An explanation of web site hosting

The most standard and popularly utilized form of web hosting is the shared web hosting solution. It constitutes a way to host your web portal without having to understand much about programming and handling a web hosting server. What's more, it's also the cheapest type of web hosting and it's very affordable for everybody. Nevertheless, what is shared web space hosting?

What is shared hosting?

As the name implies, the shared webspace hosting service is a form of service where a lot of users share the resources of one and the same hosting server. This implies that all hosting server components such as CPU, hard drives, RAM, NICs etc. are divided among the users whose accounts are on that same web server. This is normally made possible by opening separate accounts for the different users and appointing some limitations and quotas for each of them. Those limits are applied so as to prevent the customers from intervening with each other's accounts and, of course, to hinder the web server from overburdening. Usually, shared web site hosting customers do not have complete root access to the web server's config files, which basically implies that they cannot access anything else on the web server aside from their very own shared hosting account. The web page hosting resources that each account may utilize are determined by the hosting provider that possesses the hosting server and by the particular web space hosting package. That predetermines the second vital question:

How are the shared web hosting servers divided among the customers?

Web hosting companies that offer shared webspace hosting plans usually have diverse hosting plans. Those packages contain diverse quotas of site hosting features and specs, which in fact set the limits that a web hosting package will include. The client may choose between the different web hosting plans and sign up for the one that he believes will fit him best. The web site hosting plan will then determine what limitations the user's account will involve, once set up. The costs and the specs of the web space hosting packages are determined by the specific web hosting corporation. Based on the politics of the corporation, the shared web hosting solution can be divided into 2 groups - the free hosting service and the classic shared solution, most recently very famous among "cPanel hosting" firms as a cloud web hosting one. It's not possible to tell, which one is better, since they are very different from each other and they indeed are determined by the business policy of the particular company and, of course, the needs of the specific customer.

What is the distinction between the free and the normal shared site hosting service?

Of course, the primary difference between the free of cost and the paid solution is in the amount of resources that they offer. Free site hosting providers are not able to keep an immense number of servers, hence, they simply host more users on a single hosting server by lowering the quantity of resources provided by the accounts. This will be effective only if the web servers are supervised and dealt with properly, because the big amount of accounts may make the web server crash on a regular basis. Most of the free web hosting distributors, however, overlook the quality of the service and hence, it's very tough to stumble upon a free of cost web site hosting service that's in fact worth the time. The top free hosting distributors typically offer free client support even to the free site hosting clients, because they want their web sites to enlarge so that they eventually upgrade to a paid web hosting account, which includes more webspace hosting features. Such distributor, for example, is FreeHostia.com, which is among the largest and oldest free web space hosting providers in the world.

On the other hand, established shared web hosting companies such as Le Hosting, for instance, are able to maintain multiple web hosting servers and therefore, they may afford to provide much more powerful webspace hosting packages. Of course, that influences the pricing of the website hosting plans. Paying a higher fee for a webspace hosting solution, however, does not automatically mean that this plan has a finer quality. The best solutions are the balanced ones, which involve a fee that corresponds to the real service which you're getting. The top web hosting suppliers that have been around for quite a while are listing their prices and plan configurations in an objective fashion, so that the customer may know what exactly he is receiving. Besides, some of these offer a free bonus with the hosting plan, such as the 1-click applications installer, complemented with hundreds of charge-free web templates that are provided by 'Le Hosting'. Such website hosting vendors do look after their good name and that's why if you choose them, you can be confident that you won't get tricked into paying for an account that you cannot actually avail of.

What should I anticipate from a shared hosting service?

The shared website hosting service is best for persons who are looking to host a basic web page, which is going to swallow a small or medium amount of bandwidth every month. You cannot expect, however, that a shared site hosting account will be sufficient for your needs, since as your business grows bigger, your web portal will become more and more resource consuming. So, you will have to eventually migrate to a more powerful web site hosting service like a semi-dedicated server, a VPS (aka a private virtual server, or VPS), or why not a dedicated server. Therefore, when choosing a hosting provider, you should also consider how they can be of service to you, or else you might end up moving your domain name manually to a separate vendor, which can cause web site problems and even continued downtime for your website. So, picking a hosting supplier like 'Le Hosting', which can supply you with the required domain name and hosting services as you grow bigger, is crucial and will spare you a lot of inconveniences in the future.