Top Shared Hosting

There are various types of shared hosting accounts appropriate for different web sites in terms of the system resources or the shared hosting platform they need. To choose the most suitable shared hosting service for your web portal, you have to estimate what server-side software it needs, how many daily visits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific requirements that may have to be answered.

Shared website hosting - Perks

The most relevant choice for small size websites with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this form of webspace hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which lowers the overall cost per client considerably. There are different web hosting plans varying from one hosting supplier to another, furnishing different amounts of data storage space and traffic, different e-mail account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can order a package that will offer the features your website actually demands. You will not need to pay plenty of cash for a plan you will not use, or end up with a small plan that cannot shelter the web page. We, at Cyber 16, offer a huge collection of shared hosting accounts appropriate for private or small business web portals that even offer pre-installed script-driven systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you kick off with a cheaper package and you demand more functionalities, upgrading to a better package requires just a click of the mouse.

Shared Hosting - Negative Aspects

A negative side of the shared website hosting environment is that the hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot install additional software. Given sites, especially web storefronts, request software applications to be present on the web hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting package, you can activate only software programs that do not need full root-level access.

VPSs and Dedicated Servers

For web sites that require root-level access, or if your site has many thousands or even millions of hits per day, what you need is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A virtual hosting server is a software imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it functions in precisely the same way.

Private Virtual Hosting Servers

Both solutions typically provide full server root access and can be rebooted via a software platform by the customer, independently from the hosting supplier. Just like the shared hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated server hosting accounts involve different specs depending on what the hosting provider offers. A virtual private web server hosting plan contains guaranteed data storage, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be extended for short intervals of time on condition that there are free system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is using, and it can be revved up by changing or adding components. A virtual web server is easier to manipulate as it arrives with a virtualization tool, which can be utilized to restart it, to install applications, examine stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated web server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be used by experienced clients.

Dedicated Web Servers

Nevertheless, certain web hosting companies provide managed dedicated server hosting services where they execute web hosting server management tasks instead of the customer. This can be included in the package or an extra upgrade.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Opting for the top hosting package is essential as it can have an effect on the proper performance of a online portal. Prior to settling on a package, compare the pros and cons, examine thoroughly all the prerequisites for the website to work properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still not sure which is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.