Top Shared Hosting

There are different kinds of shared hosting packages appropriate for different web sites with regard to the system resources or the shared hosting platform they need. To pick the best shared hosting service for your web site, you must estimate what server-side software it needs, how many hits per day you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be answered.

Shared Hosting - Dividends

The most proper alternative for small scale websites with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this form of website hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which lowers the total price per individual critically. There are diverse web hosting solutions differing from one hosting company to another, furnishing different amounts of hard disk storage and traffic, different e-mail box account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can obtain an account that will include the resources your web portal actually demands. You will not need to pay a lot of cash for an account you will not make use of, or wind up with a small sized package that cannot host the online portal. We, at Nelson's Hosting, offer a great assortment of shared hosting packages appropriate for private or small business portals that even offer pre-installed script-based systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you start with a low-end plan and you require more resources, moving to a more feature-rich plan takes just a click.

Shared Hosting - Negative Sides

A drawback of the shared hosting solution is that the servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot activate additional software applications. Certain websites, particularly online stores, need applications to be activated on the web server for them to work, and with a shared website hosting account, you can install only software platforms that do not require root access.

VPS Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web pages that demand complete server root access, or if your web site has many 1000's or even millions of daily visitors, what you need is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A virtual web hosting server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated machine and it works in absolutely the same manner.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both services usually offer complete server root access and can be rebooted through a software interface by the user, autonomously from the hosting company. Analogous to the shared website hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated server accounts include different features based on what the web hosting supplier offers. A VPS web server plan contains guaranteed server storage space, RAM and CPU quotas that can occasionally be boosted for short intervals of time in case there are spare resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limit is the hardware architecture it is using, and it can be upgraded by changing or adding components. A virtual server is easier to cope with as it comprises a virtualization tool, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, explore statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be used by qualified customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Still, some hosting vendors provide managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they implement dedicated hosting server management tasks instead of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional option.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Picking the top hosting plan is crucial as it can have an influence on the proper performance of a website. Before picking an account, weigh the pros and cons, study carefully all the requirements for the web site to perform properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which one is the best shared hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.