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Shared Website Hosting Description

The most primary and frequently utilized variety of web hosting is the shared hosting solution. It's a means to host your web page without having to be much informed about programming and managing a hosting server. In addition to this, it's also the most inexpensive type of website hosting and it's indeed affordable for everyone. Nevertheless, what is shared hosting?

What is shared hosting?

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As the name denotes, the shared hosting solution is a type of service where lots of customers share the system resources of one and the same server. This goes to say that all web server ingredients such as CPU, hard disk drives, RAM, network cards and so on, are split among the customers whose accounts are on that same web server. This is mainly rendered achievable by setting up different accounts for the different users and appointing given restrictions and resource usage quotas for each of them. Those limitations are set in order to hinder the users from meddling with each other's accounts and, of course, to hinder the web server from overloading. Typically, shared hosting customers do not have full root-level access to the server's configuration files, which primarily indicates that they cannot access anything else on the server but their very own web hosting account. The web hosting resources that each account may resort to are determined by the hosting provider that owns the web server and by the particular hosting plan. That gives rise to the second essential question:

How are the shared hosting web servers shared among the customers?

Web hosting providers that supply shared hosting solutions usually have various web hosting plans. Those plans contain different amounts of web hosting features and specifications, which actually determine the limits that a website hosting package will have. The customer may choose between the separate web hosting plans and sign up for the one that he deems will fit him best. The web hosting package will then determine what restrictions the client's account will have, once opened. The prices and the features of the website hosting packages are set by the particular hosting distributor. Based on the politics of the vendor, the shared hosting service can be divided into two groups - the free hosting solution and the regular shared service, most recently very popular among "cPanel hosting" retailers as a cloud web hosting one. It's impossible to declare, which one is more preferable, since they are quite different from each other and they indeed depend on the marketing tactics of the specific company and, of course, the requirements of the given customer.

What is the difference between the free of cost and the typical shared hosting solution?

Of course, the chief difference between the free and the paid solution is in the quantity of resources that they provide. Free hosting firms are not able to maintain a large number of web hosting servers, hence, they just accommodate more clients on one single web server by decreasing the amount of system resources provided by the accounts. This will be efficient only in case the web hosting servers are kept under surveillance and administered appropriately, since the large amount of accounts may causer the web server to crash repeatedly. The majority of the free website hosting vendors, however, overlook the quality of the service and therefore, it's quite tough to stumble upon a free of charge website hosting service that's actually worth the effort. The top free hosting vendors normally provide free technical support even to the free web hosting customers, because they want their sites to enlarge so that they subsequently migrate to a paid web hosting plan, which includes more web hosting resources. One such supplier, for instance, is FreeHostia.com, which is one of the largest and oldest free web hosting suppliers worldwide.

At the same time, established shared hosting corporations like us, may afford to maintain multiple web servers and so, we are able to offer much more powerful website hosting plans. Of course, that reflects on the cost of the website hosting plans. Paying a higher price for a web hosting plan, though, does not necessarily mean that this plan has a finer quality. The most optimal services are the balanced ones, which offer a fee that matches the real service which you're receiving. Besides, we also provide a free extra with the web hosting package, like the 1-click applications installer, complemented with hundreds of complimentary themes. As a web hosting firm, we do care about our good name and that's why if you choose us, you can be certain that you won't get deluded into buying an account that you cannot actually use.

What should I anticipate from a shared hosting solution?

The shared hosting solution is best for those who want to host an average site, which is going to generate a small or medium amount of traffic each month. You cannot expect, though, that a shared hosting account will be sufficient for your needs, since as your business grows, your site will become more and more demanding. Therefore, you will have to ultimately upgrade to a more powerful web hosting service such as a semi-dedicated hosting, a VPS hosting (also known as a private virtual web server, or VPS), or even a dedicated hosting. Therefore, when choosing a web hosting vendor, you should also think about scalability, otherwise you might end up migrating your domain manually to a different distributor, which can bring about website troubles and even extended downtime for your web page. If you choose PriceToHost as your website hosting company, you can rest safe that we can provide you with the needed domain name and hosting services as you get bigger, is essential and will save you lots of inconveniences in the long run.