Quality Shared Hosting

There are various varieties of shared hosting accounts appropriate for different websites with regard to the system resources or the shared hosting environment they require. To pick the most optimal shared hosting service for your web portal, you need to evaluate what server-side software it requires, how many visits per day you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be answered.

Shared web hosting - Perquisites

The most relevant alternative for small scale sites with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting package. With this form of website hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which lowers the total price per client markedly. There are different web hosting solutions varying from one host to another, delivering different amounts of server storage and web traffic, different email mailbox account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can purchase a package that will include the features your web portal actually needs. You will not have to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not make use of, or end up with a small sized plan that cannot shelter the online portal. We, at Host Magi, offer an enormous array of shared hosting packages suitable for private or small business portals that even provide pre-activated script-based systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you kick off with a cheaper package and you need more system resources, upgrading to a better account requires only a click.

Shared web hosting - Shortcomings

A weakness of the shared website hosting platform is that the hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to activate new software programs. Given sites, mainly online storefronts, request applications to be activated on the web hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting account, you can activate only software platforms that do not demand complete root access.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For online portals that demand server root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of visitors per day, what you demand is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A virtual hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated web server and it acts in precisely the same manner.

VPS Web Hosting Servers

Both solutions typically include complete root access and can be rebooted via a software tool by the client, independently from the hosting supplier. Similar to the shared web hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web hosting server plans include different features depending on what the web hosting provider offers. A Virtual Private Server web hosting package includes guaranteed data storage space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can occasionally be increased for short intervals of time if there are available system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be upgraded by altering or adding components. A virtual web server is simpler to run as it ships with a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, explore statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such a plan would rather be used by experienced customers.

Dedicated Web Servers

Still, given web hosting vendors offer managed dedicated web server hosting services where they execute web hosting server management operations on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the package or an extra feature.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Choosing the top hosting plan is essential as it can affect the stable work of a web site. Prior to opting for an account, compare the pros and cons, investigate completely all the preconditions for the web portal to run properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still unsure which one is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.