Different Kinds Of Web Hosting (Tristan Andrews)
Apr 17, 2009
First, a web hosting service is a vehicle that let's people get their own server space to put their site on the web. What web hosting providers offer varies a lot. The baseline for web hosting is a simple web page and limited file hosting and the files are uploaded using file transfer protocol or FTP. A good number of Internet service providers or ISP's offer this service to their customers with zero cost. Personal web site hosting is available through other companies too and it is usually free of charge or economically priced. It may be sponsored by promotional ads.
When a more in-depth and extensive site is needed the buyer goes for a more comprehensive package. These packages have Ruby on Rails, PHP, Java and such'these are application developmental platforms; they also have data support. With these utilities the web site owner can install script applications; these scripts let them have forums, chat, and content management. E-commerce sites need to use SSL.
The web host usually provides a control panel for handling e-mail, installing scripts, and web server. Some web hosts concentrate on particular services and software. Bigger companies many times resell network underpinning to smaller hosting companies.
Web hosting providers typically provide some of all of these services: free domain name, site promotion, forum, blog, site builder, e-commerce cart, hosting space, and file transfer.
These are some types of web hosting services: shared web hosting, free web hosting, virtual private server hosting, reseller web hosting, dedicated web hosting, and server co-location. A person that needs web hosting for their site may need free web hosting, shared web hosting or dedicated web hosting depending on how much space and bandwidth they require.
For a personal website free may be just fine, if the individual doesn't care that his site will have limited space and bandwidth, plus he has to deal with ads, banners, and pop ups from other sources.
Smaller business sites can usually get along sharing hosting and many people use it. What do you share? You share: CPU time, memory, OS, applications, and bandwidth. These things are shared with numerous other clients at your web hosting company.
Virtual private server hosting allows the web site owner more control and is good for someone that wants that extra control without the need for extended resources of a dedicated server.
Dedicated web hosting means that one client of the web hosting company gets a computer to host his site or sites on without anyone else hosting a site on that computer. He has use of all of the resources such as space and bandwidth. Web sites with high traffic and those that want a high percentage of up time need dedicated web hosting.
Server co-location web hosting means that someone custom builds their own server and houses it at a data center of a web-hosting provider because there are times when a dedicated or managed server isn't equipped for a companies needs.
Someone that wants to sell web hosting without as much entanglement may like to get reseller web hosting. He can get web hosting to resell from a larger company.
About the AuthorTristan Andrews is a freelance author who writes articles about Web Hosting and Web Host Resources..