Types Of Web Hosting Server


by Zaineb Bearingwala - Date: 2007-11-07 - Word Count: 423 Share This!

The article outlines the basic points for Selecting Web Hosting Server according to the needs of the website.

Web hosting plays a vital role in presenting website online. Thus, it necessitates special understanding for available web hosting server for related website.

Web Hosting empowers sharing information, selling products and services, and interacting with people through a web site, so, a reliable Web Hosting Service that gives fast loading, 24/7 tech support, client owned domain name, minimum 20MB - 50MB server space, back-up system, Unlimited free access via FTP/Telnet, email accounts, Easy access to log files should be chosen.

Web hosting platform should be selected according to required operating system (unix or windows) depending on the website functionality. Unix/Linux based hosts provide PHP, Perl/CGI, FrontPage, and very limited ASP functionality. If running an Application that requires ASP, .NET, MS SQL, SBS or Access, the need will be for a Windows based web host; usually a little more expensive.

Types of web hosting server that can be selected:

Shared Web Hosting -
One server (CPU time, memory, OS, applications, bandwidth, etc) is shared with a number of clients of the hosting company. Usually, this is the cheapest web hosting solution, good for small to medium size sites.

Dedicated Web Hosting -
Hosting solution especially attractive for large high-traffic websites, custom development projects creating complex web based applications, and web sites that require a high degree of uptime and total control of the hosting environment.

Managed Hosting -
It takes the dedicated web hosting features and adds extra services from technical point of view. More expensive than dedicated hosting, as it can be difficult to operate technically and requires certain knowledge about server maintenance and system administration.

The Virtual Private Server (VPS) -
Very attractive hosting solution for web hosting clients who would like features of dedicated server on a smaller scale in cheaper rates. The resources are setup in such a way that each person in spite of sharing CPU, memory, and bandwidth, are allocated their own file system. It is safer than sharing, if a website on the server is hacked; the hackers will only have access to that particular file system and would not harm the other Websites. It is cheaper than dedicated hosting, more expensive than shared.

Co-located Hosting -
Allows complete control of the server and its resources. Allows its clients to use customized hardware and software for hosting Usually the most expensive hosting solution.

The article is written by ConEdify Technologies a Website Designing & Software Development Company India providing reliable Web Hosting Service in india and offshore - www.conedify.com

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