With the increase in the competition among web hosting service providers, it has become difficult for the website owners to choose the most suitable web hosting service for their sites. In order to avoid mal-functioning or further costs of repairing as a result of choosing a wrong web hosting service, the website owners must go into a detailed study about various types of web hosting.
- Shared Hosting: This is the kind of web hosting where there is one main web server which is connected to the internet providing web hosting service to many websites which share the administration of the server and bring down the overall cost of maintenance. However, there is a compromise on security, reliability, quality and resources; thus, making it suitable for small websites which are looking at cost efficiency.
- Dedicated Server Hosting: For website owners who are not willing to compromise on quality for cost, dedicated server hosting is a suitable option. In this, the client hires the entire server instead of sharing it with other clients making his own server service more reliable and secure as there is full control over the operations of the server. Linux dedicated server is the most popular and reputed in this category as it is compatible with different hardware setups along with being cost effective.
- Managed dedicated server for organizations which are looking at taking less management responsibility of the server, managed dedicated server is the best option as the monitoring service in this setup is undertaken by the host server; as a result of which the organization can concentrate of everything else except management and security of the server.
- Virtual Private Server or VPS Hosting: A VPS hosting set up comprises of making segments in the main (physical) server such that each segment operates as an individual dedicated server called virtual dedicated server, without causing any obstruction to the other VPS. This is a cheaper version of a dedicated server and operates as efficiently and proficiently as a dedicated server. However, it is suitable for those website owners who are looking for something superior to shared hosting and lesser than a dedicated server at a cheaper rate.
