Top Web Hosting

There are different sorts of web hosting plans appropriate for different websites with regard to the system resources or the web hosting environment they need. To pick the most appropriate web hosting service for your site, you have to access what server-side software it requires, how many hits per day you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be covered.

Shared Web Hosting - Pluses

The most relevant alternative for small size 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 minimizes the overall price per client noticeably. There are diverse web hosting packages differing from one web hosting provider to another, supplying different amounts of disk space and traffic, different e-mail quotas and so on. The plus is that you can obtain a package that will include the specs your web page really demands. You will not need to pay lots of money for a package you will not make use of, or wind up with a small plan that cannot host the online portal. We, at Raidvps, offer a wide collection of web hosting plans suitable for personal or small business websites that even provide pre-installed script-based platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you begin with a low priced plan and you require more features, moving to a high-end plan requires only a click of the mouse.

Shared website hosting - Weaknesses

A downside of the shared website hosting solution is that the web servers have some software installed on them and you cannot install additional software applications. Certain online portals, mainly web stores, request applications to be installed on the web hosting server for them to function, and with a shared web hosting platform, you can activate only software platforms that do not need full server root access.

Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For portals that demand root-level access, or if your web page has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of hits per day, what you need is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A virtual private hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated solution and it acts in a precisely identical manner.

Virtual Hosting Servers

Both environments normally give full server root access and can be restarted via a software platform by the user, independently from the web hosting company. Similar to the shared hosting packages, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server hosting accounts have different characteristics depending on what the web hosting vendor offers. A private virtual hosting server package offers guaranteed hard disk space, RAM and central processing unit usage quotas that can at times be increased for short periods of time if there are spare system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be revved up by changing or adding components. A virtual web server is easier to manipulate as it ships with a virtualization platform, which can be used to restart it, to install applications, monitor stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated web server is more intricate, so such a package would rather be resorted to by knowledgeable users.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

However, some hosting companies provide managed dedicated hosting solutions where they run dedicated server administration assignments instead of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an additional service.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Selecting the top hosting package is crucial as it can have an influence on the proper work of a web page. Prior to settling on a package, weigh the pros and cons, review thoroughly all the preconditions for the website to perform properly, especially if it is script-based. And if you are still in doubt which is the best web hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.