Quality Shared Web Hosting

There are different varieties of shared web hosting services appropriate for different sites in terms of the resources or the shared web hosting platform they need. To pick the most adequate shared web hosting service for your online portal, you have to evaluate what server-side software programs it needs, how many visits per day you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special demands that may have to be answered.

Shared Web Hosting - Positive Signs

The most proper alternative for small web portals with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this type of hosting, each user pays only for their account, which reduces the overall cost per person radically. There are diverse web hosting plans varying from one web hosting provider to another, supplying different amounts of data space and monthly traffic, different electronic mail account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can purchase a package that will include the specifications your web site really needs. You will not need to pay plenty of money for a package you will not utilize, or end up with a small size account that cannot host the online portal. We, at MindMeld Networks, LLC, offer a vast collection of shared web hosting plans suitable for personal or small business web sites that even provide pre-installed script-based platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you commence with a basic plan and you require more system resources, upgrading to a more feature-rich package involves just a click.

Shared web hosting - Negative Aspects

A disadvantage of the shared web hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to install additional software platforms. Specific web portals, particularly web shops, demand applications to be installed on the hosting server for them to work, and with a shared website hosting platform, you can activate solely software applications that do not need full server root access.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For websites that request full root-level access, or if your web portal has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily hits, what you need is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated server web hosting. A private virtual hosting server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated solution and it works in precisely the same manner.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers

Both platforms traditionally give root access and can be rebooted through a software interface by the customer, autonomously from the hosting company. Much like the shared hosting plans, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web hosting server plans sport different features based on what the web hosting supplier offers. A VPS web hosting package contains guaranteed disk storage space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be expanded for brief intervals of time in case there are unused resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A virtual web server is simpler to tackle as it offers a virtualization panel, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, monitor stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be used by experienced users.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Nonetheless, certain hosts provide managed dedicated server web hosting services where they implement web hosting server administration procedures instead of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an extra feature.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Settling on the top hosting plan is important as it can affect the proper operation of a website. Prior to selecting a plan, compare the pros and cons, study carefully all the preconditions for the web portal to operate properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which is the best shared web hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.