Top Shared Hosting

There are various varieties of shared hosting services appropriate for different web sites in terms of the system resources or the shared hosting environment they require. To select the best shared hosting service for your web site, you have to access what server-side software it demands, how many visits per day you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special demands that may need to be satisfied.

Shared web hosting - Privileges

The most proper choice for small sites with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this type of hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which reduces the total price per client substantially. There are various web hosting accounts varying from one hosting vendor to another, providing different amounts of hard disk storage and bandwidth, different email mailbox account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can purchase an account that will have the specifications your web portal indeed demands. You will not have to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not utilize, or end up with a small sized account that cannot shelter the web page. We, at Vista 8 Online, offer a huge assortment of shared hosting packages appropriate for personal or small business pages that even offer pre-activated script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you commence with a low-cost package and you need more functionalities, moving to a better package demands only a mouse click.

Shared Website Hosting - Weaknesses

A drawback of the shared hosting solution is that the hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to activate new software applications. Specific web portals, chiefly web stores, request applications to be activated on the web server for them to work, and with a shared hosting environment, you can install solely software that does not demand root-level access.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For websites that need root access, or if your portal has many 1000's or even millions of visitors per day, what you need is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual hosting server is a software imitation of a dedicated hosting server and it operates in an exactly identical manner.

VPS Servers

Both environments generally come with root access and can be restarted via a software program by the user, independently from the hosting company. Like the shared web hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting server accounts comprise different specs based on what the web hosting vendor has to offer. A private virtual web server account contains guaranteed hard disk storage, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be enlarged for short spans of time in case there are free resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limit is the hardware architecture it is availing of, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A private virtual web server is easier to handle as it comes with a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to restart it, to install software applications, monitor statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be utilized by experienced users.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

However, certain web hosting suppliers provide managed dedicated server hosting services where they execute hosting server management tasks on behalf of the client. This can be a part of plan or an extra service.

Before You Choose...

Opting for the top hosting package is vital as it can affect the proper functioning of a web page. Prior to picking an account, weigh the pros and cons, appraise completely all the requirements for the web portal to function properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still not sure which is the best shared hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.