Quality Hosting

There are different types of hosting services appropriate for different web pages when it comes to the resources or the hosting environment they need. To pick the most adequate hosting service for your web portal, you must reckon what server-side software programs it needs, how many daily visits you anticipate at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special demands that may have to be fulfilled.

Shared website hosting - Perks

The best alternative for small scale online portals with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this type of web hosting, each client pays only for their account, which reduces the total price per client radically. There are diverse web hosting solutions differing from one web hosting corporation to another, supplying different amounts of data space and bandwidth, different email mailbox account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can buy an account that will offer the features your website really requires. You will not need to pay a lot for a package you will not use, or wind up with a small plan that cannot host the website. We, at Crustlin Hosting, offer an immense variety of hosting solutions suitable for private or small business portals that even offer pre-activated script-driven platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you kick off with a low-cost plan and you need more system resources, upgrading to a high-end account requires only a mouse click.

Shared web hosting - Downsides

A disadvantage of the shared website hosting solution is that the servers have some software installed on them and you are unable to activate new software programs. Some web pages, mainly web shops, need software applications to be installed on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared web hosting environment, you can activate solely software applications that do not request root access.

Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For online portals that request complete server root access, or if your web portal has many 1000's or even millions of daily hits, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated server. A virtual private web hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated server and it behaves in an absolutely identical way.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both solutions generally give full server root access and can be rebooted via a software tool by the customer, independently from the hosting company. Like the shared web hosting plans, the VPS and the dedicated server hosting accounts involve diverse functionalities depending on what the web hosting provider offers. A Virtual Private Server hosting package contains guaranteed hard disk storage, random access memory and CPU quotas that can sometimes be increased for short spells of time in case there are spare system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limiting factor is the hardware equipment it is using, and it can be configured by changing or adding components. A virtual private web server is simpler to administer as it comes with a virtualization tool, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore stats, and so on. The administration of a dedicated server is more complicated, so such a package would rather be utilized by skilled users.

Dedicated Web Servers

However, some hosting providers provide managed dedicated hosting services where they perform web server administration assignments instead of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an extra option.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Settling on the top hosting plan is crucial as it can have an effect on the proper work of a web site. Prior to opting for a package, compare the pros and cons, examine thoroughly all the preconditions for the web page to operate properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still in doubt which is the best hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.