Top Hosting

There are different types of hosting accounts suitable for different web pages when it comes to the resources or the hosting platform they need. To pick the most adequate hosting service for your web portal, you must access what server-side software programs it requires, how many visits per day you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other specific demands that may have to be covered.

Shared Website Hosting - Upsides

The most appropriate option for small scale web sites with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting solution. With this type of website hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which lowers the overall cost per user considerably. There are different web hosting plans differing from one provider to another, furnishing different quotas of hard disk space and monthly traffic, different mail account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can get a plan that will provide the specifications your online portal in fact requires. You will not have to pay a lot of money for a plan you will not avail of, or end up with a small sized package that cannot accommodate the web page. We, at Fast PHP Hosting, offer a vast array of hosting accounts appropriate for personal or small business web pages that even provide pre-activated script-driven systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you kick off with a low grade package and you demand more features, moving to a more powerful plan requires only a click of the mouse.

Shared Hosting - Weak Sides

A drawback of the shared web hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software installed on them and you cannot activate additional software applications. Certain sites, particularly web shops, demand applications to be present on the hosting server for them to work, and with a shared hosting environment, you can install solely software that does not require root access.

VPS Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For sites that need full server root access, or if your online portal has many 1000's or even millions of visitors per day, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated package. A Virtual Private Server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated hosting server and it behaves in a precisely identical way.

Private Virtual Web Servers

Both environments typically include full root access and can be restarted through a software tool by the client, independently from the web hosting company. Analogous to the shared web hosting plans, the VPS and the dedicated web server hosting accounts come with diverse features based on what the web hosting supplier offers. A private virtual web server plan offers guaranteed hard disk storage space, RAM and central processing unit usage quotas that can occasionally be enhanced for brief spells of time if there are spare system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limit is the hardware configuration it is using, and it can be upgraded by altering or adding components. A private virtual server is simpler to handle as it comprises a virtualization panel, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be used by experienced customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, given hosting vendors provide managed dedicated web hosting services where they execute dedicated hosting server management assignments on behalf of the client. This can be included in the plan or an additional feature.

Before You Decide...

Opting for the top hosting package is crucial as it can influence the stable work of a web site. Prior to opting for a package, weigh the pros and cons, review completely all the prerequisites for the web site to run properly, especially if it is script-based. 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 representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.