Best Shared Hosting

There are various types of shared hosting solutions suitable for different sites in relation to the resources or the shared hosting environment they require. To pick the most relevant shared hosting service for your website, you have to evaluate what server-side software programs it needs, how many hits per day you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific demands that may need to be answered.

Shared Website Hosting - Good Points

The most suitable choice for small scale sites with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting package. With this form of hosting, each client pays only for their account, which diminishes the total price per client significantly. There are different web hosting solutions differing from one hosting company to another, offering different amounts of storage space and monthly traffic, different mailbox account quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can get a plan that will provide the features your online portal indeed demands. You will not have to pay lots of cash for an account you will not avail of, or wind up with a small scale plan that cannot host the site. We, at Black and White Web, offer a huge variety of shared hosting packages suitable for personal or small business sites that even include pre-activated script-powered platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you kick off with a low priced account and you require more features, upgrading to a more advanced account takes only a mouse click.

Shared web hosting - Disadvantages

A weak side 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. Specific websites, mainly web storefronts, request applications to be present on the server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting plan, you can activate only software programs that do not demand full root-level access.

VPS Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web pages that require server root access, or if your site has many thousands or even millions of daily viewers, what you need is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A virtual hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated machine and it performs in an exactly identical manner.

VPS Servers

Both solutions usually offer full server root privileges and can be restarted via a software program by the user, independently from the hosting provider. Much like the shared website hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated server plans involve diverse functionalities based on what the hosting provider has to offer. A virtual server account offers guaranteed data space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be extended for short intervals of time provided that there are available system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limit is the hardware it is utilizing, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A virtual private web hosting server is simpler to administer as it involves a virtualization platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install applications, explore statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated web server is more intricate, so such an account would rather be used by competent users.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Still, some hosts provide managed dedicated server hosting services where they implement dedicated web server administration tasks on behalf of the customer. This can be a part of package or an extra upgrade.

Before You Select...

Opting for the top hosting plan is vital as it can have an effect on the proper operation of a website. Before selecting a package, weigh the pros and cons, appraise carefully all the prerequisites for the web page to operate properly, especially if it is script-based. And if you are still in doubt which is the best shared hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.