Which webspace hosting solution will serve me best?

There are different varieties of web hosting packages appropriate for different web portals in regard to the system resources or the website hosting environment they demand. To pick the most adequate hosting service for your site, you have to estimate what server-side software it requires, how many visits per day you expect at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific demands that may have to be met.

Shared Web Site Hosting - Upsides

The most appropriate alternative for small scale sites with several hundred or web space hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which lowers the overall price per individual substantially. There are various web hosting packages differing from one hosting corporation to another, providing different quotas of disk space and traffic, different email account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can pay for a plan that will have the features your web page indeed needs. You will not need to pay lots of money for an account you will not avail of, or end up with a small scale package that cannot host the website. At SKYOPTIONGROUP Hosting, there is a wide variety of shared hosting plans suitable for private or small business portals that even include pre-activated script-driven platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you begin with a less powerful package and you require more system resources, moving to a more advanced account involves only a click.

Shared Web Hosting - Negative Sides

A drawback of the shared web hosting platform is that the web hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to install new software platforms. Some sites, particularly online shops, require applications to be activated on the server for them to function, and with a shared hosting package, you can activate only software that does not demand root-level access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For websites that need complete server root access, or if your web page 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 private virtual web hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it operates in absolutely the same way.

Virtual Private Servers

Both environments usually include complete root access and can be restarted through a software platform by the client, independently from the hosting provider. Much like the shared web space hosting accounts, the private virtual server hosting and the dedicated hosting server plans comprise diverse features depending on what the hosting supplier offers. A VPS web server account offers guaranteed server storage space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can sometimes be enhanced for brief spans of time provided that there are available system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated server, the only limitation is the hardware equipment it is using, and it can be revamped by changing or adding components. A VPS hosting server is simpler to handle as it includes a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to restart it, to install software applications, check statistics, and so on. The management of a dedicated server is more complicated, so such a solution would rather be used by tech-savvy customers.

Dedicated Servers

Still, some web hosting corporations offer managed dedicated hosting services where they run web server management tasks instead of the customer. This can be a part of package or an additional feature.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Picking the top hosting package is essential as it can affect the stable operation of a web page. Prior to picking an account, weigh the pros and cons, investigate thoroughly all the preconditions for the site to perform properly, particularly if it is script-based, and, last but not least, if you have already picked a company, the best choice would be to ask their customer support team for a suggestion as to which package exactly would be best for the stable operation of your web site.