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A to Z guide into shared, VPS, dedicated and cloud hosting

April 21
15:48 2011

The term web hosting may not be stranger to you. However, loads of people out there are still confused over web hosting services. Although web hosting business has experienced a great spike over the last few years, not every web host user is a satisfied user. No matter what web host package you choose, chances are that you might run into some problems. That being said, users can stay immune from potential issues to a great extent by choosing the right web hosting package and service provider. Today, shared hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated hosting and cloud hosting dominate the web hosting industry. Let’s have a sneak at each of the above said hosting packages.

Shared hosting is the most affordable hosting solution among the bunch. However, it has certain drawbacks. In a shared hosting environment, numerous users use the same background software and hardware, thus increasing the load on a server. This can result into server crash in some cases. Your website may be out of service for a certain period of time, until the issue is fixed. That being said, shared hosting is ideal for small websites that don’t require much resource to create an online presence.

A VPS hosting solution is essentially a single server that is spilt into numerous virtual servers. The good news is that it makes use of a new age technology which ensures that every server acts like an isolated server, thereby offering greater benefits to users in terms of processing power, speed, RAM, bandwidth space etc. Each and every server will have its independent resources, which allows smooth website performance. Users can reboot their server independently without affecting neighborhood virtual servers. Unlike shared hosting, there won’t be a chain reaction if a website goes down. In a VPS set up, only the affected website will go down, if something goes wrong.

Dedicated hosting is a form of hosting package that is dedicated to a single client. A dedicated hosting user is allocated a separate IP address and hardware configuration. This enables users to cope up with large amount of incoming data. In other words, dedicated hosting users can handle massive amount of data and traffic. The major drawback associated with dedicated hosting is high cost. One is required to shave off more money for a dedicated hosting package in comparison to shared hosting or VPS hosting.

Cloud hosting is a relatively new emergence in the web hosting world. Despite being in the budding stage, it has garnered great attention from the masses, especially among online corporate giants. The best part about cloud hosting is that it allows users to deal with extreme traffic peaks. It runs on multiple cloud servers, which allows cloud server switch with great ease, if one server is overloaded, thereby ensuring that users are kept immune from server crash and similar web issues. In other words, one would be harnessing the power of multiple servers that are linked together with the aid of an advanced Internet technology. Websites that run on a cloud hosting platform hardly experience any downtime.

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