What Actually is Shared Hosting

As its name implies, shared hosting is a service, which entails hosting web content. There are different forms and types of hosting, depending on the mission and on the functions. Nevertheless, they all refer to hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible throughout the Web. A web host is actually a server that is connected to the Internet and has its very own IP address, which allows people to have access to it via the Web. The web hosting server's configuration and its limitations are determined by the sort of web hosting service it will be utilized for.

What are the different forms of web hosting?

Based on the mission, the professional hosting service may be:

File Web Hosting - this type of hosting permits the customers to accommodate their files on a certain web hosting server. With the average file web hosting service, the files that are accommodated may only be accessed by the customer that's using the service. This web hosting solution traditionally is related to backups of PCs , documents, private files and even other servers. This service may also include certain restrictions in relation to the web space and the root privileges. There may also be bandwidth quota limitations, but that depends on the particular web hosting provider.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez web hosting solution is very similar to the previous web hosting service type. Nevertheless, unlike the file web hosting service, the warez hosting solution is utilized for transmitting proprietary work without the blessing of the license bearer. In short - it refers to the unauthorized transmission of files and documents. There are numerous approaches for this to be executed, but the two essential ways are - via plain HTTP downloading and via P2P connections. The first one involves either a certain web page, or, most commonly, just a directory on a web server that's been made available for everyone to access it and thus download proprietary docs free of charge. The second method involves a P2P connection, using the so-called Torrent servers, through which users swap files between each other. There are a few web hosting suppliers that permit that type of web hosting on their web hosting servers, mainly because of all the judicial entanglements that it presupposes. Commonly such sites are hosted on private dedicated hosting servers that are registered by third-party firms either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Mail Hosting - this service is relevant with both shared web hosting and dedicated servers, based on the customer's desire. If you wish to establish your own private SMTP server, then you will need either a virtual private web hosting server or a dedicated hosting server that offers the access level required to execute such a procedure. For conventional mail web hosting ends, however, you can set up a simple shared web hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a service that's very popular, since the website hosting and the mail hosting services are being served by two separate web servers, often owned by separate providers.

Shared Hosting - the most widely spread and immensely utilized hosting service at the moment. It's used for hosting site files, whose kind depends on the OS the web hosting server is making use of - Linux or Windows. Different kinds of files demand concrete hosting server OSs, or else they won't be displayed correctly on the Web. This kind of hosting may involve disk storage and traffic restrictions, root access and CPU usage limits.

Based on the purpose and on the objectives, the client should choose the type of server that he needs for his work, and, of course, the web hosting firm that's going to provide it. There are different types of servers, depending on the specs and the website hosting solutions that they provide. These are:

Shared Website Hosting Server - a shared web hosting server supplies a smaller quantity of resources, which, of course, is reflected on the cost of the service. It can be used for hosting small and middle size online portals, which do not need huge quantities of server storage space and web traffic.

Semi-dedicated Servers - they function on the very same principle as the shared web hosting servers. Nonetheless, there are much less customers hosted on the same hosting server. For that reason, each of them will get a bigger quota of the server's resources like RAM, server storage, traffic and CPU. Ideal for hosting huge sites that do not need full root access.

VPS hosting are perfect for middle scale web portals, which do require root access to the server's configuration files. Usually, there are a number of virtual private web hosting server accounts placed on the same physical machine. In spite of that, each of them is independent from the rest and runs its own OS.

Dedicated Server - a fully dedicated server set up and accessed by you and solely you. It ensures a mammoth amount of system resources. It also offers full server root access, which renders it an excellent platform for any kind of website that requires a web hosting solution.

The sole question that remains is:

Which web hosting vendor should I choose?

As stated above, there are not many companies providing warez hosting services because of legal predicaments. Such providers are being shut down almost every month. Because of that, if you wish to provide such a service, you should do it on your very own PC. The shared website hosting solution is the most widely spread kind of web hosting service. So, each web hosting distributor provides it. Not all of them, however, offer solutions such as private virtual hosting servers, Semi-dedicated Servers and dedicated hosting servers. Most of the small sized website hosting corporations do not have the means needed for maintaining those solutions. You can effortlessly ID such hosting companies by the types of solutions that they are providing and by the manner in which they present them to the clients. For example, certain hosts allow you to start with a smaller website hosting package and afterwards shift to a bigger one, if you consider it compulsory to do so. This is quite suitable, because you do not have to migrate sites between web servers and there is no possibility of facing service outages due to all the predicaments that may appear.

We, at OnlinePlus provide all kinds of solutions and have the needed web hosting server resources and staff to guarantee that their customers will not face any predicaments when swapping services, which is what a top hosting company is in fact all about.