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An explanation of web hosting

The most primary and widely used type of web hosting is the shared web hosting service. It constitutes a way to host your site without having to know much about programming and managing a web hosting server. Moreover, it's also the cheapest form of hosting and it's indeed affordable for everybody. Still, what is shared site hosting?

What is shared web site hosting?

As the name suggests, the shared webspace hosting solution is a form of service where multiple clients share the system reserves of the same web hosting server. This denotes that all web hosting server constituents like CPU, hard drives, RAM, network interface cards etc. are split among the clients whose accounts are on that same server. This is normally made feasible by creating different accounts for the separate customers and appointing specific limits and usage quotas for each of them. Those limits are fixed in order to hinder the clients from intervening with each other's accounts and, of course, to hinder the web server from overburdening. Normally, shared hosting users do not have complete root-level access to the hosting server's config files, which primarily suggests that they cannot access anything else on the web hosting server but their own personal shared website hosting account. The web page hosting resources that each account may resort to are fixed by the hosting corporation that owns the web server and by the given web hosting package. That brings on the second important question:

How are the shared web hosting servers shared among the customers?

Hosting corporations that furnish shared web site hosting packages typically have different webspace hosting plans. Those plans include different quotas of website hosting resources and specifications, which in fact set the limits that a web site hosting package will have. The client may choose between the different web hosting plans and sign up for the one that he believes will befit him best. The website hosting plan will then define what limits the client's account will involve, once opened. The prices and the specifications of the site hosting plans are specified by the very web hosting corporation. Based on the policy of the vendor, the shared web hosting solution falls into two categories - the free hosting service and the popular shared service, currently very popular among "cPanel hosting" distributors as a cloud web hosting one. It's not possible to affirm, which one is better, since they are very different from each other and they indeed are subject to the business strategy of the given company and, of course, the requirements of the particular customer.

What is the difference between the free of cost and the typical shared web space hosting solution?

Of course, the primary difference between the free of cost and the paid solution is in the amount of features that they contain. Free site hosting suppliers are not capable of maintaining an immense number of web hosting servers, hence, they plainly accommodate more clients on a single server by decreasing the quantity of system resources provided by the accounts. This will be effective only in case the web servers are kept under surveillance and maintained properly, because the large amount of accounts may causer the web server to crash repeatedly. The majority of the free website hosting suppliers, however, ignore the quality of the service and therefore, it's quite difficult to stumble upon a free of charge webspace hosting service that's in fact worth the effort. The top free hosting distributors usually provide free client support even to the free web hosting clients, because they want their sites to get bigger so that they eventually move to a paid web site hosting account, which includes more site hosting features. Such provider, for example, is FreeHostia.com, which is among the largest and eldest free web site hosting distributors worldwide.

At the same time, traditional shared web hosting suppliers like Galaxy Gig, for instance, are able to keep plenty of hosting servers and therefore, they may afford to offer much more powerful web hosting plans. Of course, that reflects on the cost of the site hosting plans. Paying a higher price for a webspace hosting account, though, does not automatically mean that this solution has a finer quality. The best solutions are the balanced ones, which involve a fee that corresponds to the concrete service which you're obtaining. The best hosting companies that have been around for quite some time are listing their price tags and package specifications in a realistic fashion, so that the client may familiar with what in fact he is receiving. Moreover, some of these provide a free bonus with the web site hosting package, such as the 1-click applications installer, accompanied by hundreds of free web page skins that are provided by 'Galaxy Gig'. Such web space hosting providers do care about their reputation and that's why if you go with them, you can rest assured that you won't get fooled into buying a plan that you cannot actually avail of.

What should I anticipate from a shared web hosting solution?

The shared website hosting solution is best for individuals who wish to host a normal site, which is going to utilize a small or medium amount of bandwidth every month. You cannot anticipate, though, that a shared web hosting account will last you a lifetime, because as your business expands, your site will become more and more demanding. Therefore, you will have to eventually move to a more feature-rich site hosting solution like a semi-dedicated server, a VPS (a.k.a. a virtual web server, or VPS), or why not a dedicated server. So, when choosing a hosting company, you should also reflect about how they can be of service to you, or else you might end up relocating your domain name manually to a separate supplier, which can bring about web site troubles and even continued downtime for your web page. Hence, selecting a web space hosting distributor such as 'Galaxy Gig', which can present you with the needed domain name and hosting services as you grow bigger, is vital and will spare you lots of difficulties in the future.