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Web Hosting Packages Definition

Web hosting is a service that web hosting providers offer so that you can upload your web site to the World Wide Web.

How can people discern your site?

When you build a site and you want other persons to view it, you will need to publish (or upload) it to a server. If you try to render the website discoverable on the web by web hosting it on your own PC, there is no way for you to keep it constantly up and running, which is why website hosting services appeared.

How does web hosting work?

Hosting companies offer you storage space for your site on their high-power computers (hosting servers) and guarantee continuous website accessibility. When someone writes your URL (for example www.my-best-domain.com) in their web browser's address bar, they will be connected to the server where they can take a glimpse at the content of your website.

Web hosting varieties

With the progress of online technologies, different types of web hosting services have emerged to match the various demands of web site owners, among them shared website hosting services, virtual server hosting services and dedicated server hosting services.

Shared web hosting

Startup Package
Unlimited storage
Unlimited bandwidth
1 website hosted
30-Day Free Trial
$3.75 / month
Business
Unlimited storage
Unlimited bandwidth
5 websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
$7.33 / month
 

Shared website hosting is the most commonly used type of hosting, and is also the easiest to start with. It is a service where a single web hosting server is divided among plenty of shared hosting account owners who are restricted by the CPU, web traffic and server hard disk storage space quotas that they have been allocated. This form of hosting is usually cheaper - you don't need to purchase the entire server in advance, since it is divided between numerous users, and the hosting vendor can afford to provide much more modest prices. It is also much easier to use - the server is pre-configured with all the required software and the web hosting provider handles all server maintenance procedures and security updates on your behalf.

The drawback of the shared website hosting solution is that you share the web hosting server's resources with other web hosting account owners and if one site becomes really busy it may influence (and slow down) all the other websites on that server, but the majority of hosting providers, including us at 7Global Connect, have security platforms in place that obstruct that from taking place.

A definition of a hosting service

Because shared hosting is the most common type of web hosting, most hosting vendors and hosting customers simply refer to it as hosting or website hosting. As there is an immense competition on the web hosting marketplace, the majority of web hosting distributors try to provide modest prices and bonuses with their hosting services. We, for example, provide different website hosting plans and two billing options - monthly and annual, based on your resources. If you pick the yearly billing cycle, you will get a bonus - one cost-free domain registration.

VPS hosting packages

VPS is an abbreviation of Virtual Private Server. The VPS hosting solution is basically the middle ground between the shared hosting solution and the dedicated hosting solution. If your website grows beyond the resources offered by your shared website hosting account, a VPS plan is an excellent solution. VPS server web hosting account holders still share the hardware resources of the physical server with other private virtual web server hosting account owners, but the hard disk drive is split up using special virtualization software so that each partition has its own dedicated resources and can be configured almost like a full-fledged dedicated hosting server. The upside is that the CPU and the RAM memory on a VPS server are not shared. Furthermore, the virtualization software offers you much more autonomy to configure your virtual private web hosting server, but it also calls for a higher degree of technical competence.

Dedicated Hosting

With the Dedicated Hosting solution, the client gets a whole dedicated hosting web server and can utilize all its system resources. The dedicated server web hosting solution is the most robust of all web hosting solutions and offers countless customization options - the dedicated web server hosting users can choose the hardware and software specifications that will meet their needs. Dedicated resources and no-holds-barred performance are two reasons why a dedicated hosting plan is an excellent option for a high resource-demanding business site, for instance - you will not share the dedicated server's resources with anyone else and will be granted full root privileges. You will have complete authority over the hosting server, which will enable you to implement any server configuration modifications that you might require. The disadvantage of the dedicated server web hosting solution is that a higher level of technical proficiency is required - unless you engage an IT expert, it will be your duty to manage and configure the dedicated hosting server. The dedicated web server hosting solution is also much more high-priced, since the cost of the physical machine isn't shared among any other customers.

A web hosting tip for beginners

If you are just beginning to set up your web site and are searching for a website hosting solution to start with, the shared website hosting solution persists to be the smartest choice. If your website grows beyond your website hosting account's resources, you can usually upgrade. With us, for example, this is very easy and does not necessitate migration of your files, since only the features of your account change. You can also upgrade your web hosting plan to a more advanced one at any given moment without having to worry about the number of days remaining before expiration. Moreover, if you finally reach the most powerful shared website hosting package and still require more resources (which is a good thing sometimes - it implies that your site's popularity has grown!), there always is the option to migrate to a virtual server hosting solution or a dedicated hosting server without needing to switch web hosting providers.