Top Shared Web Hosting

There are different varieties of shared web hosting packages suitable for different web sites in terms of the resources or the shared web hosting environment they require. To select the most proper shared web hosting service for your website, you must estimate what server-side software it demands, how many daily visits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may need to be satisfied.

Shared Web Hosting - Positive Aspects

The most optimal choice for small scale web pages with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this type of web site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which decreases the total price per customer noticeably. There are different web hosting plans varying from one hosting supplier to another, offering different quotas of data space and monthly bandwidth, different email address account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can get a plan that will include the features your web site in fact needs. You will not have to pay plenty of money for a package you will not avail of, or wind up with a small account that cannot host the online portal. We, at Simmetry Communications, offer a large array of shared web hosting solutions suitable for personal or small business portals that even include pre-installed script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you start with a low-price plan and you need more resources, moving to a better account requires only a mouse click.

Shared web hosting - Negative Signs

A shortcoming of the shared web hosting environment is that the web servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to install additional software applications. Certain websites, mainly online storefronts, need software applications to be activated on the hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared hosting platform, you can install solely software that does not require full server root access.

Virtual Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

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

Virtual Private Servers

Both solutions traditionally offer root privileges and can be rebooted through a software interface by the user, independently from the hosting supplier. Just like the shared website hosting accounts, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated server web hosting accounts comprise different functionalities depending on what the hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual private web server hosting account has guaranteed data storage space, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be boosted for brief stretches of time if there are available resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be revamped by altering or adding components. A private virtual web server is simpler to handle as it comes with a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, examine stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more complex, so such a plan would rather be resorted to by proficient clients.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, given web hosting companies offer managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they run web server administration tasks on behalf of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional service.

Prior To Deciding...

Choosing the top hosting package is important as it can have an effect on the stable performance of a online portal. Prior to selecting a plan, weigh the pros and cons, review completely all the preconditions for the online portal to run properly, especially if it is script-based. And if you are still not sure which one is the best shared web hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.