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A description of web hosting

The most standard and universally utilized type of web hosting is the shared web hosting service. It's a means to host your web site without having to understand much about programming and administrating a web server. In addition, it's also the most inexpensive type of web page hosting and it's quite affordable for everyone. Nevertheless, what is shared webspace hosting?

What is shared hosting?

As the name signifies, the shared site hosting service is a sort of service where plenty of customers share the system reserves of one and the same server. This indicates that all web server ingredients such as CPU, hard drives, RAM, NICs etc. are allotted among the clients whose accounts are on that same web server. This is mainly rendered accomplishable by setting up separate accounts for the separate clients and assigning specific restrictions and usage quotas for each of them. Those limitations are imposed so as to prevent the users from interfering with each other's accounts and, of course, to prevent the hosting server from overburdening. Usually, shared web page hosting clients do not have full root-level access to the hosting server's config files, which principally indicates that they do not have access to anything else on the web hosting server aside from their very own shared website hosting account. The web site hosting features that each account may resort to are fixed by the hosting corporation that owns the hosting server and by the particular site hosting plan. That predetermines the second vital question:

How are the shared web hosting servers split among the users?

Web hosting distributors that offer shared web page hosting services usually have diverse webspace hosting packages. Those packages include diverse quotas of website hosting resources and specs, which in fact define the limitations that a site hosting package will have. The client may select between the different web hosting plans and sign up for the one that he believes will fit him best. The web hosting plan will then define what restrictions the user's account will include, once opened. The prices and the features of the web hosting plans are determined by the specific hosting provider. Based on the politics of the corporation, the shared web site hosting solution falls into 2 groups - the free hosting service and the common shared service, currently very famous among "cPanel hosting" vendors as a cloud web hosting one. It's not possible to announce, which one is more preferable, since they are quite different from each other and they really are subject to the marketing tactics of the given company and, of course, the demands of the given client.

What is the distinction between the free and the typical shared web page hosting service?

Of course, the major difference between the free of cost and the paid service is in the quantity of resources that they include. Free web space hosting firms are not able to maintain an enormous amount of web hosting servers, therefore, they just host more users on a single web server by decreasing the quantity of resources offered by the accounts. This will be efficient only in case the hosting servers are kept under surveillance and handled properly, because the huge amount of accounts may cause the hosting server to crash over and over again. The majority of the free web hosting vendors, however, ignore the quality of the service and as a result, it's very hard to stumble upon a free hosting service that's actually worth the effort. The top free hosting distributors usually provide free client support even to the free site hosting customers, because they want their web portals to grow bigger so that they eventually move to a paid web space hosting account, which offers more web hosting resources. Such firm, for example, is FreeHostia.com, which is among the biggest and eldest free web hosting corporations in the world.

At the same time, traditional shared web hosting suppliers like Lonex, for example, are able to keep numerous servers and as a result, they may afford to provide much more feature-rich web space hosting packages. Of course, that affects the cost of the web hosting plans. Paying a higher price for a web hosting account, however, does not automatically imply that this package has a better quality. The most advantageous services are the balanced ones, which offer a fee that corresponds to the concrete service which you're obtaining. The first-class hosting firms that have been around for quite a while are revealing their prices and plan specifications in an objective manner, so that the client may be aware of what indeed he is obtaining. Additionally, some of them give a free bonus with the site hosting plan, such as the 1-click applications installer, complemented with hundreds of cost-free web design layouts that are furnished by 'Lonex'. Such web site hosting corporations do care about their reputation and that's why if you select them, you can rest calm that you won't get duped into buying a plan that you cannot in fact utilize.

What should I anticipate from a shared website hosting solution?

The shared website hosting service is best for individuals who are looking to host an average web page, which is going to use a small or medium amount of bandwidth each month. You cannot expect, though, that a shared website hosting account will last you a lifetime, since as your business expands, your website will become more and more demanding. Therefore, you will have to ultimately move to a more powerful web hosting solution such as a semi-dedicated server, a VPS (a.k.a. a virtual private web hosting server, or VPS), or why not a dedicated server. Therefore, when picking a web hosting provider, you should also consider how they can be of service to you, otherwise you might end up relocating your domain name manually to a separate company, which can bring about site problems and even prolonged downtime for your web site. Therefore, selecting a web space hosting provider like 'Lonex', which can supply you with the required domain name and hosting services as you grow bigger, is crucial and will save you a lot of nuisances in the long run.