Top Shared Hosting

There are different varieties of shared hosting accounts appropriate for different web sites with regard to the resources or the shared hosting platform they need. To pick the most optimal shared hosting service for your online portal, you must estimate what server-side software programs it demands, how many visits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific requirements that may have to be covered.

Shared Hosting - Positive Points

The most appropriate choice for small sites with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this type of web site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall price per individual significantly. There are diverse web hosting plans differing from one web hosting corporation to another, offering different amounts of web storage and bandwidth, different email quotas and so on. The good point is that you can get a plan that will include the specifications your site really requires. You will not have to pay lots of money for a package you will not utilize, or end up with a small account that cannot host the web page. We, at The Gate, offer an extensive choice of shared hosting plans suitable for private or small business web portals that even include pre-installed script-driven systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you start with a basic package and you need more system resources, upgrading to a more advanced package takes only a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Downsides

A negative aspect of the shared web hosting platform is that the web hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to install new software platforms. Given web portals, particularly online storefronts, require applications to be installed on the web hosting server for them to work, and with a shared website hosting environment, you can install solely software that does not need root access.

Private Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For online portals that demand complete root access, or if your web site has many thousands or even millions of daily visitors, what you require is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated web server and it behaves in exactly the same way.

Private Virtual Servers

Both services generally offer complete root-level access and can be rebooted via a software program by the client, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Like the shared web hosting packages, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting server packages involve diverse specs based on what the hosting provider offers. A VPS web hosting package contains guaranteed disk storage space, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be increased for brief intervals of time if there are spare system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be revamped by changing or adding components. A virtual private web hosting server is simpler to cope with as it comprises a virtualization console, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, monitor stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more complicated, so such a solution would rather be utilized by experienced customers.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

However, given web hosts provide managed dedicated hosting solutions where they implement dedicated web hosting server administration operations instead of the client. This can be a part of package or an extra feature.

Before You Elect...

Picking the top hosting package is essential as it can have an influence on the proper performance of a web page. Before opting for a package, weigh the pros and cons, examine thoroughly all the requirements for the online portal to run properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.