Best Hosting

There are different types of hosting packages appropriate for different web sites with regard to the system resources or the hosting platform they require. To pick the most relevant hosting service for your website, you have to evaluate what server-side software it demands, how many hits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may need to be covered.

Shared website hosting - Privileges

The most suitable option for small scale sites with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting solution. With this type of site hosting, each user pays only for their account, which lowers the total cost per user radically. There are various web hosting solutions differing from one hosting vendor to another, offering different amounts of server storage and web traffic, different e-mail address account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can buy a plan that will offer the features your web site in fact demands. You will not need to pay lots of cash for a package you will not avail of, or end up with a small size package that cannot accommodate the web page. We, at DMZ Hosting, offer an enormous collection of hosting accounts appropriate for private or small business websites that even include pre-installed script-driven platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things easier. If you kick off with a low grade account and you require more resources, upgrading to a more feature-rich package demands only a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Weak Points

A shortcoming of the shared website hosting solution is that the web servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to install additional software platforms. Given web portals, chiefly online storefronts, require software applications to be present on the web server for them to work, and with a shared web hosting platform, you can install solely software platforms that do not demand full server root access.

Virtual Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web portals that need full root-level access, or if your web portal has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily visits, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated package. A VPS is a software simulation of a dedicated hosting server and it functions in an absolutely identical manner.

Virtual Private Web Servers

Both platforms normally provide full server root access and can be rebooted via a software interface by the client, autonomously from the web hosting company. Similar to the shared website hosting plans, the VPS and the dedicated server web hosting accounts have different specs depending on what the web hosting company offers. A private virtual web hosting server package offers guaranteed server space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be enlarged for short spans of time provided that there are available system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is using, and it can be revamped by altering or appending components. A virtual hosting server is simpler to manage as it includes a virtualization tool, which can be utilized to restart it, to install software applications, monitor statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be resorted to by proficient customers.

Dedicated Servers

Nevertheless, some providers provide managed dedicated server web hosting services where they run dedicated server administration assignments instead of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional service.

Prior To Electing...

Picking the top hosting package is vital as it can affect the proper work of a web page. Prior to choosing an account, compare the pros and cons, investigate completely all the preconditions for the online portal to function properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which is the best hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.