Shared Hosting Explained

As its name signifies, shared hosting is a solution, which entails hosting web content. There are various forms and types of web hosting, based on the mission and on the functions. Nevertheless, they all entail hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible through the Web. A web host is actually a hosting server that is connected to the Internet and has its own personal Internet Protocol address, which permits people to have access to it through the Internet. The hosting server's architecture and its limitations are dependent on the type of web hosting solution it's going to be utilized for.

What are the various types of hosting?

Depending on the mission, the hosting solution may be:

File Storage Hosting - this form of hosting enables the clients to keep their files on a specific web hosting server. With the regular file storage hosting solution, the files that are accommodated may only be accessed by the individual that's using the service. This hosting service normally entails backups of computers , docs, personal files and even other hosting servers. This service may also include certain limits in relation to the server space and the root access. There may also be bandwidth quota limits, but that depends on the particular web hosting service provider.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez hosting solution is comparable with the previous hosting service type. Yet, in contrast with the file web hosting solution, the warez hosting solution is utilized for propagating proprietary work without the blessing of the copyright holder. To cut a long story short - it entails the criminal transmission of files and documents. There are a lot of methods for this to be completed, but the two principal ways are - via simple Hypertext Transfer Protocol downloading and via P2P connections. The first way entails either a particular web portal, or, most often, just a directory on a hosting server that's been made available for everyone to access it and thus download copyrighted materials free of cost. The second way involves a P2P connection, using the so-called Torrent web servers, via which users share files between each other. There aren't many web hosting suppliers that allow that type of web hosting on their servers, mainly owing to all the legal troubles that it entails. Commonly such web portals are hosted on private dedicated servers that are registered by 3rd party corporations either in the Middle East or in Asia.

E-mail Hosting - this solution is utilized with both shared website hosting and dedicated servers, based on the client's wish. If you would like to launch your own private SMTP email server, then you will need either a virtual web hosting server or a dedicated web hosting server that provides the access level needed to accomplish such an assignment. For traditional mail hosting purposes, though, you can utilize an average shared website hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a service that's widely famous, since the web hosting and the e-mail hosting services are being served by 2 different servers, often owned by separate hosting providers.

Shared Hosting - the most widespread and widely used hosting service nowadays. It's used for hosting web site files, whose kind is dependent on the Operating System the web server is running - Linux or Windows. Different kinds of files necessitate concrete server Operating Systems, otherwise they won't be displayed correctly on the World Wide Web. This kind of hosting may contain server storage and web traffic quota limitations, root access and central processing unit usage restrictions.

Based on the goals and on the functions, the user should pick the type of hosting server that he requires for his project, and, of course, the website hosting vendor that's going to supply it. There are various types of hosting servers, based on the specs and the hosting services that they provide. These are:

Shared Hosting Server - a shared website hosting server supplies a smaller quantity of system resources, which, of course, is manifested in the price of the service. It can be used for hosting small scale and medium size online portals, which do not need huge quantities of server storage and web traffic.

Semi-dedicated Servers - they perform on the very same principle as the shared website hosting servers. Even so, there are much fewer customers sharing the same hosting server. Therefore, each of them will receive a bigger share of the hosting server's resources like RAM, web storage, bandwidth and CPU. Excellent for hosting bulky sites that do not demand full root access.

Virtual private servers are ideal for middle scale web pages, which do require root access to the server's configuration files. Usually, there are a few VPS server web hosting accounts sharing the same physical server. Even so, each of them is insulated from the others and has its own Operating System.

Dedicated Server - a fully dedicated physical machine set up and accessed by you and solely you. It guarantees a huge quantity of system resources. It also includes full root privileges, which makes it the optimal platform for any type of online portal that necessitates a website hosting service.

The sole question that remains is:

Which website hosting company should I select?

As stated above, there aren't many hosting providers providing warez web hosting services because of judicial predicaments. Such hosting companies are being closed down almost every month. That is why, if you wish to create such a service, you should do it on your own PC. The shared website hosting service is the most famous kind of web hosting service. Hence, every website hosting company provides it. Not all of them, though, provide services such as VPS web hosting servers, Semi-dedicated Servers and dedicated servers. Most of the smaller web hosting vendors do not have the means required for offering those services. You can quickly identify such hosting companies by the types of services that they are making available and by the manner in which they introduce them to the clients. For example, some web hosting providers allow you to start with a small scale website hosting account and subsequently upgrade to a more advanced one, if you consider it mandatory to do so. This is extremely suitable, because you do not have to transmit web pages between hosting servers and there is no risk of experiencing service interruptions due to all the complications that may appear.

We, at Str Hosting offer all sorts of solutions and possess the adequate web server resources and staff to ensure that their clients will not stumble upon any hassles when changing services, which is what a top hosting distributor is in fact all about.