Shared Hosting Explanation

As its name indicates, shared hosting is a service, which involves hosting online content. There are different forms and kinds of web hosting, depending on the goals and on the objectives. Even so, they all pertain to hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible throughout the Web. A web host is actually a server that is connected to the Web and has its own Internet Protocol address, which allows people to gain access to it through the Web. The web server's configuration and its limitations depend on the sort of web hosting service it's going to be utilized for.

What are the various forms of hosting?

Based on the usage, the business website hosting solution may be:

File Web Hosting - this type of web hosting allows the customers to lodge their files on a particular web server. With the average file web hosting service, the files that are stored may only be accessed by the customer that's utilizing the service. This hosting solution usually involves backups of computers , documents, personal files and even other hosting servers. This solution may also have certain restrictions in terms of the data storage space and the root access. There may also be traffic limits, but that is dependent on the given host.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez hosting service is quite similar to the previous web hosting service type. Even so, in contrast with the file hosting solution, the warez hosting solution is used for circulating proprietary content without being given the OK to do so by the licence keeper. In brief - it entails the illegal propagation of files and documents. There are lots of approaches for this to be achieved, but the 2 essential approaches are - via simple HTTP downloading and via P2P connections. The first method entails either a specific web page, or, most commonly, simply a directory on a web hosting server that's been made available for everyone to access it and thus download proprietary docs for free. The second approach entails a peer-to-peer connection, making use of the so-called Torrent servers, through which people share files between each other. There are not many hosting vendors that allow that type of web hosting on their hosting servers, chiefly due to all the judicial complications that it presupposes. Typically such sites are hosted on personal dedicated web servers that are registered by third-party enterprises either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Electronic Mail Web Hosting - this service is relevant with both shared web hosting and dedicated servers, based on the client's wish. If you desire to build your own private SMTP electronic mail server, then you will need either a VPS web hosting server or a dedicated hosting server that provides the access level needed to carry out such an assignment. For conventional mail hosting purposes, though, you can set up a normal shared website hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain name. This is not a solution that's very used, since the website hosting and the email hosting services are being served by 2 different web servers, usually owned by separate web hosts.

Shared Hosting - the most famous and largely utilized hosting service these days. It's used for hosting web site files, whose sort depends on the Operating System the web server is availing of - Linux or Windows. Different sorts of files require specific server OSs, or else they won't be displayed properly on the Internet. This type of web hosting may have web storage and traffic quota limits, root-level access and CPU usage limitations.

Depending on the purpose and on the objectives, the client should select the kind of server that he needs for his project, and, of course, the web hosting provider that's going to supply it. There are various types of web hosting servers, depending on the configuration and the web hosting solutions that they offer. These are:

Shared Hosting Server - a shared web server offers a smaller quantity of resources, which, of course, reflects on the cost of the service. It can be utilized for hosting small scale and middle size web pages, which do not need vast amounts of storage space and bandwidth.

Semi-dedicated Servers - they work on the same principle as the shared website hosting servers. However, there are much fewer customers hosted on the same hosting server. For that reason, each of them will have a bigger quota of the hosting server's resources like RAM, data storage space, traffic and CPU. Perfect for hosting popular online portals that do not demand complete root access.

Virtual private servers are excellent for medium sized web portals, which do need root access to the hosting server's config files. Generally, there are a number of virtual web server hosting accounts hosted on the same physical server. Even so, each of them is insulated from the others and has its own OS.

Dedicated Server - a completely dedicated web server configured and accessed by you and solely you. It guarantees an immense quantity of system resources. It also provides complete server root access, which renders it the optimal platform for any type of online portal that demands a web hosting solution.

The sole question that's left is:

Which web hosting provider should I pick?

As mentioned, there are just a few hosts providing warez web hosting services due to legal complications. Such companies are being shut down virtually every month. Because of that, if you wish to provide such a service, you should do it on your own PC. The shared web hosting solution is the most widely spread type of web hosting service. That is why, each and every website hosting corporation provides it. Not all of them, however, provide solutions such as virtual private hosting servers, Semi-dedicated Servers and dedicated web hosting servers. Most of the small sized web hosting corporations do not have the means needed for offering those services. You can effortlessly recognize such web hosting companies by the types of solutions that they are providing and by the manner in which they present them to the clientele. For instance, certain hosting companies allow you to commence with a smaller website hosting account and subsequently upgrade to a bigger one, if you deem it compulsory to do so. This is very convenient, since you do not have to transfer sites between servers and there is no risk of experiencing service outages due to all the predicaments that may occur.

We, at zoyahost offer all sorts of services and possess the adequate web hosting server resources and staff to assure that their clients will not chance upon any troubles when swapping services, which is what a top hosting supplier is actually all about.