Best Web Hosting

There are various sorts of web hosting packages appropriate for different web pages in terms of the system resources or the web hosting platform they need. To choose the most appropriate web hosting service for your website, you have to calculate what server-side software applications it demands, how many visits per day you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may have to be satisfied.

Shared web hosting - Strong Points

The most relevant option for small sized sites with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting account. With this type of web hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which diminishes the overall cost per client radically. There are different web hosting plans differing from one host to another, supplying different quotas of hard disk storage space and traffic, different email account quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can obtain an account that will have the specs your web page really demands. You will not have to pay plenty of cash for a package you will not utilize, or end up with a small scale package that cannot host the website. We, at Progress Hosting, offer an enormous variety of web hosting packages suitable for private or small business websites that even offer pre-activated script-based platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you kick off with a low-end plan and you require more features, upgrading to a more advanced plan demands just a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Weak Points

A shortcoming of the shared website hosting solution is that the web hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to activate additional software programs. Given online portals, especially online storefronts, request applications to be available on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared web hosting solution, you can activate only software that does not require complete root-level access.

Virtual Private Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web pages that demand full root-level access, or if your website has many thousands or even millions of visits per day, what you need is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated web hosting. A virtual hosting server is a software imitation of a dedicated web server and it behaves in a strictly identical way.

VPS Servers

Both services typically provide full root-level access and can be restarted through a software tool by the client, autonomously from the hosting provider. Just like the shared web hosting accounts, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated web server plans come with different specifications depending on what the hosting provider offers. A private virtual server web hosting package has guaranteed disk space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can at times be enhanced for short spells of time provided that there are available system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is utilizing, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A virtual hosting server is simpler to tackle as it includes a virtualization console, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, monitor statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complicated, so such a solution would rather be utilized by skilled customers.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Yet, some hosts provide managed dedicated server hosting services where they carry out web server management assignments instead of the customer. This can be included in the package or an extra feature.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Choosing the top hosting plan is crucial as it can have an effect on the stable functioning of a online portal. Prior to selecting a package, compare the pros and cons, study thoroughly all the requirements for the site to work properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which one is the best web hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.