Overview of types of web hosting

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As the web hosting industry evolves, so do the types of web hosting offered. They range from shared hosting (also called virtual hosting), where clients have accounts on servers shared with other clients, to dedicated hosting, where clients have sole use of entire servers. Beyond dedicated hosting is colocation, where users place their own servers in a datacenter and are responsible for the servers themselves.

Between the above types of web hosting are reseller hosting (clients can resell web space to their clients, using accounts on shared servers) and VPS hosting (clients have part of a server that's partitioned off from other accounts).

Web hosting is offered on Linux/Unix or Windows servers, which gives us the industry terms Linux hosting and Windows hosting.

In addition, there are specialty types of web hosting (application-specific hosting), where the web host tailors the service for specific needs, such as clustered hosting and file hosting.

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The selection of the nature and type of web hosting would depend on the size of the firm and their objective of launching the website or websites. Clients of web hosting companies will have to be very particular in making their selection.

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Another great benefit that comes with your web hosting package is bandwidth. Bandwidth is a measure of the amount of data traffic that can occur between your website and the rest of the internet. If you have a sufficient amount of bandwidth for your website, your site will be easier for visitor to view the site.

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Clients of web hosting companies will have to be very particular in making their selection.

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can you tell me the difference between cloud server and dedicated server ?

The major difference between the two is that a dedicated server is a physical piece of equipment housed in a room somewhere. Cloud computing, on the other hand is a virtual server which allows customization, load balancing, and storage. Due to the confusion between the two, many businesses are now opting to utilize a hybrid hosting system which combines the two.

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Cloud hosting is missing but I think it is still irrelevant to us mere mortals. It is way too expensive and only corporations are using it right now. VPS is still the biggest choice amongst users on the higher end which I think is priced reasonably.

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A web hosting service is one given by firms to individuals and businesses that assigns them space on their server and offers connection to the Internet. In this way, the information that they want to share will be available for all internet operators.

There are numerous kind of hosting services and depends upon your necessity you have to recognise which one should be selected such as Shared hosting where without much invest you can share a servers space. If you are a big player and interested in your own server you can choice a dedicated server where your security is best assured. A business site hosting need much more security where you may need to do ecommerce activities. The price for a business web site will be much more than other web sites. Loading of small files and web pages are done by the host company on free of cost through FTP (File Transfer Protocol) technology. If you need a separate web address you need to register your domain name with required payment for it.

As you can see, web hosting is a remarkably simple concept. Use this as your guide to buying your web hosting plan, and your website could be up and running in a few short hours! Get started today!