Top Shared Hosting

There are different types of shared hosting solutions suitable for different sites in terms of the system resources or the shared hosting platform they need. To choose the most adequate shared hosting service for your site, you need to evaluate what server-side software programs it needs, how many daily visits you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other specific requirements that may need to be covered.

Shared Web Hosting - Advantages

The best alternative for small sized sites with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting solution. With this form of hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which lowers the total cost per individual drastically. There are various web hosting accounts differing from one web hosting corporation to another, delivering different amounts of storage space and monthly traffic, different e-mailbox account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can pay for an account that will offer the specifications your web site really needs. You will not need to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not make use of, or end up with a small package that cannot accommodate the web site. We, at SOS WebHosting, offer a vast variety of shared hosting solutions appropriate for private or small business websites that even offer pre-activated script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you begin with a low-end account and you demand more features, moving to a more powerful package demands just a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Downsides

A weak side of the shared website hosting environment is that the servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to install new software programs. Some web pages, especially web shops, require applications to be available on the web server for them to work, and with a shared website hosting platform, you can activate only software that does not need full root access.

Virtual Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For online portals that require full root-level access, or if your web site has many 1000's or even millions of visits per day, what you demand is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A VPS web hosting server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated machine and it runs in absolutely the same way.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both solutions typically include full server root privileges and can be restarted through a software platform by the customer, independently from the web hosting provider. Analogous to the shared web hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server hosting packages contain diverse features based on what the hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual web server account contains guaranteed server storage, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can at times be boosted for short intervals of time provided that there are unused resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limitation is the hardware configuration it is making use of, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A VPS server is simpler to administer as it offers a virtualization software platform, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, check statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more intricate, so such a solution would rather be used by qualified clients.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Still, some providers offer managed dedicated server web hosting services where they run dedicated server administration tasks instead of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an extra upgrade.

Prior To Opting...

Selecting the top hosting plan is vital as it can affect the stable functioning of a online portal. Before selecting a package, weigh the pros and cons, appraise carefully all the requirements for the website to run properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which is the best shared hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.