Quality Web Hosting
There are various kinds of web hosting accounts appropriate for different sites in regard to the resources or the web hosting environment they require. To choose the most suitable web hosting service for your online portal, you must calculate what server-side software applications it needs, how many hits per day you expect at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be met.
Shared website hosting - Positive Aspects
Unlimited bandwidth
5 websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
Unlimited bandwidth
Unlimited websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
The best option for small sized web portals with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this form of website hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which minimizes the total cost per client drastically. There are diverse web hosting packages varying from one web hosting corporation to another, offering different quotas of web space and bandwidth, different electronic mail account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can pay for an account that will have the specs your online portal really demands. You will not have to pay a lot of money for a plan you will not make use of, or wind up with a small size package that cannot host the website. We, at JCA Hosting, offer a great selection of web hosting plans appropriate for private or small business web sites that even come with pre-installed script-based platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you commence with a cheaper plan and you require more resources, upgrading to a better plan takes just a mouse click.
Shared Hosting - Shortcomings
A drawback of the shared website hosting platform is that the hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to install new software applications. Some web portals, above all online shops, need software applications to be activated on the hosting server for them to run, and with a shared website hosting package, you can activate only software platforms that do not request root access.
Private Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Web Servers
For web sites that request server root access, or if your web portal has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily hits, what you need is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A Virtual Private Server is a software simulation of a dedicated machine and it acts in a strictly identical manner.
VPS Web Servers
Both environments normally provide root access and can be rebooted through a software program by the client, independently from the web hosting supplier. Just like the shared web hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated hosting server accounts include different specs based on what the hosting provider offers. A VPS hosting server plan has guaranteed data space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be expanded for short spells of time in case there are available resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware it is using, and it can be configured by altering or adding components. A VPS is easier to handle as it comprises virtualization software, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be used by qualified users.
Dedicated Web Hosting Servers
Nevertheless, given web hosting providers provide managed dedicated hosting services where they run dedicated hosting server administration assignments on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an extra feature.
Before You Select...
Settling on the top hosting plan is vital as it can have an influence on the stable work of a online portal. Prior to picking a package, weigh the pros and cons, review carefully all the preconditions for the web site to run properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best web hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.