Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Which Web Hosting To Go For

By Terry Viscottano


The Internet has changed a lot and now, every business needs to have a website at the very least. There are quite a few benefits of having a website; you are, for a start, open for business 24 hours a day. This is a major benefit for many businesses. Some, of course, may not have much use for it.

What does one need?

You have to, for a start, get, web hosting. A web host allows you server space where you can keep your files that you want to show to the visitors. Without a web host, you can't host a website obviously. What makes it confusing, if only slightly, is the fact that there are numerous kinds of web hosting plans.

Shared web hosting plans are a good start for sites that get a few visitors a month. Shared hosting plans are generally on the less costly side and since they are fully managed, they are great to take you off the ground. It's easy, really, to start with a shared host without it costing you an arm and a leg. It doesn't have only upsides though-there are some fairly conspicuous restrictions.

Another well-known kind of web hosting is VPS. It's a virtual machine installed on an actual server machine, and allows you to share a powerful server with a number of other people. A VPS can be great for sites that receive quite a bit of traffic but aren't very extensive resource hogs.

Dedicated hosting is another type of hosting. That's an entire server you rent on a monthly basis. It's perfect for sites that get a lot of traffic, or are heavy on resources. Does your site query the database every now and then? Need to run resource heavy programs on the machine? For these cases, a dedicated server is perhaps the best option.

The good thing about dedicated servers, or any other server, is that they are available in any region in the world. Want a server in Netherlands? Consider yourself covered. There are a number of uses of such a thing -- it's really up to you though. One thing you have to keep in mind is that dedicated servers are generally rather expensive.

However, if you run a website that deserves a dedicated server, there shouldn't be a problem buying one. If you are concerned about the price, you may want to look into dedicated servers available in different locations, not just the US.




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