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Quality Hosting

There are various types of hosting accounts suitable for different websites in regard to the system resources or the hosting platform they need. To pick the best hosting service for your web site, you need to evaluate what server-side software programs it needs, how many visits per day you anticipate at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be answered.

Shared web hosting - Benefits

Starter
Unlimited storage
Unlimited bandwidth
1 website hosted
30-Day Free Trial
$3.00 / month
Business
Unlimited storage
Unlimited bandwidth
5 websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
$4.17 / month
 

The most adequate option for small size online portals with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting account. With this type of website hosting, each client pays only for their account, which diminishes the total price per person radically. There are various web hosting solutions differing from one hosting provider to another, supplying different quotas of disk storage space and web traffic, different e-mail address account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can buy an account that will have the resources your web portal actually requires. You will not have to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not make use of, or wind up with a small account that cannot host the web portal. We, at CultHost.com, offer a great array of hosting solutions appropriate for personal or small business sites that even come with pre-installed script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you commence with a low grade package and you require more functionalities, moving to a better plan involves just a click.

Shared Website Hosting - Minuses

A shortcoming of the shared website hosting solution is that the hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot install new software. Given websites, mainly web storefronts, require software applications to be present on the server for them to function, and with a shared web hosting environment, you can install solely software applications that do not require server root access.

VPS Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web sites that demand root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even millions of visits per day, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS web hosting server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated web hosting server and it functions in a strictly identical way.

VPS Web Servers

Both platforms commonly offer full server root privileges and can be rebooted via a software interface by the customer, autonomously from the web hosting supplier. Akin to the shared web hosting accounts, the VPS and the dedicated server plans sport diverse specs depending on what the web hosting provider has to offer. A VPS server web hosting account contains guaranteed disk storage space, RAM and CPU quotas that can at times be extended for short periods of time on condition that there are available resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is using, and it can be revved up by changing or appending components. A private virtual server is simpler to manipulate as it involves a virtualization console, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, check stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such a package would rather be resorted to by competent users.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Nonetheless, certain web hosting corporations offer managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they implement dedicated hosting server administration operations instead of the client. This can be a part of package or an extra upgrade.

Prior To Opting...

Settling on the top hosting plan is essential as it can have an influence on the proper functioning of a site. Before picking an account, weigh the pros and cons, review completely all the prerequisites for the web portal to operate properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which is the best hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.