Difference between shared hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated hosting

Choosing the right server to host the sites is one of the major issue that is faced by business owners when they plan to launch their sites. To choose the best server for the site one has to have at least a basic knowledge about servers and the types of severs and hosting available so that they can choose the best one suited.

So let’s first look into what is meant by hosting, what a server is and the type of servers that are available.

What is web hosting?

Web hosting can be defined as the service that allows an organizations to launch or publish their websites onto the internet or in other words this service provides us a space on the internet onto which we can host our sites. It is as simple as that and the servers are the special computers onto which these sites are stored and hosted.

These web servers are high-power computers that are connected to high speed networks and thus it helps us to surf and view the contents of our websites hosted there without any delay or lag.

So by now you must have got an idea about what hosting and servers are. But before proceeding to the type of hosting available let’s look into two other important factors.

1.Why do we need web hosting?
2.What is meant by Domain name?

Okay, so why do we need web hosting. As explained in the previous session it allows you to host our sites on powerful servers and make our sites accessible via World Wide Web and thus it helps us and others all over the world to access our site rather than us sending the files and contents to people. It helps us to ease connecting our service with the world. But, the greatest advantage of web hosting is that the hosting companies will be providing complete support to the clients who will be hosting their sites with them according to plans selected, which includes managing the servers and its software’s, providing complete security and support for the server, providing high bandwidth speed and many more like these and thus the clients does not have to worry about unavailability of their sites and the contents and about the malicious attacks on them. It is such a great relief right!

And now , what is meant by domain name? Domain name is a must for your website to be found on the internet and thus we should have a clear cut idea about what domain name is. It is the name of your website otherwise in simple term it can defined as your companies internet address. It is used for identifying and finding computers on the internet.

What to choose ? Which hosting will be the best one?

And that was all about hosting, servers, need for hosting and the domain name. Now comes the tricky part the type of hosting to choose. To select the perfect type of hosting that suits all our needs we must first know the types of hosting that are available and most importantly we must be very sure about our need. What you need and what will be the server used for these questions will help you to find the best suited hosting. Before finding the hosting neede you must have an answer for the following questions,what is my budget?How much space is needed for me?what are the security features that I am looking for? For what my server and my sites will be used for? etc.

Hosting Types…….
Hosting can be basically classified into three kinds,
1. Shared Hosting
2. Virtual Private Servers
3. Dedicated servers

Shared Hosting:

The entire concept of this type of hosting is in its name itself. Its all about sharing! A large number of users will be put onto the same server and you will have to share all of your resources with them and thus it’s the cheapest of all the available hosting kinds. Don’t worry that doesn’t means you will have to adjust a lot. Its all about what you need. Ofcourse as same as everything this also has got its pros and cons. Some of the positive aspects about this kind of hosting is that its CHEAP.. ya if you really care about money and does not plan to spend a lot and has got a very minimal usage and needs then this one will be best one for you. When it comes to the cons LIMITATION is the one that may be holding you back you will be limted on space, bandwidth and everything. You are sharing your resources with others so this is most likely to happen and sometimes there are chances that you might experience a site speed gowing low due to someone else who is sharing in your space is using a lot of resources. If you care about these, looking for an affordable server where you don’t have a lot of datas to be stored then go for it this is what you need.

VPS (Virtual Private Server):

“No I cannot share my resources with others, I want separate allowance. I cannot pay as much as for a dedicated sever but a bit more than shared hosting is fine” is this what you are thinking. Great! VPS is the solution. VPS is something that is very different than shared hosting. But that doesn’t means you are not sharing completely, yes you will be sharing but there will be a lot more lesser number of sharing when compared to shared hosting and moreover you will be owner of your space and thus you will be responsible for whatever happening in your server. In case of VPS there will be more than one user running on the physical machine. It completely depends on how the resources are being divided. When you compare with shared hosting it gives you more control. You will be in complete charge and control of everything within your server in case of VPS and since there will be other users running within the physical machine you will have to share services like processor usage and all. Owning a more private space when compared to shared servers space is the best of the positive aspects of a VPS and a VPS will be more powerful hosting choice. It will be giving a higher performance and will be loading much faster when compared to shared hosting. There are no much cons for this type of servers its just that it will be bit more costly when compared to shared and you must possess some technical skills as you will be controlling of the server.

Dedicated Server:

You don’t want to share anything with anyone not even the resources. Yes, a Dedicated Server is the solution. Having a dedicated server is like owning your own home. It is the most powerfull and fasted hosting available. You will be the one who will be fully controlling the server. You can customize it the way you want, you can extend the resources as needed, reboot the server whenever needed.. in short you can do whatever you want on it. Its all your’s and since its providing you so much of high level features in its bestest form it will be expensive too and that is the biggest con of dedicated server. And you must possess good technical skills and responsibility is also quite high as its you who will be the who will be on full control of the server.

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