Which hosting account will serve me best?

There are different sorts of web hosting plans suitable for different sites in terms of the resources or the website hosting environment they require. To choose the most adequate hosting service for your web page, you have to judge what server-side software applications it demands, how many hits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific needs that may need to be covered.

Shared Site Hosting - Perks

The most proper choice for small size web pages with several hundred or a few, each client pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall price per person markedly. There are different web hosting accounts varying from one host to another, providing different quotas of hard disk storage space and web traffic, different mail address account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can buy a plan that will have the specs your web page indeed demands. You will not need to pay a lot of cash for an account you will not utilize, or end up with a small sized plan that cannot host the site. At Zantezuken Hostings, there is a huge choice of shared hosting solutions suitable for private or small business web portals that even provide pre-installed script-driven platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you start with a low-end plan and you require more resources, moving to a more advanced package demands only a click.

Shared Web Page Hosting - Downsides

A drawback of the shared webspace hosting platform is that the servers have some software programs installed on them and you are unable to install new software platforms. Certain websites, chiefly web shops, request applications to be activated on the server for them to operate, and with a shared web site hosting plan, you can install solely software programs that do not demand complete root access.

Virtual Private Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web portals that need complete root-level access, or if your portal has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of viewers per day, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS hosting server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated solution and it works in precisely the same manner.

Virtual Servers

Both platforms commonly provide complete server root access and can be restarted via a software interface by the customer, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Analogous to the shared web space hosting packages, the VPS web server and the dedicated hosting plans come with different characteristics based on what the web hosting provider has to offer. A VPS hosting server account includes guaranteed web space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be enlarged for short spans of time if there are free system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limit is the hardware configuration it is making use of, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A virtual hosting server is easier to administer as it involves a virtualization platform, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, examine stats, etc. The management of a dedicated server is more intricate, so such a solution would rather be used by experienced customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

However, certain web hosting firms offer managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they perform dedicated hosting server management assignments instead of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an additional feature.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Opting for the top hosting plan is vital as it can influence the proper operation of a web site. Prior to opting for a plan, compare the pros and cons, examine carefully all the prerequisites for the online portal to perform properly, particularly if it is script-driven, and, last but not least, if you have already selected a web hosting vendor, the best choice would be to ask their client support team for a suggestion as to which plan exactly would be best for the stable performance of your web portal.