Quality Hosting

There are different types of hosting plans appropriate for different web sites with regard to the system resources or the hosting platform they require. To choose the most adequate hosting service for your web page, you must calculate what server-side software it needs, how many daily hits you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may have to be met.

Shared Website Hosting - Positive Signs

The most suitable choice for small web sites with a few hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this type of site hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which lowers the overall cost per client radically. There are various web hosting plans varying from one web hosting supplier to another, furnishing different quotas of data storage and traffic, different e-mail address account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can buy a package that will include the features your website indeed needs. You will not have to pay plenty of money for a plan you will not utilize, or end up with a small size account that cannot host the online portal. We, at Fast PHP Hosting, offer a vast assortment of hosting solutions suitable for private or small business web pages that even provide pre-installed script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things easier. If you kick off with a low-price package and you require more features, moving to a high-end plan takes only a mouse click.

Shared Web Hosting - Disadvantages

A negative aspect of the shared web hosting environment is that the hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot install new software programs. Given online portals, particularly web stores, request applications to be present on the server for them to operate, and with a shared hosting solution, you can activate solely software platforms that do not request full root-level access.

Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web sites that require server root access, or if your web page has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily visitors, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated package. A VPS is a virtual emulation of a dedicated solution and it works in absolutely the same manner.

VPSs

Both services commonly include full root-level access and can be rebooted through a software program by the customer, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Like the shared web hosting packages, the VPS and the dedicated web server packages contain different specs depending on what the web hosting provider offers. A virtual server hosting package contains guaranteed hard disk space, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be increased for short periods of time on condition that there are unused system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be configured by altering or appending components. A private virtual web server is easier to cope with as it involves a virtualization software platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore stats, and so on. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be used by competent clients.

Dedicated Web Servers

Yet, some web hosting suppliers offer managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they execute web hosting server administration assignments on behalf of the client. This can be a part of package or an extra option.

Prior To Electing...

Settling on the top hosting plan is crucial as it can influence the proper operation of a site. Before settling on a package, weigh the pros and cons, examine carefully all the preconditions for the website to perform properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still unsure which is the best hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.