Quality Shared Web Hosting

There are various sorts of shared web hosting accounts appropriate for different web pages when it comes to the system resources or the shared web hosting platform they require. To select the most relevant shared web hosting service for your site, you have to reckon what server-side software applications it requires, how many daily hits you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be covered.

Shared web hosting - Strong Points

The most suitable alternative for small scale web sites with several hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this type of website hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which reduces the total cost per person noticeably. There are various web hosting accounts differing from one web host to another, offering different amounts of data storage space and bandwidth, different mail account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can buy a plan that will provide the features your website indeed requires. You will not need to pay lots of money for a plan you will not make use of, or wind up with a small package that cannot host the website. We, at sknhosting, offer a huge array of shared web hosting solutions suitable for private or small business portals that even come with pre-activated script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you kick off with a basic account and you demand more features, upgrading to a more advanced account demands only a click.

Shared website hosting - Negative Aspects

A negative aspect of the shared website hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software installed on them and you cannot activate additional software programs. Specific web sites, especially web stores, demand software applications to be activated on the server for them to run, and with a shared web hosting platform, you can install solely software programs that do not request root-level access.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For web sites that need server root access, or if your web site has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of visitors per day, what you require is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated server web hosting. A VPS server is a software imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it acts in strictly the same way.

Virtual Private Web Servers

Both environments normally provide full root-level access and can be rebooted via a software program by the client, independently from the web hosting supplier. Similar to the shared web hosting accounts, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated hosting plans sport different specifications depending on what the hosting company has to offer. A VPS server hosting account contains guaranteed data storage space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be expanded for brief periods of time on condition that there are free resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware configuration it is availing of, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A VPS web server is easier to manage as it ships with a virtualization console, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more complicated, so such a package would rather be utilized by competent clients.

Dedicated Servers

Nevertheless, given hosts offer managed dedicated web hosting services where they perform hosting server administration procedures instead of the customer. This can be included in the package or an additional feature.

Prior To Electing...

Opting for the top hosting plan is essential as it can influence the stable performance of a web site. Prior to choosing a plan, compare the pros and cons, check carefully all the requirements for the web site to function properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which 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 help you and answer all your questions.