Web Hosting

The question arises what is web hosting?

Definition of Web Hosting:

A Web host is an organization that sells or leases memory space on its servers. Web hosting done over data centers. It provides services to clients. Basically, web host provide data center space and an Internet connection for servers owned by others. Thus service offered by a Web host is called Web hosting.

In other words, Web hosting is the service that makes your website available to be viewed by others on the Internet.  Usually, a web host provides space on its server, so that other computers around the world can access your website by means of a network or modem.

 Today, there are thousands of web hosting services available, ranging from free services to expensive, specialized business web hosting services etc.

It is measured in the amount of disk space you’re allotted on the server and the amount of data transfer or bandwidth you need for accessing the server.

Types of web hosting:

 Different types of web hosting have been introduced to meet the different needs of websites and customers best. They are as following:

• Shared Web Hosting
• Dedicated Hosting
• VPS Hosting
• Cloud
• Reseller
• Free Web Hosting

1. Shared Web Hosting:

Here, a website is hosted on the same server as many other websites. Most web hosting companies provide shared hosting. It’s cheap and easy to set-up. It makes it a good fit for new sites which don’t expect a lot of traffic in the short term.

 It’s best suited for personal websites as well as those belonging to small and medium-sized businesses.

This type of web hosting is not suitable for large sites. These sites need a dedicated server to maintain the website performance.

2. VPS Hosting:

Virtual dedicated server is the other name of Virtual private server.  It seems to each client as a dedicated server even though it’s actually serving multiple websites.

 This hosting acts as a bridge between shared hosting and dedicated machine.

Basically, the difference between both shared hosting and VPS is that clients have full access to configure the VPS which is much closer to dedicated style hosting.

It is suitable for small websites and organizations which want the flexibility of having a dedicated server, without the high costs implied.

3. Dedicated Hosting:

Managed hosting or a dedicated server is the other name of dedicated hosting. It provides entire servers to rent.

 It’s comparatively expensive when placed side-by-side with shared hosting plans. That’s why, it’s only used when a website has a lot of traffic or when more server control is required.

It is more flexible since it allows total control over the server, its software and security systems.

 However, at the same time, you need to have the technical expertise on-hand to manage the platform yourself.

4. Cloud Hosting:

Cloud hosting is the latest hosting type to compete in the market.  It has become extremely popular in the recent years that operate across many interconnected web servers.

 Cloud hosting plans also offer an infinite amount of disk space for unlimited domains.

 It’s an effective method of running a website with a large number of content assets such as images, but it can have a much higher cost.

5. Reseller Hosting:

Reseller Hosting means the account owner can use his or her allotted hard drive space and bandwidth to host a website on behalf of third parties.

 Basically, Reseller hosting is beneficial when the amount of space purchased isn’t required, and some of the allocated resources can be shared with another party.

Here, you may design your own hosting packages for your websites or clients gives the resources allocated to the reseller hosting account.

6. Free Web Hosting:

This type of hosting is another good option for smaller & personal websites. The pessimistic side of free web hosting services is that they are funded by advertising that appears on your site.

So, in- short, it can’t be used for business websites.