Which site hosting plan will be best for me?

There are different types of web hosting services suitable for different web sites in terms of the system resources or the hosting platform they need. To choose the most adequate hosting service for your web site, you have to estimate what server-side software programs it needs, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may need to be satisfied.

Shared Web Space Hosting - Strong Sides

The most appropriate alternative for small sized web portals with a few hundred or sng, each user pays only for their account, which lowers the overall cost per person considerably. There are diverse web hosting plans differing from one hosting corporation to another, delivering different amounts of data storage space and web traffic, different email quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can get an account that will include the resources your web site actually demands. You will not have to pay lots of cash for a plan you will not use, or wind up with a small scale plan that cannot host the web portal. At CabbageTree Solutions, there is a wide assortment of shared hosting accounts suitable for personal or small business web sites that even include pre-installed script-driven systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you start with a cheaper account and you need more system resources, moving to a more advanced package demands just a click of the mouse.

Shared Website Hosting - Disadvantages

A drawback of the shared web page hosting solution is that the hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to install new software platforms. Specific web portals, particularly online shops, require applications to be activated on the hosting server for them to run, and with a shared web hosting account, you can install only software that does not need complete root-level access.

VPS Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web pages that demand full root access, or if your site has many thousands or even millions of visitors per day, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated server. A virtual private web hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated server and it runs in exactly the same manner.

Virtual Private Web Servers

Both solutions commonly offer full root-level access and can be restarted via a software interface by the client, independently from the hosting supplier. Much like the shared web page hosting accounts, the virtual private web server hosting and the dedicated web server accounts contain different characteristics depending on what the web hosting company offers. A Virtual Private Server plan includes guaranteed storage space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be increased for short periods of time provided that there are free system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limitation is the hardware it is availing of, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A virtual private hosting server is easier to administer as it comes with a virtualization tool, which can be utilized to restart it, to install software applications, examine statistics, and so on. The management of a dedicated web server is more intricate, so such a package would rather be used by tech-savvy users.

Dedicated Servers

However, some web hosting providers offer managed dedicated hosting solutions where they run dedicated web server administration procedures on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the package or an additional option.

Before You Elect...

Opting for the top hosting plan is vital as it can affect the proper work of a site. Before choosing a plan, compare the pros and cons, examine carefully all the requirements for the site to function properly, particularly if it is script-driven, and, one more thing, if you have already chosen a web hosting provider, the best choice would be to ask their client support staff for advice as to which particular package would be best for the stable work of your site.