Top Web Hosting

There are different kinds of web hosting plans suitable for different sites in relation to the resources or the web hosting platform they require. To choose the best web hosting service for your web page, you need to reckon what server-side software programs it demands, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be covered.

Shared website hosting - Upsides

The most optimal alternative for small online portals with a few hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this form of webspace hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which decreases the overall cost per person critically. There are diverse web hosting plans differing from one web hosting corporation to another, supplying different amounts of data space and traffic, different email mailbox account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can buy a package that will have the resources your web portal actually demands. You will not have to pay lots of money for a plan you will not utilize, or end up with a small sized account that cannot host the site. We, at IGS Hosting, offer a vast array of web hosting plans appropriate for private or small business web sites that even offer pre-installed script-driven systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things easier. If you kick off with a low-cost account and you require more features, moving to a high-end account involves just a click.

Shared website hosting - Downsides

A weakness of the shared web hosting solution is that the hosting servers have some software installed on them and you cannot activate new software. Specific websites, particularly web stores, need software applications to be present on the server for them to operate, and with a shared web hosting package, you can activate solely software applications that do not require complete root-level access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web portals that demand complete root access, or if your site has many 1000's or even millions of daily visitors, what you require is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A Virtual Private Server is a virtual imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it functions in exactly the same way.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both environments commonly provide root access and can be restarted through a software interface by the customer, autonomously from the web hosting supplier. Much like the shared website hosting plans, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web server hosting accounts come with diverse characteristics based on what the web hosting provider has to offer. A virtual hosting server package offers guaranteed disk storage, RAM and central processing unit usage quotas that can sometimes be extended for brief stretches of time if there are available system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web hosting server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is making use of, and it can be configured by altering or adding components. A VPS hosting server is easier to manage as it comes with a virtualization tool, which can be utilized to restart it, to install applications, check stats, etc. The management of a dedicated web server is more elaborate, so such an account would rather be used by qualified customers.

Dedicated Servers

Still, some hosting providers offer managed dedicated hosting solutions where they implement web hosting server management procedures on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an extra service.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Picking the top hosting plan is important as it can have an influence on the proper operation of a web portal. Before picking an account, weigh the pros and cons, examine carefully all the requirements for the site to work properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still in doubt which is the best web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.