Best Hosting

There are various varieties of hosting accounts appropriate for different web portals in regard to the system resources or the hosting environment they demand. To select the most appropriate hosting service for your web page, you have to evaluate what server-side software it needs, how many daily visits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be fulfilled.

Shared web hosting - Virtues

The most appropriate option for small sites with several hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this form of web hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which minimizes the total cost per client significantly. There are diverse web hosting plans differing from one host to another, providing different quotas of web space and bandwidth, different email quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can buy an account that will include the specs your online portal actually needs. You will not need 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 Blue Grape Hosting, offer a vast assortment of hosting plans suitable for personal or small business web sites that even include pre-activated script-driven platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you start with a low priced account and you need more resources, moving to a more advanced account demands just a click.

Shared web hosting - Inconveniences

A negative aspect of the shared hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to install additional software applications. Certain web sites, particularly web storefronts, request software applications to be present on the hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared hosting plan, you can activate only software programs that do not require complete root access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web pages that require full root access, or if your portal has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of visits per day, what you require is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it runs in a strictly identical way.

VPSs

Both environments traditionally offer full server root access and can be rebooted through a software tool by the customer, independently from the hosting company. Much like the shared hosting accounts, the VPS and the dedicated server hosting plans come with diverse specifications depending on what the web hosting company has to offer. A private virtual web server hosting account includes guaranteed disk space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can sometimes be enhanced for short spans of time on condition that there are unused resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware it is availing of, and it can be upgraded by changing or adding components. A VPS server is easier to manage as it comes with a virtualization tool, which can be used to restart it, to install software applications, check statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated web server is more complicated, so such an account would rather be used by tech-savvy clients.

Dedicated Web Servers

However, some hosting corporations offer managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they run dedicated web server administration procedures instead of the client. This can be included in the plan or an additional upgrade.

Prior To Choosing...

Settling on the top hosting plan is vital as it can have an effect on the stable performance of a web portal. Prior to opting for a package, weigh the pros and cons, review completely all the prerequisites for the web page to perform properly, particularly if it is script-based. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.