Shared Hosting Packages Description

Shared hosting is a service that web hosting vendors offer so that you can publish your site on the World Wide Web.

How can people view your website?

When you create a site and you wish other individuals to spot it, you will have to copy (or upload) it to a web hosting server. If you try to render the site accessible on the web by shared hosting it on your own computer, there is no way for you to keep it always up and running, which is why website hosting services exist.

How does shared hosting work?

Hosting providers provide you with disk storage space for your website on their high-power computers (hosting servers) and ensure uninterrupted website accessibility. When someone types your domain (for instance www.my-best-domain.com) in their browser's address bar, they will be connected to the web server where they can see the content of your web site.

Types of web hosting

With the progress of web technologies, several types of web hosting services have emerged to satisfy the different demands of website possessors, including shared website hosting services, Virtual Private Server web hosting services and dedicated hosting services.

Shared website hosting

Shared website hosting is the most commonly used form of hosting, and is also the easiest to commence with. It is a service where one single server is shared among lots of shared web hosting account holders who are restricted by the CPU, web traffic and web content space quotas that they have been apportioned. This form of website hosting is generally cheaper - you don't need to purchase the whole web server upfront, since it is divided among many customers, and the hosting distributor can afford to provide much more moderate prices. It is also easier to use - the hosting server is pre-installed with all the necessary software and the hosting supplier takes care of all server maintenance procedures and security updates for you.

The disadvantage of the shared hosting solution is that you share the web hosting server's resources with other hosting users and if one web site becomes very popular it may influence (and slow down) all the other web sites on that web hosting server, but the majority of web hosting providers, including us at openmindcloud.io, have security systems at work that hinder that from happening.

A description of a web hosting service

Since shared hosting is the most commonly used type of web hosting, most hosting suppliers and web hosting clients simply call it web hosting or website hosting. As there is a large competition on the hosting marketplace, the majority of hosting firms endeavor to provide reasonable prices and gifts with their hosting services. We, for instance, provide different hosting packages and two billing options - monthly and yearly, based on your resources. If you pick the annual invoicing cycle, you will get a present - one charge-free domain name registration.

Virtual private servers packages

VPS is an acronym for Virtual Private Server. The Virtual private servers hosting solution is essentially the middle ground between the shared hosting solution and the dedicated hosting solution. If your website outgrows the resources offered by your shared web hosting package, a private virtual web hosting server package is a good option. virtual web server hosting customers still share the hardware resources of the physical machine with other private virtual server web hosting account owners, but the disk drive is split up using special virtualization software so that each partition has its own guaranteed resources and can be configured practically like a full-fledged dedicated web server. The advantage is that the CPU and the memory on a virtual hosting server are not shared. Furthermore, the virtualization technology gives you much more autonomy to configure your VPS web hosting server, but it also calls for a more advanced level of technical know-how.

Dedicated Server

With the Dedicated Server solution, the client obtains an entire web server and can utilize all its resources. The dedicated hosting solution is the most reliable of all hosting solutions and offers a lot of configuration possibilities - the clients can select the hardware and software specs that will match their requirements. Dedicated system resources and guaranteed performance are among the reasons why a dedicated server is a perfect choice for a resource-absorbing corporate website, for instance - you will not share the dedicated hosting web server's system resources with anyone else and will gain full root privileges. You will exercise complete control over the physical server, which will enable you to make any configuration modifications that you might require. The downside of the dedicated hosting solution is that a more advanced level of technical competence is needed - unless you engage an Information Technology pro, it will be your duty to administer and configure the server. The dedicated web server hosting solution is also much more high-priced, because the cost of the physical server isn't shared among any other customers.

A web hosting recommendation for novices

If you are just beginning to develop your web site and are searching for a website hosting solution to start out with, the shared website hosting solution remains the most logical option. If your web site outgrows your hosting account's resources, you can usually upgrade. With us, for example, this is extremely easy and requires no migration of your web site files, since only the features of your web hosting account change. You can also upgrade your website hosting package to a more advanced one at any given time without having to worry about the number of days remaining until the expiration date. Besides, if you finally reach the most advanced shared hosting plan and still require more resources (which is a good thing sometimes - it indicates that your web site's popularity has grown!), there always is the option to switch to a VPS web server hosting platform or a dedicated server without having to swap web hosting providers.