Which site hosting package will suit me best?

There are various varieties of web hosting solutions appropriate for different websites with regard to the resources or the web hosting platform they demand. To choose the most proper hosting service for your website, you have to judge what server-side software programs it demands, how many hits per day you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be fulfilled.

Shared Web Space Hosting - Strong Sides

The most relevant option for small size web portals with a few hundred or webspace hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which decreases the total cost per client seriously. There are various web hosting plans varying from one host to another, furnishing different quotas of disk storage space and bandwidth, different electronic mail account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can get a package that will have the resources your website really needs. You will not need to pay plenty of money for a plan you will not avail of, or wind up with a small account that cannot host the site. At AIDA Host, there is a large collection of shared hosting packages appropriate for personal or small business websites that even come with pre-activated script-powered systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you begin with a low priced package and you demand more functionalities, upgrading to a better account demands only a mouse click.

Shared Web Site Hosting - Negative Sides

A downside of the shared web hosting solution is that the web servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to install additional software platforms. Given sites, especially web storefronts, need software applications to be available on the web server for them to function, and with a shared hosting package, you can activate solely software applications that do not require server root access.

Private Virtual Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web sites that require complete server root access, or if your web site has many 1000's or even millions of visitors per day, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated server. A virtual private hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated machine and it performs in absolutely the same manner.

Virtual Private Servers

Both solutions commonly come with complete root-level access and can be restarted via a software platform by the client, autonomously from the hosting company. Akin to the shared site hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server plans sport diverse specifications based on what the web hosting supplier has to offer. A virtual web server plan contains guaranteed data storage, RAM and central processing unit usage quotas that can at times be enhanced for short stretches of time if there are spare system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware configuration it is availing of, and it can be revamped by changing or adding components. A virtual private hosting server is simpler to tackle as it ships with virtualization software, which can be utilized to restart it, to install software applications, check statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated server is more complex, so such a plan would rather be utilized by experienced users.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, given hosting suppliers provide managed dedicated web hosting services where they implement web hosting server management procedures instead of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional upgrade.

Before You Select...

Selecting the top hosting package is essential as it can have an influence on the proper work of a online portal. Before settling on a plan, compare the pros and cons, inspect carefully all the preconditions for the online portal to work properly, particularly if it is script-powered, and, last but not least, if you have already picked a web hosting company, the best thing to do would be to ask their support staff for advice as to which package exactly would be best for the proper operation of your website.