Which hosting plan will be most suitable for me?

There are different types of web hosting accounts suitable for different web portals when it comes to the system resources or the hosting platform they require. To choose the most optimal hosting service for your web portal, you need to calculate what server-side software applications it needs, how many visits per day you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other specific demands that may have to be fulfilled.

Shared Web Hosting - Perquisites

The most adequate choice for small web portals with several hundred or a few, each user pays only for their plan, which decreases the total cost per customer critically. There are diverse web hosting accounts varying from one web hosting firm to another, furnishing different quotas of data storage and monthly traffic, different mailbox account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can order an account that will have the specifications your website actually needs. You will not need to pay a lot of money for a package you will not make use of, or end up with a small sized account that cannot shelter the web site. At Waffihosting, there is an immense collection of shared hosting solutions appropriate for personal or small business pages that even come with pre-activated script-based systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you commence with a low grade plan and you need more functionalities, upgrading to a more advanced account requires just a mouse click.

Shared Website Hosting - Shortcomings

A shortcoming of the shared website hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to activate new software. Certain online portals, especially web shops, need software applications to be available on the web hosting server for them to work, and with a shared web page hosting account, you can install only software that does not demand complete root-level access.

VPS Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web sites that require complete root access, or if your web portal has many thousands or even millions of daily visitors, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A virtual server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated machine and it behaves in exactly the same manner.

Private Virtual Hosting Servers

Both platforms normally come with full root-level access and can be restarted via a software platform by the client, autonomously from the hosting company. Much like the shared website hosting accounts, the virtual web server hosting and the dedicated hosting packages come with different specs based on what the web hosting vendor has to offer. A virtual web server hosting plan has guaranteed web storage, RAM and CPU usage quotas that can at times be extended for brief periods of time on condition that there are unused resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limit is the hardware it is making use of, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A virtual web server is simpler to manipulate as it includes a virtualization software platform, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, explore stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be used by knowledgeable customers.

Dedicated Servers

However, some web hosting suppliers provide managed dedicated hosting services where they perform web hosting server management tasks on behalf of the client. This can be a part of plan or an additional feature.

Prior To Choosing...

Choosing the top hosting plan is important as it can influence the stable functioning of a online portal. Prior to choosing a package, compare the pros and cons, examine carefully all the prerequisites for the web page to perform properly, especially if it is script-based, and, last but not least, if you have already chosen a web hosting provider, the best thing to do would be to ask their client support team for an opinion as to which particular plan would be best for the stable work of your web portal.