Top Web Hosting

There are various types of web hosting plans suitable for different sites in regard to the system resources or the web hosting environment they demand. To select the most proper web hosting service for your website, you must estimate what server-side software programs it demands, how many daily visits you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special demands that may have to be covered.

Shared web hosting - Positive Points

The most proper alternative for small sized web portals with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this type of hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which reduces the overall price per user critically. There are diverse web hosting packages varying from one provider to another, delivering different amounts of hard disk storage space and traffic, different e-mailbox account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can get a plan that will have the resources your online portal actually needs. You will not need to pay plenty of money for a package you will not utilize, or end up with a small account that cannot host the web page. We, at Aussie Hosting Services, offer an immense variety of web hosting accounts appropriate for private or small business sites that even offer pre-activated script-driven platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you start with a basic account and you need more resources, upgrading to a more advanced plan requires only a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Weak Points

A shortcoming of the shared website hosting platform is that the servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot install new software applications. Specific online portals, chiefly online storefronts, require software applications to be present on the server for them to work, and with a shared website hosting plan, you can install only software that does not demand complete root-level access.

Private Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For web portals that demand full root-level access, or if your online portal has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of daily visitors, what you need is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated web hosting. A private virtual server is a software simulation of a dedicated web server and it behaves in an absolutely identical way.

VPS Hosting Servers

Both environments usually offer full root-level access and can be restarted through a software platform by the client, autonomously from the web hosting company. Analogous to the shared hosting accounts, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web server packages sport different specs depending on what the hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual private web server package contains guaranteed server storage, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can sometimes be enlarged for short stretches of time if there are unused system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware it is using, and it can be configured by changing or adding components. A private virtual web hosting server is simpler to handle as it comes with a virtualization tool, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore stats, and so on. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more complex, so such a package would rather be resorted to by qualified users.

Dedicated Web Servers

Yet, some hosts offer managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they execute dedicated hosting server management procedures instead of the client. This can be a part of plan or an additional feature.

Prior To Choosing...

Opting for the top hosting plan is vital as it can have an effect on the proper performance of a web page. Prior to choosing an account, compare the pros and cons, explore thoroughly all the preconditions for the website to perform properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best web hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.