Website Hosting
Website Hosting is an online service that enables individuals and organizations for multiple purposes to publish their websites on the internet. It is basically a service that will host a website which can store all the files and data necessary to work properly. It is stored on devices which also known as a server.
Web hosts are companies that provide space or storage on a server owned or leased for use by clients, as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center.
To start a website, you will have to register a domain name on the service provided by web hosting providers. The fee paid for this depends on the host. This is the address of your website and is what people will have to type to access it. These hosts can store huge amounts of data on their servers and can handle a wave of traffic that the site will get. Not all hosting is the same as there are different ways in which this can be done.
Shared hosting
Shared hosting is a type of Web Hosting that runs multiple or many different websites and all of them hosted on the same server. Each user being allocated with a certain amount of storage space and same for resources, and usually this is the cheapest of all web hosting types because it is the most economical and affordable for beginner when it comes to the use of hardware.
In other words a shared hosting type means that users actually share the same server machine resources with several other users such as CPU, Memory, Disk capacity or Storage, bandwidth and all of them affect each other’s performance.
VPS Hosting
VPS Hosting is also known as Virtual Private Server Hosting. This type of hosting is generally uses more powerful hardware or resources and takes its name from the fact that each server uses virtualization technology to allow and operate independently while multiple websites are being stored on the same physical hardware. Each server has its own operating system and runs almost nearly as a dedicated server.
Using a VPS service is like living in a building with a larger room of space than Shared Hosting and free to design according to taste, not limited by rules, free to invite anyone into the building and free to use all the available facilities as per package. There are 2 basic types of VPS Hosting:
Unmanaged VPS
Unmanaged VPS is also known as Self-Managed Virtual Private Server, which means a server which entirely managed and maintained by the users itself. The hosting provider only responsible for is the availability of a functional physical server, but generally they provide a free Linux family of operating system to install and reinstall again and over again.
In Short, some technical knowledge, skill or experience related to run this server is needed, because they will have to start and build from the beginning including choose and install Operating System they prefer and also include other custom softwares. This type of hosting is much more cheaper than Fully Managed VPS.
Fully Managed VPS
Fully Managed VPS is also known as Managed Virtual Private Server. This is a type of web hosting which configured and managed by the hosting provider. Client does not need a technical skill or knowledge to build a web server since the hosting company takes care of any technical tasks related to availability and performance of server.
VPS Provider will make sure it is up-to-date system software, remains secure, and ensure that resources run according to package. Users will have administrative access through a control panel to do whatever users want and focuses more exclusively to run their websites.
Cloud VPS
Cloud VPS stands for Cloud Virtual Private Server. It is a virtual servers running in a cloud computing environment through the use of virtualization. This is commonly used to refer to multiple servers connected to the internet that can be leased as part of a software or application service. Several servers are linked together which means that instead of using one single powerful server, complex processes can be distributed across multiple computers.
The availability of high-capacity networks, low-cost computers and storage devices as well as the widespread adoption of hardware virtualization, service-oriented architecture and autonomic and utility computing has led to growth in cloud computing. By far Linux is the most used type of operating systems used, including in Microsoft’s offerings and is thus described as dominant.
Linux VPS
Linux VPS stands for Linux Virtual Private Server. It is Linux based Operating System Web Server Hosting. By far Linux is the most used OS on VPS, because it is one of the most prominent examples of free and open-source software collaboration.
Popular Linux Distribution Operating System used for VPS include CentOS, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu. It is the most affordable way to run a virtual private server. It is good solution for a cost effective and balanced solution to deploying your applications on the world wide web.
Unmanaged Linux VPS
Unmanaged Linux VPS is a type of service with self managed Linux virtual private server. It comes with full root access to full control over your server configurations. This is a great way to save if you do not need any support for your services and feel comfortable monitoring and troubleshooting your server.
The low cost of unmanaged services allows you to save money and is intended for personal or business users who have server administration experience in addition to experience performing any maintenance and troubleshooting issues. The unmanaged service usually includes no technical support or such are provided as a managed service.
Fully Managed Linux VPS
This is a type of service with fully managed Linux virtual private server. It comes with fully setup and optimized server with a powerful web-based control panel. Additionally, Technical Support via phone, Live Chat, and support ticket will take care of your server security, on going server maintenance, updates, optimization and help you with any technical issues you may face completely free of charge.
Windows VPS
Windows VPS is shortened form of Windows Virtual Private Server. It is Windows operating system based web hosting virtual server which is usually uses a Plesk control panel to operate and managing related website. Users will have to pay for additional service to buy a license of Windows Server, and this is much more expensive than Linux VPS.
All Windows VPS servers are suitable for hosting purposes and offer the latest service packs with all versions of Windows. It may be a perfect solution for individual or business purposes. There are convenient options as there will be greater disk space and resources available. All windows servers usually available with add-on packages and can be customised to suit your specific needs.
Cloud Hosting
Cloud Hosting is a type of Web Hosting that uses a series of servers that are interconnected with one another provided in various places and servers as a single entity. In other words, hosting performance does not depend on a single server machine and if one of the server is not running properly, then another server machine will soon take over with a short time lag so it can avoid the server failure or minimizing downtime.
Users will have a special allocated resource in terms of CPU, Memory and Storage capacity that are set in such a way so it can not exceed the usage limits that may affect other users. If one user exceeds the limit of the use of the resources that already designated to him, then only the relevant user’s website will experience a decrease in performance. In other words resource usage among all users with cloud server systems will be fair and can avoid excessive resource abuse.
WordPress Hosting
WordPress Hosting is an optimized web hosting for running WordPress sites particularly. As the overall high performance including loading speed, security, reliability, etc, it has the own characteristics, and is favored by more and more WordPress users. Whether you need the fastest server with WP-optimized plugins and caching features for WordPress.
WordPress Hosting is a type of Web Hosting that is almost the same as Shared hosting or Cloud Hosting. The difference of this type of hosting is optimized from various aspects to support the performance of server resources to always perform well in managing a Website or Blog using WordPress.
The management of themes, plug-ins, hardening, scanning, and security of WordPress and for all its installations can be easily and intuitive. Users may get a different web control panel such as cPanel, Plesk, or special control panel. Available facilities make it possible to make WordPress performance faster with special features to maximize web server speed.
Dedicated Server
Dedicated Server is a type of server hosting with all resources are solely meant for you. The entire control of the server is with you. So unlike in shared servers, you do not have to worry about how the other sites are doing and can focus on you alone. It goes without saying that a server such as this is going to cost you a lot.
But if you are at a point where you feel that it is necessary to have a dedicated server, then, by all means, you should go for it. Taking care of the server will prove to be quite a task. It is better to hire someone to look after it and ensure that it is in the best shape possible.
Free Hosting
Free Web Hosting is an online service with free non-paid or without any cost to get a web hosting service. It is a fully working web development environment with limitations. It is established as used free development platform, deployed by Web Hosting providers all around the world.
Free website hosting service is offered by different companies with limited services, sometimes supported by advertisements, and often limited when compared to paid hosting. Single page hosting is generally sufficient for personal web pages. Personal website hosting is typically free, advertisement-sponsored, or inexpensive. Business web site hosting often has a higher expense depending upon the size and type of the site.
It may offer free domain name, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, FTP and Cpanel. You can create, test, learn, experiment, and build a free website or blog with a beautiful design as you want. But it may have a limited number of services.
The host may also provide an interface or control panel for managing the Web server and installing scripts, as well as other modules and service applications like e-mail. A web server that does not use a control panel for managing the hosting account, is often referred to as a headless server. Some hosts specialize in certain software or services.