Top Hosting

There are different types of hosting plans suitable for different web portals when it comes to the resources or the hosting platform they demand. To select the most proper hosting service for your site, you must calculate what server-side software programs it demands, how many daily visits you anticipate at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may need to be satisfied.

Shared Web Hosting - Virtues

The most relevant option for small size web portals with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting plan. With this type of web site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall price per individual drastically. There are various web hosting packages varying from one web hosting firm to another, providing different amounts of web storage and web traffic, different email mailbox account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can obtain an account that will provide the features your web site in fact requires. You will not have to pay lots of cash for an account you will not use, or end up with a small size package that cannot accommodate the web site. We, at FCE Webhosting, offer a huge collection of hosting solutions suitable for private or small business portals that even offer pre-activated script-driven systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you commence with a low priced account and you demand more functionalities, upgrading to a better account demands only a click of the mouse.

Shared Hosting - Drawbacks

A drawback of the shared web hosting environment is that the web hosting servers have some software applications installed on them and you cannot activate new software platforms. Some online portals, chiefly online storefronts, demand applications to be available on the web server for them to work, and with a shared web hosting plan, you can install only software programs that do not request complete root-level access.

Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Web Servers

For portals that demand full root access, or if your portal has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of daily hits, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated server. A private virtual server is a virtual simulation of a dedicated web hosting server and it acts in an absolutely identical manner.

Virtual Private Hosting Servers

Both platforms generally give full server root access and can be rebooted via a software program by the user, autonomously from the hosting supplier. Akin to the shared hosting accounts, the VPS and the dedicated hosting server packages involve diverse functionalities based on what the hosting provider has to offer. A virtual private web hosting server package contains guaranteed data storage space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can sometimes be boosted for short stretches of time provided that there are unused system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated web server, the only limiting factor is the hardware it is availing of, and it can be configured by changing or adding components. A private virtual web server is simpler to manipulate as it arrives with a virtualization panel, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install applications, explore stats, etc. The management of a dedicated server is more complicated, so such an account would rather be utilized by qualified clients.

Dedicated Web Servers

Nevertheless, given providers provide managed dedicated hosting solutions where they carry out dedicated web hosting server management tasks instead of the client. This can be a part of plan or an additional service.

Prior To Choosing...

Picking the top hosting plan is vital as it can have an influence on the stable functioning of a online portal. Before picking a package, compare the pros and cons, appraise carefully all the requirements for the web portal to function properly, particularly if it is script-driven. And if you are still unsure which one is the best hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales reps will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.