Top Web Hosting

There are various varieties of web hosting services appropriate for different websites in terms of the system resources or the web hosting platform they demand. To select the best web hosting service for your web portal, you must estimate what server-side software applications it demands, how many visits per day you anticipate at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special demands that may have to be answered.

Shared website hosting - Perquisites

The most adequate choice for small scale web sites with a few hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting package. With this type of site hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which decreases the total cost per user radically. There are various web hosting accounts differing from one company to another, offering different quotas of disk space and web traffic, different email quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can pay for a package that will have the specs your online portal actually requires. You will not have to pay a lot of money for a plan you will not make use of, or end up with a small plan that cannot shelter the online portal. We, at nextlevelwebhost, offer a great variety of web hosting accounts suitable for personal or small business web sites that even come with pre-activated script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you begin with a low priced package and you require more system resources, moving to a more powerful account involves only a click of the mouse.

Shared website hosting - Inconveniences

A disadvantage of the shared web hosting platform is that the web hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot activate new software applications. Some web pages, particularly web storefronts, require applications to be installed on the hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared hosting plan, you can install only software applications that do not demand root access.

VPS Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For sites that require root access, or if your web page has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily visitors, what you require is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A VPS web server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it acts in absolutely the same manner.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both platforms usually come with full server root privileges and can be rebooted via a software interface by the client, autonomously from the web hosting company. Similar to the shared website hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server packages include diverse functionalities depending on what the hosting provider has to offer. A virtual web server plan includes guaranteed storage space, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be enhanced for brief periods of time in case there are unused system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limit is the hardware architecture it is making use of, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A VPS server is simpler to administer as it ships with a virtualization tool, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web server is more complex, so such a package would rather be utilized by experienced customers.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Nevertheless, certain hosting providers offer managed dedicated web hosting services where they run hosting server management operations instead of the customer. This can be a part of package or an additional feature.

Prior To Reaching a Decision...

Choosing the top hosting package is essential as it can have an influence on the proper work of a site. Before opting for a package, weigh the pros and cons, explore carefully all the prerequisites for the web portal to run properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still unsure which is the best web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.