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Which site hosting service will be most suitable for me?

There are various varieties of web hosting solutions appropriate for different web portals in regard to the system resources or the web hosting platform they require. To choose the most appropriate hosting service for your site, you need to calculate what server-side software programs it needs, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific needs that may need to be answered.

Shared Web Page Hosting - Upsides

The most adequate option for small size online portals with a few hundred or webspace hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall price per client significantly. There are diverse web hosting packages differing from one company to another, offering different amounts of disk storage and bandwidth, different email mailbox account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can pay for an account that will provide the resources your online portal really demands. You will not have to pay a lot of cash for a plan you will not utilize, or end up with a small size package that cannot shelter the site. At Lonex, there is an extensive choice of shared hosting accounts suitable for personal or small business portals that even offer pre-installed script-powered platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you commence with a low-price package and you need more system resources, moving to a high-end plan demands just a click of the mouse.

Shared Webspace Hosting - Weak Points

A shortcoming of the shared website hosting platform is that the servers have some software installed on them and you cannot install new software platforms. Certain web portals, particularly online shops, need software applications to be available on the web hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web site hosting environment, you can install only software platforms that do not request complete server root access.

Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For sites that demand complete root-level access, or if your website has many thousands or even millions of daily viewers, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS server is a software emulation of a dedicated web server and it works in a strictly identical manner.

Virtual Servers

Both services commonly come with complete server root access and can be restarted through a software platform by the client, independently from the web hosting provider. Like the shared site hosting packages, the Virtual Private Server and the dedicated server hosting accounts contain diverse features depending on what the hosting company has to offer. A private virtual server account includes guaranteed hard disk space, RAM and central processing unit usage quotas that can at times be extended for short periods of time in case there are available resources on the physical server. With a dedicated server, the only limiting factor is the hardware configuration it is availing of, and it can be revved up by changing or adding components. A virtual private web hosting server is simpler to administer as it ships with a virtualization panel, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, monitor statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more intricate, so such a package would rather be used by competent customers.

Dedicated Web Servers

Nevertheless, some hosting firms provide managed dedicated server web hosting services where they perform dedicated web hosting server administration tasks instead of the client. This can be a part of plan or an extra service.

Prior To Opting...

Settling on the top hosting plan is important as it can have an effect on the stable functioning of a web site. Before opting for a package, compare the pros and cons, check carefully all the requirements for the online portal to run properly, especially if it is script-driven, and, last but not least, if you have already settled on a hosting corporation, the best you could do would be to ask their customer support staff for advice as to which particular package would be best for the proper functioning of your online portal.