Best Hosting

There are various types of hosting packages appropriate for different web pages in relation to the system resources or the hosting environment they require. To choose the best hosting service for your web portal, you have to evaluate what server-side software applications it requires, how many visits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other special demands that may have to be fulfilled.

Shared website hosting - Assets

The most optimal alternative for small size web pages with several hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this type of web hosting, each user pays only for their account, which minimizes the total cost per customer noticeably. There are various web hosting packages varying from one hosting company to another, providing different quotas of server space and traffic, different electronic mail account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can obtain a plan that will provide the features your online portal indeed requires. You will not need to pay plenty of money for a package you will not use, or end up with a small account that cannot accommodate the web page. We, at Desk Top Hosting, offer an enormous selection of hosting accounts suitable for personal or small business pages that even offer pre-installed script-based systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you begin with a cheaper package and you demand more functionalities, upgrading to a more advanced plan involves only a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Weaknesses

A negative aspect of the shared website hosting environment is that the web servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to install new software programs. Certain web portals, above all web stores, require software applications to be installed on the web server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting solution, you can activate only software applications that do not require full server root access.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For web sites that need root access, or if your website has many thousands or even millions of visitors per day, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated package. A VPS is a virtual simulation of a dedicated solution and it behaves in an exactly identical manner.

Private Virtual Servers

Both services traditionally provide full server root privileges and can be rebooted via a software tool by the client, independently from the hosting supplier. Much like the shared web hosting accounts, the VPS and the dedicated hosting server plans contain different characteristics based on what the hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual hosting server package includes guaranteed hard disk storage space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can sometimes be extended for short stretches of time if there are unused resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware architecture it is availing of, and it can be upgraded by altering or adding components. A private virtual server is simpler to administer as it offers a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be utilized by qualified clients.

Dedicated Servers

Still, given hosting vendors offer managed dedicated server web hosting services where they carry out dedicated hosting server administration operations instead of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Electing...

Opting for the top hosting plan is crucial as it can have an influence on the stable performance of a site. Prior to opting for a package, weigh the pros and cons, investigate thoroughly all the requirements for the web page to operate 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 happy to assist you and answer all your questions.