Top Shared Web Hosting

There are various kinds of shared web hosting services suitable for different websites in regard to the system resources or the shared web hosting environment they need. To pick the most adequate shared web hosting service for your online portal, you have to reckon what server-side software applications it needs, how many hits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be answered.

Shared web hosting - Advantages

The most adequate choice for small size sites with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this type of web site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which decreases the overall price per customer considerably. There are different web hosting packages differing from one web hosting corporation to another, supplying different quotas of disk storage and traffic, different e-mail quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can get a plan that will provide the specifications your web portal actually needs. You will not have to pay lots of cash for a package you will not avail of, or wind up with a small scale package that cannot host the web site. We, at CyanHosts, offer an immense assortment of shared web hosting accounts appropriate for private or small business portals that even include pre-activated script-driven systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you begin with a low grade package and you demand more features, upgrading to a more feature-rich plan takes only a click.

Shared Website Hosting - Negative Aspects

A disadvantage of the shared website hosting solution is that the hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to install additional software applications. Certain web pages, above all web shops, need applications to be present on the hosting server for them to run, and with a shared hosting solution, you can activate only software that does not need full server root access.

Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For sites that need server root access, or if your web portal has many thousands or even millions of visitors per day, what you need is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated server web hosting. A virtual server is a software simulation of a dedicated machine and it operates in an absolutely identical manner.

VPS Hosting Servers

Both environments normally come with root privileges and can be rebooted through a software platform by the user, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Much like the shared website hosting accounts, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web server hosting plans sport different functionalities depending on what the hosting company has to offer. A virtual web server package contains guaranteed disk storage space, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be enhanced for short stretches of time provided that there are unused system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is making use of, and it can be revamped by changing or appending components. A virtual private web hosting server is easier to administer as it comprises virtualization software, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, examine stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be used by proficient users.

Dedicated Servers

Still, some web hosting suppliers provide managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they carry out web hosting server administration operations instead of the client. This can be a part of plan or an extra upgrade.

Before You Choose...

Choosing the top hosting plan is vital as it can affect the stable performance of a website. Before picking a package, compare the pros and cons, check carefully all the prerequisites for the online portal to operate properly, especially if it is script-based. And if you are still unsure which is the best shared web hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.