Top Web Hosting

There are different sorts of web hosting solutions suitable for different web sites with regard to the resources or the web hosting platform they need. To select the most relevant web hosting service for your web site, you have to judge what server-side software applications it requires, how many daily hits you anticipate at the start and in the future, as well as any other specific needs that may have to be answered.

Shared website hosting - Positive Signs

The best choice for small web portals with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting package. With this type of site hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which lowers the total price per user seriously. There are different web hosting plans varying from one provider to another, offering different quotas of web storage and monthly bandwidth, different mail account quotas and so on. The advantage is that you can obtain an account that will have the features your web page indeed requires. You will not have to pay a lot of money for a plan you will not make use of, or end up with a small scale account that cannot accommodate the online portal. We, at Happy Hosting UK, offer an extensive choice of web hosting plans appropriate for private or small business portals that even provide pre-activated script-based systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things simpler. If you begin with a low-cost account and you require more system resources, moving to a more feature-rich plan takes only a click.

Shared Hosting - Negative Sides

A negative aspect 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 programs. Some web pages, above all web storefronts, require software applications to be activated on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared website hosting environment, you can activate only software platforms that do not demand root access.

Virtual Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For sites that demand complete server root access, or if your portal has many thousands or even millions of viewers per day, what you require is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A VPS server is a software imitation of a dedicated solution and it works in exactly the same way.

Virtual Private Servers

Both solutions normally provide full root access and can be rebooted via a software platform by the client, independently from the web hosting company. Much like the shared website hosting packages, the VPS hosting and the dedicated server packages comprise diverse specifications based on what the hosting provider offers. A VPS web hosting server plan offers guaranteed hard disk space, RAM and CPU quotas that can occasionally be enlarged for short stretches of time provided that there are spare system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated server, the only limitation is the hardware configuration it is utilizing, and it can be configured by changing or appending components. A virtual web hosting server is simpler to handle as it comprises a virtualization software platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, explore statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more intricate, so such an account would rather be utilized by competent users.

Dedicated Hosting Servers

Nonetheless, certain companies provide managed dedicated web hosting solutions where they run dedicated web hosting server management operations instead of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an additional feature.

Before You Opt...

Settling on the top hosting package is important as it can have an influence on the proper functioning of a web page. Before choosing a plan, weigh the pros and cons, explore carefully all the prerequisites for the web page to perform properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still unsure which is the best 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.