Top Web Hosting

There are different varieties of web hosting packages suitable for different sites in regard to the resources or the web hosting platform they require. To choose the most adequate web hosting service for your online portal, you have to evaluate what server-side software programs it demands, how many visits per day you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be satisfied.

Shared website hosting - Privileges

The best option for small size online portals with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting account. With this type of web space hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall cost per user critically. There are diverse web hosting solutions differing from one hosting vendor to another, delivering different amounts of web storage space and web traffic, different mail address account quotas and so on. The benefit is that you can purchase a package that will offer the specs your web portal actually needs. You will not need to pay plenty of money for an account you will not utilize, or wind up with a small sized plan that cannot shelter the website. We, at The Gulf Web Hosting Group Ltd., offer a wide array of web hosting solutions suitable for personal or small business portals that even include pre-activated script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it easier. If you start with a low-cost account and you demand more resources, moving to a more advanced account requires just a mouse click.

Shared website hosting - Negative Signs

A negative side of the shared web hosting solution is that the web hosting servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot install additional software platforms. Some websites, especially web storefronts, request software applications to be activated on the hosting server for them to function, and with a shared web hosting environment, you can install solely software programs that do not demand complete server root access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For online portals that require full root access, or if your online portal has many 1000's or even millions of daily visits, what you demand is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A private virtual web hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated solution and it acts in an exactly identical way.

Private Virtual Web Hosting Servers

Both environments typically offer root privileges and can be rebooted via a software interface by the user, independently from the web hosting company. Much like the shared web hosting accounts, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web hosting server packages contain different specifications based on what the web hosting company offers. A private virtual web server hosting account contains guaranteed storage space, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be enlarged for short spells of time if there are free system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is making use of, and it can be revamped by altering or adding components. A virtual server is simpler to handle as it offers a virtualization console, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, check stats, and so on. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complicated, so such an account would rather be resorted to by practiced users.

Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

Still, given hosts offer managed dedicated hosting services where they implement server management tasks on behalf of the customer. This can be a part of plan or an additional feature.

Prior To Selecting...

Opting for the top hosting plan is important as it can have an effect on the proper functioning of a web site. Before picking a plan, compare the pros and cons, study completely all the requirements for the web portal to work properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which one is the best web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.