Which website hosting package will be most optimal for me?

There are different sorts of web hosting packages suitable for different web pages when it comes to the system resources or the web hosting platform they demand. To choose the most suitable hosting service for your web portal, you need to reckon what server-side software it requires, how many daily visits you anticipate at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special needs that may have to be met.

Shared Site Hosting - Strong Sides

The best option for small scale web pages with a few hundred or sng, each customer pays only for their account, which diminishes the overall price per individual noticeably. There are various web hosting plans varying from one web hosting supplier to another, providing different amounts of disk storage space and web traffic, different e-mail quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can obtain a package that will have the features your site really requires. You will not need to pay a lot of money for an account you will not utilize, or end up with a small scale plan that cannot host the web site. At Westgate WEBS Hosting and Free Domains, there is a large collection of shared hosting packages suitable for private or small business pages that even offer pre-installed script-powered platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you begin with a less powerful package and you demand more resources, upgrading to a more feature-rich account involves only a click.

Shared Site Hosting - Weak Sides

A drawback of the shared web site hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software installed on them and you cannot install additional software programs. Certain websites, mainly online stores, request software applications to be present on the web server for them to work, and with a shared webspace hosting plan, you can activate only software programs that do not request complete server root access.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For sites that require root access, or if your portal has many thousands or even millions of daily visits, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A private virtual server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated solution and it functions in absolutely the same manner.

VPS Web Hosting Servers

Both environments commonly provide full root-level access and can be restarted via a software interface by the client, autonomously from the hosting company. Similar to the shared web site hosting packages, the private virtual hosting server and the dedicated hosting packages contain diverse characteristics depending on what the web hosting provider has to offer. A virtual server hosting package has guaranteed disk space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can occasionally be boosted for short spells of time provided that there are spare resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be upgraded by changing or adding components. A VPS is simpler to cope with as it ships with a virtualization console, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, explore stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more complex, so such a package would rather be utilized by trained users.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, some web hosting vendors offer managed dedicated web hosting services where they carry out server administration tasks on behalf of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Settling on the top hosting package is vital as it can influence the stable functioning of a online portal. Before selecting a package, weigh the pros and cons, inspect completely all the prerequisites for the site to operate properly, especially if it is script-driven, and, last but not least, if you have already settled on a hosting corporation, the best thing to do would be to ask their support staff for advice as to which package exactly would be best for the proper work of your website.