Shared Hosting Defined

The most elemental and commonly used sort of web hosting is the hosting service. It constitutes a way to host your web page without having to know much about programming and running a web hosting server. In addition to this, it's also the most economical form of website hosting and it's indeed affordable for anybody. Nevertheless, what is hosting?

What is hosting?

As the name indicates, the hosting solution is a sort of service where lots of users share the system resources of one and the same web hosting server. This suggests that all web server elements such as CPU, hard disks, RAM, NICs etc. are divided among the customers whose accounts are on that same web hosting server. This is typically rendered attainable by creating different accounts for the separate users and imposing specific limitations and usage quotas for each of them. Those restrictions are imposed so as to restrain the clients from intervening with each other's accounts and, of course, to prevent the web hosting server from overburdening. Normally, hosting users do not have complete root access to the web server's config files, which essentially means that they cannot access anything else on the web hosting server aside from their very own web hosting account. The web hosting features that each account may resort to are set by the hosting vendor that possesses the web server and by the given website hosting plan. That results in the second important question:

How are the shared hosting servers divided among the users?

Hosting distributors that distribute hosting accounts commonly have diverse website hosting packages. Those plans offer different quotas of web hosting resources and specs, which in fact fix the restrictions that a website hosting plan will have. The client may choose between the individual web hosting plans and sign up for the one that he thinks will fit him best. The web hosting package will then define what limits the client's account will have, once created. The prices and the features of the website hosting plans are chosen by the given web hosting provider. Depending on the politics of the distributor, the hosting service can be divided into two types - the free hosting service and the normal shared service, currently very popular among "cPanel hosting" companies as a cloud web hosting one. It's impossible to announce, which one is more preferable, since they are very different from each other and they actually are subject to the marketing strategy of the given firm and, of course, the demands of the given client.

What is the distinction between the free of charge and the common hosting service?

Of course, the major difference between the free of charge and the paid solution is in the amount of resources that they provide. Free web hosting companies are not capable of maintaining a great number of web hosting servers, hence, they simply host more customers on one single server by lowering the amount of resources provided by the accounts. This will be effective only on condition that the web servers are kept under surveillance and handled properly, since the big amount of accounts may cause the hosting server to crash frequently. The majority of the free web hosting firms, though, neglect the quality of the service and as a result, it's very difficult to discover a free of cost web hosting solution that's actually worth the effort. The top free hosting corporations commonly provide free client support even to the free web hosting customers, since they want their web sites to enlarge so that they eventually migrate to a paid website hosting package, which includes more web hosting resources. One such corporation, for example, is FreeHostia.com, which is one of the biggest and eldest free web hosting firms in the world.

On the other hand, traditional hosting distributors like us, are able to maintain a lot of hosting servers and hence, we may afford to offer much more powerful web hosting plans. Of course, that affects the pricing of the website hosting packages. Paying a higher fee for a website hosting solution, however, does not automatically denote that this solution has a better quality. The best solutions are the balanced ones, which offer a price that corresponds to the concrete service which you're obtaining. In addition, we also give a free bonus with the website hosting plan, such as the 1-click applications installer, accompanied by hundreds of gratis design themes. As a website hosting provider, we do worry about our good name and that's why if you pick us, you can be confident that you won't get beguiled into purchasing a solution that you cannot actually make use of.

What should I anticipate from a hosting service?

The hosting solution is best for those who wish to host a standard web site, which is going to generate a small or medium amount of web traffic every month. You cannot expect, however, that a hosting account will be sufficient for your needs, because as your business develops, your website will become more and more resource consuming. Hence, you will have to eventually migrate to a more feature-rich website hosting solution such as a semi-dedicated servers, a VPS (a.k.a. a virtual web hosting server, or VPS), or even a dedicated server. Therefore, when choosing a website hosting company, you should also consider scalability, otherwise you might end up moving your domain manually to a separate distributor, which can bring about website predicaments and even extended downtime for your website. If you choose Adirondack Online Services, LLC as your website hosting supplier, you can rest safe that we can supply you with the required domain name and hosting services as you grow, is crucial and will save you a lot of problems in the future.