Which web site hosting plan will be most suitable for me?

There are different varieties of web hosting accounts appropriate for different web sites when it comes to the resources or the web hosting environment they demand. To select the most appropriate hosting service for your site, you need to calculate what server-side software applications it demands, how many hits per day you expect at the start and in the future, as well as any other special needs that may need to be satisfied.

Shared Web Hosting - Positive Sides

The most proper choice for small sized web sites with a few hundred or sng, each user pays only for their plan, which reduces the total cost per client significantly. There are diverse web hosting accounts differing from one web hosting vendor to another, delivering different quotas of disk storage and bandwidth, different mail quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can order a package that will provide the features your online portal in fact requires. You will not have to pay lots of money for an account you will not avail of, or end up with a small sized plan that cannot host the web site. At QTLabs Inc., there is a big choice of shared hosting solutions suitable for private or small business sites that even include pre-activated script-based platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you start with a low-end package and you need more features, upgrading to a better plan demands just a click of the mouse.

Shared Hosting - Downsides

A downside of the shared webspace hosting environment is that the hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you are unable to install new software. Given sites, especially web stores, request software applications to be activated on the server for them to work, and with a shared web site hosting package, you can activate solely software platforms that do not require full server root access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For web pages that request server root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily visits, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated server. A private virtual web server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated solution and it works in an exactly identical manner.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both solutions commonly provide complete server root access and can be rebooted via a software platform by the user, independently from the web hosting company. Like the shared web site hosting plans, the private virtual hosting server and the dedicated web hosting server packages involve different specifications based on what the web hosting provider offers. A VPS web server hosting plan contains guaranteed server storage space, RAM and CPU quotas that can at times be extended for short intervals of time in case there are free system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is availing of, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A VPS web hosting server is simpler to administer as it comes with a virtualization software platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, explore stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such a package would rather be used by knowledgeable clients.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, some providers provide managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they complete dedicated web hosting server administration procedures on behalf of the client. This can be a part of plan or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Selecting...

Settling on the top hosting plan is vital as it can have an influence on the proper performance of a web page. Prior to selecting an account, weigh the pros and cons, study thoroughly all the prerequisites for the website to operate properly, especially if it is script-driven, and, last but not least, if you have already picked a web host, the best you could do would be to ask their customer support staff for advice as to which plan exactly would be best for the stable functioning of your online portal.