Quality Web Hosting

There are various types of web hosting plans suitable for different websites in terms of the resources or the web hosting environment they need. To select the best web hosting service for your web portal, you must evaluate what server-side software programs it requires, how many hits per day you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special demands that may need to be satisfied.

Shared web hosting - Positive Signs

The best choice for small sized web portals with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting package. With this form of web site hosting, each user pays only for their account, which reduces the total price per user considerably. There are various web hosting accounts varying from one web hosting provider to another, delivering different quotas of web storage and monthly bandwidth, different e-mail account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can purchase a package that will have the features your web site really needs. You will not have to pay a lot for a plan you will not use, or wind up with a small account that cannot host the web portal. We, at Ion Web Hosting, offer a huge choice of web hosting packages suitable for private or small business pages that even include pre-activated script-driven platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you kick off with a low grade account and you require more system resources, upgrading to a high-end package requires only a click.

Shared Website Hosting - Shortcomings

A downside of the shared web hosting solution is that the hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you are unable to activate new software applications. Some websites, especially online storefronts, need applications to be available on the server for them to operate, and with a shared hosting account, you can activate only software programs that do not need root-level access.

Virtual Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For web pages that require root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even millions of visits per day, what you need is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A VPS web hosting server is a software imitation of a dedicated hosting server and it behaves in exactly the same manner.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both environments usually include full root privileges and can be restarted through a software platform by the client, autonomously from the web hosting provider. Analogous to the shared website hosting accounts, the VPS hosting and the dedicated server hosting accounts contain different features based on what the hosting supplier offers. A Virtual Private Server web hosting account offers guaranteed web space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be extended for brief spans of time in case there are unused resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is availing of, and it can be configured by altering or appending components. A virtual hosting server is simpler to cope with as it arrives with virtualization software, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, explore stats, and so on. The administration of a dedicated web server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be utilized by knowledgeable users.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Nonetheless, some companies offer managed dedicated hosting services where they implement dedicated web hosting server management tasks on behalf of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional service.

Prior To Deciding...

Opting for the top hosting plan is vital as it can affect the stable functioning of a site. Prior to settling on a plan, weigh the pros and cons, examine carefully all the preconditions for the website to function properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which one is the best web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.