Shared Hosting Explained

As its name hints, shared hosting is a solution, which entails hosting online content. There are various forms and types of hosting, based on the aims and on the functions. Nonetheless, they all involve hosting files, which, once hosted, are made available through the Web. A host is actually a web hosting service that is linked to the World Wide Web and has its own personal Internet Protocol address, which enables people to gain access to it via the Internet. The web server's configuration and its resources are determined by the kind of web hosting service it will be used for.

What are the different types of hosting?

Based on the purpose, the business website hosting solution may be:

File Hosting - this type of hosting enables the customers to keep their files on a given web hosting server. With the average file hosting service, the files that are hosted may only be accessed by the customer that's using the service. This hosting solution typically includes backups of PCs , docs, private files and even other servers. This solution may also have given limits with regard to the web space and the root privileges. There may also be bandwidth limitations, but that is dependent on the particular web hosting service provider.

Warez Web Hosting - the so-called warez web hosting solution is quite similar to the previous hosting service form. Yet, in contrast with the file web hosting solution, the warez web hosting service is used for disseminating licensed work without the blessing of the license owner. To put it briefly - it refers to the illegal distribution of files and docs. There are lots of ways for this to be accomplished, but the 2 main ways are - via simple HTTP downloading and via P2P connections. The first method involves either a particular website, or, most commonly, simply a directory on a web server that's been made available for everyone to access it and thereby download licensed docs for free. The second method entails a P2P connection, making use of the so-called Torrent web servers, through which users transmit files between each other. There are not many web hosting firms that allow that form of web hosting on their web hosting servers, chiefly owing to all the legal complications that it entails. Usually such sites are hosted on personal dedicated web servers that are registered by 3rd party companies either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Mail Hosting - this service is used with both shared website hosting and dedicated web hosting servers, depending on the customer's intention. If you wish to have your own personal SMTP e-mail server, then you will need either a private virtual hosting server or a dedicated web server that offers the access level needed to complete such an assignment. For customary mail web hosting ends, though, you can avail of a normal shared website hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a service that's very famous, since the web hosting and the mail hosting services are being served by 2 separate servers, often owned by different companies.

Shared Hosting - the most famous and immensely used hosting service at the moment. It's used for hosting site files, whose sort depends on the Operating System the hosting server is availing of - Linux or Windows. Different kinds of files demand concrete web hosting server Operating Systems, otherwise they won't be shown correctly on the Web. This type of web hosting may impose disk space and traffic limitations, server root access and central processing unit usage limitations.

Based on the mission and on the objectives, the user should choose the kind of server that he needs for his project, and, of course, the web hosting distributor that's going to supply it. There are several types of hosting servers, based on the specs and the website hosting solutions that they provide. These are:

Shared Hosting Server - a shared web hosting server includes a smaller amount of system resources, which, of course, is reflected on the cost of the service. It can be used for hosting small size and middle scale online portals, which do not demand vast amounts of data storage and bandwidth.

Semi-dedicated Servers - they function on the very same principle as the shared website hosting servers. Still, there are much less customers accommodated on the same hosting server. That is why, each of them will enjoy a bigger quota of the web server's resources like RAM, disk space, web traffic and CPU. Excellent for hosting bulky web portals that do not need complete root-level access.

Virtual private servers are ideal for middle scale online portals, which do require root access to the web hosting server's configuration files. Commonly, there are a handful of VPS web server accounts hosted on the same machine. In spite of that, each of them is isolated from the others and runs its own OS.

Dedicated Server - a fully dedicated web hosting server configured and accessed by you and only you. It ensures a large quantity of resources. It also offers full root privileges, which makes it a perfect environment for any kind of site that requires a web hosting service.

The only question that remains is:

Which web hosting provider should I select?

As already mentioned, there are not many hosting companies providing warez web hosting solutions due to judicial troubles. Such web hosting providers are being shut down practically every month. Because of that, if you desire to start such a service, you should do it on your own personal computer. The shared website hosting solution is the most famous type of web hosting service. Therefore, each and every web hosting corporation offers it. Not all of them, however, provide services such as VPS servers, Semi-dedicated Servers and dedicated servers. Most of the small sized website hosting distributors do not have the resources demanded for maintaining those solutions. You can easily identify such hosting companies by the kinds of services that they are providing and by the way that they introduce them to the clientele. For example, certain hosting providers permit you to commence with a small sized hosting package and subsequently move to a more powerful one, if you deem it necessary to do so. This is extremely convenient, because you do not have to move websites between web servers and there is no danger of facing service disturbances due to all the problems that may show up.

We, at Nelson's Hosting offer all types of solutions and possess the adequate hosting server resources and staff to ensure that their customers will not encounter any troubles when swapping services, which is what a top hosting vendor is actually all about.