Top Website Hosting

There are different types of website hosting solutions suitable for different web sites when it comes to the system resources or the website hosting environment they demand. To choose the most appropriate website hosting service for your web portal, you have to estimate what server-side software it requires, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific requirements that may need to be fulfilled.

Shared Web Hosting - Positive Signs

The best choice for small scale web pages with several hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this form of hosting, each user pays only for their account, which decreases the overall price per individual significantly. There are different web hosting packages differing from one web hosting supplier to another, delivering different amounts of storage space and bandwidth, different e-mail box account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can buy a plan that will have the features your web portal actually needs. You will not have to pay lots of money for a package you will not make use of, or wind up with a small scale account that cannot accommodate the web site. We, at IWS, offer an extensive assortment of website hosting plans appropriate for personal or small business sites that even come with pre-installed script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you kick off with a basic package and you need more features, moving to a better account takes just a mouse click.

Shared web hosting - Downsides

A disadvantage of the shared hosting solution is that the web servers have some software programs installed on them and you are unable to install new software programs. Certain websites, chiefly online stores, require software applications to be activated on the hosting server for them to function, and with a shared web hosting environment, you can install only software programs that do not request full root access.

VPS Hosting Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For online portals that demand full root access, or if your site has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily visitors, what you need is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated web hosting. A private virtual hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated hosting server and it acts in precisely the same way.

VPS Hosting Servers

Both solutions traditionally give complete root-level access and can be rebooted through a software tool by the customer, autonomously from the hosting provider. Just like the shared website hosting plans, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web hosting plans come with diverse functionalities depending on what the hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual hosting server plan has guaranteed disk storage space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can at times be enhanced for brief spells of time provided that there are available system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware configuration it is making use of, and it can be configured by changing or appending components. A virtual web hosting server is simpler to cope with as it offers a virtualization console, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more intricate, so such an account would rather be resorted to by trained customers.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

However, some web hosting companies provide managed dedicated server web hosting services where they complete dedicated server administration procedures on behalf of the client. This can be included in the plan or an additional service.

Before You Opt...

Settling on the top hosting plan is important as it can have an influence on the stable operation of a online portal. Before settling on a plan, weigh the pros and cons, study thoroughly all the preconditions for the web portal to work properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best website hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.