Shared Web Hosting Revealed

As its name hints, shared web hosting is a solution, which involves hosting web content. There are different forms and types of hosting, based on the goals and on the functions. In spite of that, they all are associated with hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible throughout the World Wide Web. A host is in fact a server that is linked to the Web and has its own Internet Protocol address, which allows users to have access to it via the Web. The web hosting server's configuration and its limitations are subject to the form of web hosting solution it will be used for.

What are the different forms of hosting?

Depending on the objective, the hosting service may be:

File Storage Hosting - this form of hosting permits the users to keep their files on a given server. With the routine file hosting solution, the files that are hosted may only be accessed by the customer that's utilizing the service. This hosting service normally entails backups of computers , docs, personal files and even other web hosting servers. This service may also involve certain restrictions in relation to the disk storage space and the root-level access. There may also be traffic quota limitations, but that is dependent on the actual hosting service provider.

Warez Web Hosting - the so-called warez web hosting service is quite similar to the previous web hosting service form. Nonetheless, in contrast with the file web hosting solution, the warez hosting service is utilized for propagating patented content without being green-lighted by the patent bearer. In brief - it is connected with the illegal distribution of files and docs. There are numerous ways for this to be completed, but the two principal approaches are - via plain HTTP downloading and via peer-to-peer connections. The first one entails either a specific web site, or, most commonly, just a directory on a server that's been made available for everybody to access it and thereby download licensed docs free of cost. The second method entails a P2P connection, using the so-called Torrent servers, through which users transmit files between each other. There are not many web hosting companies that allow that type of hosting on their web hosting servers, mainly due to all the legal troubles that it involves. Usually such websites are hosted on personal dedicated servers that are registered by 3rd party enterprises either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Email Hosting - this service is applicable with both shared website hosting and dedicated web hosting servers, based on the customer's wish. If you desire to run your very own private SMTP email server, then you will require either a virtual web server or a dedicated hosting server that provides the access level required to execute such a task. For common e-mail hosting purposes, however, you can utilize a conventional shared website hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a solution that's very popular, since the web hosting and the mail hosting services are being served by 2 separate servers, usually owned by separate hosts.

Shared Web Hosting - the most widespread and regularly utilized hosting service as of now. It's utilized for hosting website files, whose type depends on the Operating System the web server is availing of - Linux or Windows. Different kinds of files necessitate different web hosting server Operating Systems, or else they won't be exhibited correctly on the Internet. This type of web hosting may contain web space and traffic restrictions, server root access and central processing unit usage restrictions.

Based on the aims and on the objectives, the user should pick the kind of web server that he needs for his work, and, of course, the website hosting provider that's going to provide it. There are different kinds of servers, depending on the specifications and the hosting solutions that they provide. These are:

Shared Web Hosting Server - a shared web hosting server supplies a smaller amount of resources, which, of course, is reflected on the cost of the service. It can be used for hosting small size and middle size web pages, which do not need immense amounts of data space and traffic.

Semi-dedicated Server Web Hosting - they work on the very same principle as the shared website hosting servers. Still, there are much less users accommodated on the same web hosting server. Hence, each of them will have a larger quota of the web server's resources like RAM, disk space, web traffic and CPU. Ideal for hosting heavy web pages that do not demand complete server root access.

VPS web hosting are excellent for middle scale web pages, which do demand root-level access to the web server's configuration files. Generally, there are a bunch of private virtual web server accounts placed on the same server. Even so, each of them is insulated from the others and runs its own Operating System.

Dedicated Server Web Hosting - a fully dedicated physical server set up and accessed by you and only you. It guarantees a tremendous quantity of resources. It also gives root-level access, which renders it a perfect solution for any sort of site that requires a website hosting solution.

The sole question that remains is:

Which website hosting vendor should I settle on?

As already stated, there are not many providers providing warez hosting services because of judicial entanglements. Such providers are being closed down virtually every month. For that reason, if you would like to provide such a service, you should do it on your own PC. The shared web hosting service is the most widely spread type of web hosting service. So, each and every web hosting corporation offers it. Not all of them, however, offer solutions such as Virtual Private Servers, Semi-dedicated Server Web Hosting and dedicated web hosting servers. Most of the small sized website hosting companies do not have the resources needed for offering those services. You can effortlessly recognize such web hosts by the kinds of services that they are making available and by the way that they introduce them to the clientele. For instance, some web hosting companies permit you to commence with a smaller web hosting plan and subsequently upgrade to a more advanced one, if you consider it compulsory to do so. This is extremely convenient, because you do not have to relocate sites between web servers and there is no chance of experiencing outages because of all the problems that may take place.

We, at Zonk Host provide all sorts of services and have the adequate server resources and staff to ensure that their customers will not run into any predicaments when changing services, which is what a top hosting vendor is actually all about.