What Does Shared Hosting Represent?

If you have created a site and you want other individuals to visit it, you must copy your web site files to a publicly accessible web server.

Where to host your web site?

Although you can use your own personal computer as a server, it is a more conventional practice to let a hosting service provider host your website. The chief reason for that is the greater stability and the uninterrupted availability of your site, because web hosting service providers have high-end hardware and allocate a much higher traffic allowance, which guarantees the faster access to your website from all around the world.

Shared hosting solutions

Choose a shared hosting solution, which enables you to register domains and to set up electronic mail accounts. Lots of web shared hosting providers, like us at SrbHost, offer a charge-free domain registration as a gift if you open a hosting account.

Hosting your site yourself

Hosting your website on your own server is no doubt an option, but only in case you have time and the necessary skills. There are some aspects that you have to consider, among them the hardware and software costs. To own a "real", proper site, you will need to pay for some powerful server hardware, since you cannot bank on a cheap personal computer to carry out the task. You will also require a constant breakneck-speed Internet connection without outages, which generally comes at a pretty steep price. If you are making use of licensed software for your site, you will need to invest money in the license too. You may also have to deal with bugs and rootkits. You will need to maintain your web server constantly running in an environment where "everything could happen". If you do not possess the required technical ability, you will have to engage a sysadmin to cope with these issues on your behalf, which will render the price of hosting your website on your own even higher than that of a dedicated web server supplied by a hosting services provider.

A dedicated web server supplied by a web hosting distributor

Renting a dedicated hosting server from a hosting company is a suitable decision if you would like to have a resource-absorbing web site or a business portal that has very special security requirements. The most important upsides of utilizing a dedicated web server are the high-speed Internet connection, the uninterruptible power supply and the very powerful hardware. Some hosting companies, again like us at SrbHost, supply virtual private servers hosting and semi-dedicated web server hosting solutions, which are based on extremely powerful servers that can be divided among several clients. You can also anticipate them to provide effective server load balancing services and the necessary backup servers.

Security and stability

Web hosting companies are specialized in supplying hosting services and because this is what they do to earn a living, you can anticipate them to offer uninterrupted service uptime, the newest software patches and the best virus protection, as well as system administrators available around the clock to assist you in the event of an emergency.

Choose your web hosting vendor

What you have to take into consideration when picking your web hosting services provider is the stability of the offered hosting services. Make sure that the hosting packages provider of your choice offers a round-the-clock support service. Do not place yourself in a scenario where you cannot solve urgent issues instantaneously because you have to wait till the next business day. Additionally, if you opt for a shared website hosting package, which features a 24-7-365 support service, this means that there constantly will be system administrators available to resolve any critical problems as soon as they take place, which is a very advantageous thing.

Daily data backups

Make sure that your web hosting services provider offers routine backups with the offered hosting services, otherwise you may forfeit some precious data in case of a hardware crash or because you have deleted something by mistake. The availability of day-to-day data backups is typically mentioned in the web hosting supplier's Terms of Service.

Web traffic and hosting server storage space

When picking your hosting provider, give special attention to the traffic usage quota limits. Make sure that you don't have to pay a fortune for unforeseen high bandwidth volumes if your web site becomes more regularly visited. There are a lot of web hosting vendors that offer unmetered traffic at present, so the wisest step to take is to make sure that you have made the correct decision before signing up.

Content restrictions

Give specific attention to the hosting service provider's content restrictions. If you aim to publish pictures or to stream video or audio, make sure that you can accomplish that. Also, most hosting suppliers place restrictions as far as utilizing their services for file hosting purposes is concerned, so if you upload too many files that are not related or directly linked to your website, your account could get terminated. So, exploring the web hosting provider's TOS, irrespective of how time-devouring and dull this might be, is very vital.

E-mail capabilities

The majority of hosting distributors today also offer email services with all their website hosting plans. It is not a bad idea to double-check if the hosting provider of your choosing offers such functionalities as well, so as to confirm that you'll receive all the functionalities that you need in return for your cash.