Which hosting solution will suit me best?

There are different kinds of web hosting plans appropriate for different web portals when it comes to the system resources or the web hosting environment they require. To choose the most appropriate hosting service for your web site, you need to access what server-side software it demands, how many hits per day you expect at the start and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may need to be met.

Shared Site Hosting - Advantages

The most adequate alternative for small websites with a few hundred or site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which reduces the overall cost per client critically. There are diverse web hosting plans differing from one hosting supplier to another, supplying different quotas of hard disk storage and monthly traffic, different e-mail box account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can order a package that will provide the resources your website indeed requires. You will not need to pay a lot of cash for an account you will not avail of, or wind up with a small scale account that cannot accommodate the web portal. At REN Hosting, there is a large selection of shared hosting solutions suitable for private or small business web pages that even include pre-activated script-powered systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you start with a low-end account and you need more functionalities, moving to a more feature-rich account demands only a click of the mouse.

Shared Web Space Hosting - Disadvantages

A shortcoming of the shared website hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to activate new software applications. Given web sites, above all online shops, demand applications to be available on the hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared webspace hosting account, you can activate only software programs that do not need root-level access.

Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers

For websites that demand complete root-level access, or if your web portal has many 1000's or even millions of daily visitors, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated server. A virtual private web server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated server and it works in strictly the same manner.

VPS Hosting Servers

Both platforms commonly provide complete root access and can be restarted through a software tool by the customer, independently from the web hosting provider. Akin to the shared web site hosting plans, the Virtual Private Server web hosting and the dedicated web hosting server plans contain diverse features depending on what the web hosting supplier has to offer. A virtual server hosting package has guaranteed hard disk space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be extended for brief spells of time if there are available resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limitation is the hardware configuration it is utilizing, and it can be configured by altering or appending components. A virtual private web server is simpler to administer as it ships with a virtualization platform, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be used by proficient customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, certain hosting firms provide managed dedicated server web hosting services where they run web hosting server administration procedures instead of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an additional service.

Prior To Selecting...

Settling on the top hosting plan is essential as it can affect the stable work of a site. Prior to selecting a package, compare the pros and cons, survey carefully all the requirements for the web site to operate properly, particularly if it is script-powered, and, one more thing, if you have already picked a web hosting vendor, the best you could do would be to ask their support team for advice as to which particular plan would be best for the proper operation of your online portal.