Top Shared Hosting

There are various kinds of shared hosting solutions suitable for different web sites with regard to the resources or the shared hosting platform they require. To select the most appropriate shared hosting service for your website, you must estimate what server-side software applications it requires, how many daily visits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special needs that may need to be met.

Shared web hosting - Perquisites

The most proper option for small web portals with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this type of web hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall price per customer substantially. There are diverse web hosting packages differing from one host to another, supplying different quotas of hard disk storage space and web traffic, different email box account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can obtain a package that will offer the specifications your web page really requires. You will not have to pay plenty of money for a package you will not avail of, or end up with a small sized plan that cannot host the web portal. We, at Pepcube Web Hosting, offer a great selection of shared hosting plans suitable for private or small business web portals that even include pre-activated script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you begin with a basic account and you require more resources, upgrading to a more feature-rich account involves only a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Negative Aspects

A disadvantage of the shared web hosting environment is that the web servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to activate additional software. Certain websites, particularly web stores, require software applications to be available on the web server for them to function, and with a shared website hosting environment, you can install only software applications that do not require full root access.

Private Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web sites that demand complete root-level access, or if your online portal has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily viewers, what you require is a virtual private servers or a dedicated server. A private virtual server is a software emulation of a dedicated web hosting server and it works in strictly the same manner.

Private Virtual Web Servers

Both environments commonly offer root privileges and can be rebooted via a software program by the user, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Analogous to the shared web hosting accounts, the virtual private servers and the dedicated web hosting server packages have different characteristics based on what the web hosting vendor offers. A private virtual hosting server plan includes guaranteed data storage space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can at times be increased for brief spans of time in case there are unused resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware it is using, and it can be configured by altering or appending components. A virtual private hosting server is easier to cope with as it involves a virtualization platform, which can be utilized to restart it, to install software applications, examine statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more complex, so such a package would rather be used by practiced customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

However, some hosting suppliers provide managed dedicated server hosting solutions where they run hosting server administration tasks instead of the client. This can be included in the plan or an extra upgrade.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Opting for the top hosting plan is important as it can influence the stable work of a web site. Prior to choosing a plan, weigh the pros and cons, appraise completely all the preconditions for the online portal to function properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best shared hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.