Top Shared Web Hosting

There are different kinds of shared web hosting packages appropriate for different web sites in regard to the resources or the shared web hosting environment they need. To choose the most suitable shared web hosting service for your website, you have to calculate what server-side software it requires, how many daily visits you expect at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special demands that may have to be met.

Shared web hosting - Assets

The most adequate alternative for small sized web pages with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting account. With this type of website hosting, each customer pays only for their account, which minimizes the total price per client substantially. There are various web hosting solutions varying from one web hosting vendor to another, furnishing different amounts of server storage space and monthly bandwidth, different email mailbox account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can purchase an account that will include the specifications your site really demands. You will not need to pay plenty of cash for an account you will not make use of, or end up with a small account that cannot accommodate the website. We, at Palm Servers, offer an extensive selection of shared web hosting solutions suitable for private or small business websites that even come with pre-installed script-based platforms such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you commence with a low-cost account and you require more system resources, upgrading to a more powerful package involves just a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Negative Aspects

A negative aspect of the shared website hosting solution is that the servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot activate additional software platforms. Some web pages, mainly web storefronts, require applications to be activated on the hosting server for them to function, and with a shared hosting environment, you can install solely software programs that do not request complete root-level access.

Virtual Hosting Servers and Dedicated Servers

For sites that request full root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of visits per day, what you need is a VPS web hosting or a dedicated server web hosting. A virtual hosting server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated hosting server and it behaves in a strictly identical way.

Private Virtual Servers

Both environments traditionally include root privileges and can be restarted through a software program by the customer, independently from the web hosting supplier. Similar to the shared hosting plans, the VPS web hosting and the dedicated server accounts sport diverse specifications based on what the hosting supplier offers. A Virtual Private Server plan contains guaranteed data storage, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can occasionally be boosted for brief periods of time if there are available system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limitation is the hardware architecture it is utilizing, and it can be upgraded by changing or adding components. A private virtual server is easier to manage as it comes with a virtualization panel, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, examine statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated hosting server is more complicated, so such a solution would rather be resorted to by skilled customers.

Dedicated Servers

Nonetheless, certain web hosting vendors offer managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they carry out dedicated hosting server management tasks on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an additional feature.

Before You Elect...

Picking the top hosting plan is important as it can affect the stable functioning of a site. Before choosing a package, weigh the pros and cons, study carefully all the prerequisites for the web portal to function properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which is the best shared web hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales representatives will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.