An explanation of site hosting

The most archetypal and widely used type of web hosting is the shared web hosting solution. It constitutes a way to host your site without having to know much about programming and administering a hosting server. In addition, it's also the most economical form of hosting and it's quite affordable for everyone. Still, what is shared website hosting?

What is shared site hosting?

As the name suggests, the shared web page hosting solution is a type of service where multiple customers share the reserves of the same web server. This signifies that all hosting server components such as CPU, hard disks, RAM, NICs etc. are shared among the clients whose accounts are on that same web server. This is mainly rendered attainable by creating separate accounts for the separate customers and appointing some restrictions and quotas for each of them. Those limitations are assigned so as to restrain the clients from intervening with each other's accounts and, of course, to hinder the server from overburdening. Typically, shared hosting customers do not have complete root-level access to the server's configuration files, which essentially suggests that they cannot access anything else on the web server beside their own personal shared website hosting account. The web site hosting resources that each account may resort to are fixed by the web hosting provider that possesses the web hosting server and by the particular web space hosting plan. That causes the second vital question:

How are the shared web hosting servers shared among the customers?

Web hosting corporations that offer shared webspace hosting accounts normally have various site hosting plans. Those packages provide diverse amounts of webspace hosting features and specs, which in fact set the limitations that a web site hosting package will have. The client may choose between the separate web hosting plans and sign up for the one that he thinks will befit him best. The web space hosting package will then determine what limits the user's account will include, once created. The costs and the specs of the web hosting packages are fixed by the actual hosting provider. Depending on the policy of the company, the shared site hosting service falls into 2 groups - the free hosting solution and the common shared solution, currently very popular among "cPanel hosting" corporations as a cloud web hosting one. It's impossible to tell, which one is more preferable, since they are very different from one another and they really depend on the marketing policy of the specific firm and, of course, the demands of the particular client.

What is the distinction between the free of charge and the typical shared site hosting service?

Of course, the major difference between the free and the paid service is in the amount of features that they include. Free webspace hosting vendors are not capable of keeping a big number of web hosting servers, therefore, they just host more clients on one single web server by reducing the quantity of system resources offered by the accounts. This will be efficient only if the web hosting servers are monitored and tackled appropriately, since the immense number of accounts may causer the web server to crash repeatedly. The majority of the free hosting firms, though, overlook the quality of the service and therefore, it's very hard to discover a free web site hosting solution that's in fact worth the time. The top free hosting corporations usually provide free customer support even to the free webspace hosting clients, since they want their web portals to grow bigger so that they subsequently migrate to a paid hosting account, which offers more hosting features. One such distributor, for example, is FreeHostia.com, which is among the largest and oldest free web hosting distributors in the world.

On the other hand, traditional shared web hosting corporations such as Hostex Africa, for example, may afford to maintain numerous hosting servers and hence, they are able to offer much more powerful webspace hosting packages. Of course, that affects the pricing of the website hosting packages. Paying a higher fee for a site hosting package, though, does not automatically imply that this package has a finer quality. The best services are the balanced ones, which offer a price that matches the concrete service which you're obtaining. The first-rate web space hosting distributors that have been around for quite some time are listing their price tags and package configurations in a realistic manner, so that the customer may familiar with what in fact he is obtaining. Also, some of them provide a free extra with the web hosting package, such as the 1-click applications installer, complemented with 100's of free-of-cost website skins that are furnished by 'Hostex Africa'. Such site hosting firms do look after their reputation and that's why if you pick them, you can be assured that you won't get swindled into purchasing a package that you cannot in fact utilize.

What should I anticipate from a shared web page hosting service?

The shared web site hosting solution is best for persons who would like to host a normal site, which is going to generate a small or medium amount of bandwidth each month. You cannot anticipate, however, that a shared webspace hosting account will be sufficient for your needs, because as your business grows, your web site will become more and more resource consuming. So, you will have to ultimately upgrade to a more feature-rich site hosting solution such as a semi-dedicated server, a VPS (aka a private virtual hosting server, or VPS), or why not a dedicated server. So, when choosing a site hosting provider, you should also think about how they can be of service to you, or else you might end up moving your domain name manually to a different vendor, which can cause web site predicaments and even prolonged downtime for your site. Hence, selecting a webspace hosting company like 'Hostex Africa', which can supply you with the needed domain name and hosting services as you grow, is vital and will spare you a lot of complications in the future.