Top Shared Hosting

There are various types of shared hosting services suitable for different web sites in relation to the resources or the shared hosting environment they need. To select the most appropriate shared hosting service for your online portal, you have to access what server-side software it demands, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other specific demands that may have to be satisfied.

Shared website hosting - Positive Aspects

The most appropriate choice for small sized websites with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting solution. With this type of webspace hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which diminishes the overall cost per client radically. There are various web hosting solutions varying from one hosting corporation to another, supplying different quotas of storage space and monthly bandwidth, different email address account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can order a plan that will have the specs your web portal in fact needs. You will not need to pay lots of money for a package you will not utilize, or end up with a small scale package that cannot accommodate the web portal. We, at Helios Host, offer a huge assortment of shared hosting packages suitable for private or small business pages that even come with pre-activated script-driven platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you begin with a low-cost package and you require more functionalities, upgrading to a more advanced plan involves just a click.

Shared Web Hosting - Weak Sides

A downside of the shared website hosting platform is that the servers have some software installed on them and you cannot install additional software applications. Certain web portals, especially web stores, demand applications to be available on the hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting solution, you can activate solely software platforms that do not require complete root access.

Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web pages that require complete root-level access, or if your site has many 1000's or even millions of visitors per day, what you demand is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A VPS hosting server is a software imitation of a dedicated solution and it operates in a precisely identical manner.

Private Virtual Web Servers

Both solutions normally include root access and can be rebooted via a software tool by the user, independently from the web hosting company. Similar to the shared web hosting packages, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server plans include different characteristics depending on what the hosting company has to offer. A virtual private web server hosting package offers guaranteed data space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can sometimes be increased for short intervals of time provided that there are available system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be upgraded by changing or adding components. A virtual private hosting server is easier to run as it arrives with a virtualization tool, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, examine statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated server is more intricate, so such an account would rather be resorted to by practiced customers.

Dedicated Servers

Still, some web hosting vendors provide managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they perform server administration tasks on behalf of the client. This can be a part of plan or an extra option.

Prior To Deciding...

Picking the top hosting plan is essential as it can have an effect on the proper functioning of a web portal. Before selecting an account, weigh the pros and cons, review thoroughly all the prerequisites for the online portal to run properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still not sure which one is the best shared hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.