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What is shared hosting? What are the main features
of shared hosting? Why may you need shared hosting?
You’ll get answers to all these questions in
the article.
There are a lot of various types of web site hosting.
They can be classified by different indexes. There
is Paid and Free web hosting; Linux/Unix-based and
Windows-based (and other but they are no that popular);
shared, dedicated and VPS. Every hosting type has
its own advantages and disadvantages. The key aim
of this article is to acquaint you with main merits
and drawbacks of shared hosting. First of all we must
give a definition of the term "shared hosting".
So, what is shared hosting? Shared hosting is such
kind of providing space for web sites on the hoster's
server when you share this server with other customers'
web sites. All web sites use the same software and
operating system. But unlike free web hosting which
has the same conditions, with shared web hosting you
have much more benefits. Shared web hosting can be
divided into two subtypes: Free Shared Hosting is
the best choice for trying some new ideas and not
paying for hosting. This type of web site hosting
provides you with everything necessary for floating
your site. Of course you should not expect the best
conditions for your site. Bandwidth and Disk Space
is limited. This type of shared hosting may not ensure
you with MySQL, PHP support. Web statistics is also
poorly provided. Paid Shared Hosting provides such
necessary features, as multiply e-mail, MySQl, PHP
are supported. You may use it if you want to host
small business web site, intermediate or large professional
site but don't need the whole server's space.
Using shared hosting you get a good possibility to
host your site on a powerful, well administrated server
at a low monthly cost. Shared hosting is in first-time
webmasters' great demand, 'cause it can provide reliable
web presence without having special technical skills.
So now we can pick out pros and cons of shared hosting:
Pros
Low cost
Good server administration
Multiply e-mail, MySQL, PHP support
You don't need some unique knowledge in web site and
server administration Cons
Low security level
Resource limitation -everybody uses the same memory,
CPU and HardDrive.
You can use only the software which is provided with
your hosting company, and correspondingly you can't
install your own.
Some available ports and connections can be limited
because of security policy).
The main feature of shared hosting is that you don't
need to worry about about possible server problems.
Your hosting company's support service is to fix all
troubles. So, when choosing shared hosting you must
carefully look at company support's quality, the better
quality of support - the better conditions for your
site. With shared hosting you can also place several
sites in the neighbour parts of the server. Now when
you are acquainted with all special features of shared
hosting you can decide whether this type of hosting
is appropriate to your needs and requirements. More
hosting articles you can also find here Web Site Hosting
Reviews - http://www.web-site-hosting-reviews.com
,Web Hosting Review - http://www.web-hosting-review.net
and Cheap Web Hosting Directory- http://www.cheap-web-hosting-directory.com
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Olga Elizarova is a webmaster and articles editor
of hosting reviews sites http://www.web-site-hosting-reviews.com
and http://www.cheap-web-hosting-directory.com. |
