Quality Hosting

There are different types of hosting packages appropriate for different sites in terms of the resources or the hosting environment they need. To pick the most suitable hosting service for your web page, you must judge what server-side software programs it requires, how many daily visits you anticipate at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific requirements that may need to be met.

Shared web hosting - Perks

The most relevant alternative for small scale web sites with a few hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this type of website hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which reduces the total price per individual noticeably. There are different web hosting accounts varying from one hosting corporation to another, providing different quotas of disk storage space and bandwidth, different e-mail box account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can get a plan that will provide the resources your online portal indeed needs. You will not need to pay plenty of money for a plan you will not make use of, or wind up with a small size package that cannot host the web portal. We, at Ferret Hosting, offer an enormous selection of hosting plans suitable for personal or small business web portals that even offer pre-installed script-based platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you commence with a low-end account and you require more resources, moving to a more powerful package demands only a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Disadvantages

A drawback of the shared website hosting environment is that the hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot install new software applications. Given online portals, mainly web shops, request applications to be present on the hosting server for them to run, and with a shared web hosting solution, you can install only software applications that do not request complete root-level access.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For portals that need full root access, or if your website has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily visits, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated web server and it behaves in absolutely the same way.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers

Both environments usually offer server root access and can be restarted via a software platform by the customer, autonomously from the web hosting company. Just like the shared web hosting packages, the VPS and the dedicated hosting server plans comprise different specs based on what the hosting supplier has to offer. A VPS hosting server plan has guaranteed disk storage, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be enlarged for brief intervals of time on condition that there are unused system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A virtual private web hosting server is easier to administer as it arrives with virtualization software, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, check statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such an account would rather be utilized by knowledgeable customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, certain hosting suppliers provide managed dedicated server web hosting services where they run web hosting server management procedures on behalf of the client. This can be included in the package or an extra upgrade.

Prior To Opting...

Opting for the top hosting package is crucial as it can have an influence on the proper functioning of a online portal. Before opting for a plan, weigh the pros and cons, survey carefully all the prerequisites for the site to perform properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which is the best hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.