Top Web Hosting

There are various types of web hosting solutions appropriate for different web portals when it comes to the resources or the web hosting platform they demand. To pick the most adequate web hosting service for your web page, you have to reckon 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 need to be answered.

Shared web hosting - Positive Points

The most adequate alternative for small sized web sites with several hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting solution. With this type of web hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which lowers the overall price per customer substantially. There are different web hosting accounts differing from one hosting provider to another, furnishing different amounts of hard disk storage space and traffic, different mail quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can get an account that will provide the features your web page in fact needs. You will not have to pay a lot for a package you will not make use of, or wind up with a small sized package that cannot accommodate the site. We, at PickMweb, offer a vast collection of web hosting packages suitable for private or small business portals that even include pre-activated script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you commence with a basic account and you need more system resources, moving to a more feature-rich account involves just a click of the mouse.

Shared Web Hosting - Downsides

A weakness of the shared hosting environment is that the hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot activate new software programs. Given web portals, above all online shops, need applications to be installed on the web hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting environment, you can activate solely software platforms that do not require full server root access.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For online portals that require root access, or if your online portal has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily hits, what you need is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A private virtual web hosting server is a software emulation of a dedicated web server and it performs in a precisely identical way.

Virtual Private Web Servers

Both platforms normally offer root privileges and can be rebooted via a software interface by the client, independently from the hosting supplier. Much like the shared web hosting packages, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server packages involve diverse specifications based on what the hosting company has to offer. A virtual server web hosting plan offers guaranteed data storage space, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be expanded for short stretches of time on condition that there are unused system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be revamped by changing or appending components. A VPS web hosting server is easier to tackle as it comprises a virtualization platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, monitor stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more intricate, so such a package would rather be resorted to by knowledgeable customers.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Yet, given hosting companies provide managed dedicated web server hosting services where they execute server management operations on behalf of the client. This can be included in the package or an additional feature.

Before You Elect...

Picking the top hosting plan is important as it can influence the stable functioning of a web site. Before opting for a plan, weigh the pros and cons, explore completely all the prerequisites for the online portal to operate properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which is the best web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.