proper functioning of a online portal. Before opting for an account, compare the pros and cons, survey completely all the preconditions for the web page to run properly, particularly if it is script-driven, and, last but not least, if you have already settled on a hosting company, the best thing to do would be to ask their client support staff for an opinion as to which particular package would be best for the proper operation of your website.