Which web site hosting service will serve me best?

There are different sorts of web hosting accounts appropriate for different web pages in terms of the resources or the hosting environment they demand. To pick the most optimal hosting service for your website, you have to evaluate what server-side software it demands, how many visits per day you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may have to be fulfilled.

Shared Webspace Hosting - Positive Aspects

The most optimal alternative for small size websites with a few hundred or a few, each user pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall price per person substantially. There are various web hosting solutions differing from one hosting supplier to another, furnishing different amounts of hard disk storage and traffic, different e-mail account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can order a package that will have the specs your web page in fact needs. You will not need to pay lots of money for a plan you will not avail of, or wind up with a small sized account that cannot host the web page. At NZ World Host, there is a large variety of shared hosting packages suitable for private or small business pages that even include pre-activated script-based platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you begin with a low-end package and you require more system resources, upgrading to a more feature-rich package demands only a mouse click.

Shared Web Site Hosting - Negative Aspects

A negative aspect of the shared hosting platform is that the web servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to activate additional software. Certain web portals, chiefly web shops, require applications to be activated on the web server for them to function, and with a shared webspace hosting account, you can install only software that does not need full root access.

Private Virtual Servers and Dedicated Servers

For online portals that require complete root access, or if your web page has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily hits, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS is a software imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it acts in a strictly identical manner.

VPS Servers

Both environments traditionally include full root privileges and can be restarted through a software tool by the client, independently from the hosting company. Similar to the shared web site hosting packages, the virtual private web server hosting and the dedicated web server hosting packages have diverse functionalities depending on what the hosting company offers. A virtual private web hosting server plan includes guaranteed data storage, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be extended for short periods of time provided that there are free resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware architecture it is availing of, and it can be configured by altering or appending components. A virtual hosting server is easier to manipulate as it comes with a virtualization panel, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, check statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more intricate, so such a plan would rather be utilized by skilled clients.

Dedicated Servers

However, certain hosting providers provide managed dedicated web hosting services where they implement dedicated server administration operations instead of the client. This can be included in the plan or an extra upgrade.

Before You Decide...

Picking the top hosting plan is essential as it can have an influence on the stable work of a web page. Before picking an account, compare the pros and cons, investigate carefully all the preconditions for the website to run properly, especially if it is script-based, and, one more thing, if you have already chosen a web hosting vendor, the best choice would be to ask their client support staff for a suggestion as to which package exactly would be best for the proper work of your website.