Call now! (ID:317993)+1-855-211-0932
HomeWeb Hosting ArticlesHow Does Shared Hosting Operate?

How Does Shared Hosting Operate?

Shared hosting is a type of Internet service that permits individuals and organizations to make their sites viewable on the World Wide Web. Hosting providers are companies that offer hard drive space on a web hosting server stored in a data center facility and ensure constant network uptime.

Where do you start?

The World Wide Web has become an indispensable component of our daily life. It gives you the chance to make a little side cash, but can also be a major source of revenue. In order to display advertisements on your website or to popularize a product that you sell, you invariably require a hosting service, which will make sure that your web page is secure and continually accessible. But how do you find one that is moderately priced and yet dependable enough?

The shared web hosting platform

Business
Unlimited storage
Unlimited bandwidth
5 websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
C$6.51 / month
Pro
Unlimited storage
Unlimited bandwidth
Unlimited websites hosted
30-Day Free Trial
C$13.00 / month
 

The solution hosting providers have come up with is named shared web hosting. With the shared hosting solution, a lot of hosting account holders are hosted on one and the very same hosting server. There are harsh limits on the system resources that each hosting account can in fact avail of, thus ensuring that they do not intervene with each other. The shared hosting solution offers acceptable performance and is less expensive than, let's say, a dedicated hosting server, which is used by only one single customer. The shared web hosting solution permits shared hosting companies to offer their clients modest prices. It typically includes intuitive web hosting Control Panel software, as is the case with the server that we at Outraged Hosting provide, and allows everyone to manage their online portals without worrying about server installation and maintenance procedures, which are handled solely by the hosting service provider.

Virtual private servers hosting

With the virtual private servers hosting solution, on the other hand, you share a physical server with other VPS web hosting server customers, but you are allotted a dedicated share of the system resources. The virtual private web hosting server solution is the middle ground between the much less expensive shared web hosting solution and the more high-priced dedicated hosting web server solution, and is an excellent option for anyone who desires to create, for instance, a live streaming site or a community web site. The circumstance that you need to take care of the server configuration settings and software updates yourself is somewhat of a downside, but this could also be a big advantage if you indeed need to make certain server configuration changes - something that would be unthinkable on a shared web hosting server.

Dedicated Servers

Dedicated servers are in the majority of cases much more expensive than shared web hosting or private virtual web server hosting solutions. You might wonder why would anyone want to use a dedicated web server then? The reply is pretty simple. If your corporation has a high-traffic site, or simply has very specific web server setup and safety requirements, the most suitable choice would be a dedicated web server that you or your technicians can manage directly. For someone who is willing to invest in safety and stability, the greater price is of no importance. You obtain full server root access and can utilize 100% of the dedicated web hosting server's resources without anyone else utilizing these resources and intervening with your websites.