Quality Web Hosting

There are various types of web hosting services appropriate for different web portals when it comes to the resources or the web hosting environment they require. To select the most suitable web hosting service for your website, you have to evaluate what server-side software applications it requires, how many hits per day you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special demands that may have to be met.

Shared Hosting - Positive Sides

The most appropriate alternative for small sites with a few hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting plan. With this form of web hosting, each user pays only for their account, which lowers the total cost per person seriously. There are diverse web hosting solutions differing from one hosting provider to another, providing different amounts of hard disk storage and bandwidth, different electronic mail account quotas and so on. The privilege is that you can pay for a package that will have the features your web site really needs. You will not have to pay a lot of money for a package you will not utilize, or end up with a small scale account that cannot accommodate the website. We, at SigmaInfinity, offer an immense variety of web hosting packages appropriate for personal or small business portals that even provide pre-installed script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it easier. If you kick off with a cheaper account and you require more functionalities, upgrading to a better package takes only a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Negative Aspects

A disadvantage of the shared web hosting environment is that the hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot install new software programs. Certain websites, chiefly web shops, need software applications to be activated on the server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting plan, you can activate only software that does not request complete root-level access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For online portals that demand server root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even millions of daily viewers, what you require is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A private virtual hosting server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated machine and it performs in an absolutely identical way.

Virtual Private Web Servers

Both environments traditionally include root-level access and can be restarted through a software tool by the user, independently from the web hosting company. Akin to the shared website hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated server hosting plans sport different specifications based on what the web hosting supplier offers. A virtual private web server hosting account offers guaranteed disk storage space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can at times be extended for short intervals of time in case there are spare resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limitation is the hardware configuration it is using, and it can be configured by altering or appending components. A virtual web hosting server is simpler to tackle as it involves a virtualization console, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, check statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated hosting server is more complicated, so such a solution would rather be resorted to by practiced clients.

Dedicated Web Servers

However, some hosting providers offer managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they execute dedicated hosting server administration operations on behalf of the client. This can be included in the package or an extra upgrade.

Before You Decide...

Opting for the top hosting package is essential as it can have an effect on the proper operation of a online portal. Before opting for a plan, weigh the pros and cons, examine carefully all the requirements for the web site to work properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which is the best web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.