Top Web Hosting

There are different kinds of web hosting solutions suitable for different web portals when it comes to the resources or the web hosting platform they need. To pick the most suitable web hosting service for your web portal, you must access what server-side software programs it requires, 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 covered.

Shared web hosting - Pluses

The most suitable option for small scale online portals with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this form of web hosting, each client pays only for their account, which minimizes the overall cost per person noticeably. There are diverse web hosting solutions varying from one provider to another, offering different amounts of disk storage and bandwidth, different email account quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can buy a plan that will include the specs your web portal actually needs. You will not have to pay lots of cash for an account you will not use, or end up with a small scale account that cannot shelter the web page. We, at Octacore Networks, offer a vast selection of web hosting accounts suitable for private or small business portals that even offer pre-activated script-driven systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you start with a low-cost account and you demand more resources, moving to a better plan involves just a mouse click.

Shared web hosting - Inconveniences

A disadvantage of the shared web hosting solution is that the web servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot activate additional software applications. Given web sites, chiefly web shops, request applications to be present on the web hosting server for them to operate, and with a shared hosting plan, you can activate only software programs that do not require full server root access.

Private Virtual Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web portals that need server root access, or if your web page has many 1000's or even millions of visitors per day, what you demand is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated web hosting. A VPS is a software imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it runs in precisely the same way.

Virtual Private Servers

Both environments normally provide root privileges and can be restarted through a software interface by the user, independently from the web hosting company. Like the shared website hosting plans, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web hosting plans sport different specifications based on what the web hosting provider offers. A virtual private web server hosting package contains guaranteed server space, RAM and central processing unit usage quotas that can occasionally be extended for short stretches of time on condition that there are available system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limitation 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 run as it includes a virtualization tool, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, explore statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated server is more complicated, so such a solution would rather be utilized by tech-savvy users.

Dedicated Servers

Nevertheless, some web hosting companies offer managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they execute dedicated web hosting server administration assignments on behalf of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an additional feature.

Before You Decide...

Settling on the top hosting plan is essential as it can have an effect on the stable performance of a web portal. Before opting for an account, weigh the pros and cons, appraise completely all the prerequisites for the online portal to work properly, especially if it is script-driven. And if you are still in doubt which 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 help you and answer all your questions.