What is Shared Hosting?
What is Shared Hosting?
In shared hosting service, many different clients and their web sites and web based systems reside and share one
and the same server and one and the same resources. Indeed each client has their own limits on certain services like:
disk space, traffic per month, number of email accounts, databases etc. However all consumers on a physical
machine are sharing one Apache server, one MySQL server, one Mail server, RAM and CPU are shared as well.
This is the most economical option for web hosting, simply because many people share the cost of an entire
server in the meantime they share more or less the entire server performance and its resources.
Advantages of the Shared Hosting Service?
The biggest advantage of the shared web hosting is its cheap price combined with the lack of maintenance you need to perform
on the server space you rent. For newbies technical support is deciding factor. Shared hosting provides you a guarantee of
Technical Support when it comes to technical problems. If you are not familiar with Linux Administration,
shared hosting can be an excellent choice because you know that somebody else is taking care of this.
Generally all you have to do is to upload your web site or web based system and set it up to work.
Most of the shared hosting providers sell shared web hosting with a web based Web Hosting Control Panel,
where with a click of the mouse you can upload a site, create a database and create an email.
Shared Web Hosting is easy to use - an average computer literate person can manage
most of the important features of a web hosting account.
Disadvantages of the Shared Hosting?
The greatest disadvantage of the Shared Hosting is the limited resources. Because you are sharing the server with other users,
it is likely that you would receive restrictive service. If you or another user on the same shared hosting server consume a
lot of resources like traffic or email capabilities etc, you or others on the same server may experience harmful influence
on their shared hosting performance, simply because resources are shared. There is one more very important downside and this
is the restriction to install programs on the server you may need for your web based systems and scripts. Since the server is
maintained by the shared hosting company to satisfy the over-all needs of the average client, but in the same time keep the
server as clean as possible from numerous running programs you may come up to a problem that you deadly need a module
that is not available.
What is the best choice for me?
At the end your best choice depends on your needs and your web site's demands. If you have a personal or a web site for your hobby or
other pleasure you surely have to buy a
personal shared hosting plan.
If you have a business with several employees and intend to present your stuff online and you daily use your web site, emails capabilities etc,
you definitely need business shared web hosting plan.
If your entire business process and activities are standing online e.g. you have online running systems used to control and manage
your business like online shops, online resources planning etc, you are in a need of
Virtual Private Server (VPS) to rely on.
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