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There are different types of hosting services appropriate for different web portals in relation to the system resources or the hosting platform they require. To select the best hosting service for your web portal, you have to evaluate what server-side software programs it requires, how many daily visits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific demands that may have to be covered.

Shared Hosting - Strong Points

The most relevant choice for small scale sites with several hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this form of web site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which decreases the total cost per client drastically. There are diverse web hosting accounts differing from one company to another, furnishing different quotas of data storage space and monthly traffic, different mail quotas and so on. The plus is that you can pay for a plan that will offer the specs your web site in fact needs. You will not have to pay a lot for a package you will not make use of, or end up with a small scale plan that cannot shelter the web portal. We, at Kodohost, offer a big choice of hosting solutions suitable for personal or small business sites that even come with pre-activated script-based platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things easier. If you start with a low priced package and you demand more functionalities, upgrading to a more feature-rich plan demands only a mouse click.

Shared Web Hosting - Weak Points

A shortcoming of the shared web hosting solution is that the hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot activate new software. Certain sites, especially online storefronts, require software applications to be present on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared website hosting solution, you can install only software that does not need full root-level access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For websites that demand complete root access, or if your portal has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of viewers per day, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated package. A virtual private web hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated server and it behaves in a strictly identical manner.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers

Both services traditionally come with full server root access and can be restarted via a software interface by the customer, independently from the hosting company. Akin to the shared web hosting packages, the VPS and the dedicated web server plans contain diverse features based on what the hosting supplier has to offer. A VPS hosting package has guaranteed server space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can occasionally be extended for short periods of time provided that there are spare resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limitation is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be revamped by changing or adding components. A virtual private web server is simpler to manage as it arrives with a virtualization panel, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, explore statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be resorted to by qualified clients.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, certain web hosting vendors provide managed dedicated hosting services where they run dedicated web hosting server management operations on behalf of the client. This can be included in the plan or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Choosing...

Settling on the top hosting package is crucial as it can have an effect on the stable performance of a web site. Prior to selecting an account, weigh the pros and cons, inspect completely all the preconditions for the site to function properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.