Best Shared Hosting

There are various varieties of shared hosting plans appropriate for different web portals in relation to the resources or the shared hosting environment they need. To pick the most proper shared hosting service for your website, you need to access what server-side software programs it demands, how many hits per day you anticipate at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be met.

Shared website hosting - Advantages

The most adequate choice for small scale web sites with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this form of website hosting, each user pays only for their account, which minimizes the overall cost per user noticeably. There are diverse web hosting solutions varying from one web hosting vendor to another, supplying different quotas of hard disk space and monthly traffic, different email account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can order a plan that will have the features your website actually demands. You will not need to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not use, or end up with a small plan that cannot accommodate the site. We, at Bright Hosting, offer an extensive selection of shared hosting accounts appropriate for personal or small business portals that even provide pre-installed script-based platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you start with a low-cost account and you need more system resources, upgrading to a more advanced account requires just a click of the mouse.

Shared website hosting - Shortcomings

A weak side of the shared website hosting platform is that the web servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to activate new software platforms. Certain websites, particularly online stores, demand applications to be available on the hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared web hosting environment, you can activate only software platforms that do not need root access.

Private Virtual Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For websites that demand full root-level access, or if your online portal has many thousands or even millions of visits per day, what you require is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual private web hosting server is a software emulation of a dedicated hosting server and it works in precisely the same manner.

Virtual Private Servers

Both platforms commonly offer complete server root access and can be restarted through a software program by the user, independently from the hosting provider. Much like the shared hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated hosting accounts contain diverse characteristics based on what the web hosting company has to offer. A virtual server account contains guaranteed web storage, RAM and CPU quotas that can sometimes be boosted for short periods of time provided that there are free resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is using, and it can be revamped by changing or appending components. A virtual private web hosting server is easier to run as it involves a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, check statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such a plan would rather be utilized by tech-savvy clients.

Dedicated Servers

However, given hosts offer managed dedicated hosting services where they run server administration procedures instead of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an extra upgrade.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Selecting the top hosting plan is vital as it can affect the stable work of a website. Prior to selecting a package, compare the pros and cons, investigate completely all the prerequisites for the web site to perform properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.