Best Shared Hosting

There are different kinds of shared hosting accounts suitable for different sites in relation to the system resources or the shared hosting platform they need. To choose the most appropriate shared hosting service for your web portal, you have to reckon what server-side software programs it demands, how many daily hits you expect at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific demands that may need to be covered.

Shared website hosting - Virtues

The most suitable alternative for small sized web portals with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this type of web site hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which decreases the overall cost per customer seriously. There are various web hosting accounts varying from one web hosting vendor to another, furnishing different quotas of web storage and web traffic, different email address account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can buy an account that will provide the specifications your website really demands. You will not need to pay a lot for a plan you will not make use of, or wind up with a small sized account that cannot shelter the web site. We, at Emerald Gold Hosting, offer a big variety of shared hosting plans suitable for private or small business websites that even include pre-activated script-based platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you kick off with a low priced package and you demand more system resources, upgrading to a more powerful package takes only a click of the mouse.

Shared Website Hosting - Inconveniences

A weak side of the shared web hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot activate additional software platforms. Some sites, above all online stores, require software applications to be available on the web server for them to run, and with a shared web hosting package, you can install only software platforms that do not require full root-level access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For websites that require full root-level access, or if your web portal has many thousands or even millions of visitors per day, what you demand is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A private virtual hosting server is a software emulation of a dedicated hosting server and it behaves in an exactly identical manner.

Private Virtual Servers

Both platforms normally offer full root access and can be restarted through a software program by the user, independently from the hosting company. Similar to the shared web hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web server hosting packages comprise different features depending on what the web hosting company has to offer. A VPS web hosting server package includes guaranteed disk storage, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be expanded for brief stretches of time if there are spare system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be configured by altering or appending components. A virtual hosting server is simpler to handle as it offers a virtualization console, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, examine stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be used by proficient users.

Dedicated Web Servers

Nonetheless, certain web hosting companies offer managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they execute dedicated hosting server administration operations on behalf of the customer. This can be a part of package or an additional feature.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Opting for the top hosting package is vital as it can have an effect on the proper operation of a web page. Prior to picking a plan, compare the pros and cons, investigate carefully all the requirements for the online portal to operate properly, especially if it is script-based. And if you are still in doubt which is the best shared hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.