WEB HOSTING:
Web Hosting
will help you to access your website by anyone, from anywhere. A web host is a
service provider that places your website on a computer which is connected to
the internet and gives people access to your website every day of the year. It
can be considered as a subscription service where you would pay an amount to
ensure that your website is accessible everyday of the year. The computer that
stores your website information is called server and it is allows information
in it to access through the network. That means in basic terms web host rents
web space out to you so that you can get your website up on the World Wide Web.
It is best
use full for who are planning to launch a new product, start a business because
it stores websites, the companies data base, picture files, movies, emails,
mp3’s and essentially everything that can be put on a computer. The web hosting
will help you to secure a domain name, which free hosting accounts cannot
offer. Having a lengthy URL shows that your website is hosted by free server
and its unprofessional appearance will confuse your customers.
Basic Features of ‘WEB HOSTS’:
Server
type: It refers to the type of server software which is running on the server.
With simple websites, the server type is not of much important, but in case of
more complex website with data base functions which serves up dynamic pages,
the importance of the server type then plays a more important role
Disk Space:
It is the amount of web space that is actually available to you for the storage
of your website on the hard drive of the web server.
Band Width
per month: It determines the amount of website that is available to you. It is
the measure of how much transfer is available. A high traffic website have very
high band width requirement when compared to the average site.
Email
Accounts: It is simply how many email accounts you are permitted to have with
the web hosting account.
Types of WebHosting:
It is very
important to choose a web host and a web hosting package which will suit their
particular needs.
So below is
an outline of the four main web hosting types to help you make a right choices
which best suits your needs.
Free Hosting:
A quite
popular kind of web hosting especially for students and some personal sites is
free web hosting which means you don’t have to pay for it! But as we all know
nothing comes completely free. Web hosting companies which offer free web
hosting will generally require you to put some kind of advert on your website
or link, this is a revenue stream for them which can actually make them a tidy
profit. Free hosting will limit the professionalism of your website. Other draw
backs of free hosting are that your site will be probably be hosted on an older
server which causes more down lime issues. Also you will be provided with
limited web space and band width and will not get any technical support. Free
hosting is good option for small sites.
Shared Web Hosting:
Shared web
hosting is the one of the paid web hosting service and is far better than free
hosting. Shared hosting is the most economical one in which multiple sites is
hosted on one server. Here your web site will be provided with its own web
space on the server to keep it separate from other websites. Shared hosting is
the perfect site for small to large business sites, personal sites, and blogs
and gallery sites. Here you can also expect features like sending and receiving
mails, software installations such as Word Press, Joomla, Drupal etc,
databases, e-commerce features and fast, efficient technical support.
Virtual Private / Dedicated Servers:
Because of
many advancements over the last few years in virtualization and have produced a
very reliable type of web hosting known as virtual private/ Dedicated servers otherwise known as VPS or
VDS. Here one physical server being
portioned off into separate, multiple virtual servers.
And both of them will have same appearance and
features and it can run on its own operating system and also be independently
rebooted.VSP or VDS are a great choice for people who require more advanced
features, without the cost of a full dedicated server
Dedicated server:
Dedicated
server provides a completely dedicated solution solely for your website. You
will have the server’s resources, processing power, web space, and memory at
your website disposal. This is the recommended hosting option if you are
expecting or experiencing a heavy traffic, need a higher level of reliability,
more speed, and enhanced security or required specific software for your site.
But dedicated servers are significantly more expensive.
