Quality Hosting

There are various types of hosting services appropriate for different web sites in regard to the resources or the hosting platform they demand. To pick the most proper hosting service for your website, you need to judge what server-side software applications it demands, how many daily visits you anticipate at the beginning and in the long run, as well as any other special requirements that may have to be answered.

Shared web hosting - Strong Sides

The most adequate alternative for small web sites with several hundred or several thousand visitors is a shared hosting package. With this type of hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which lowers the total cost per client radically. There are different web hosting plans varying from one hosting provider to another, providing different amounts of hard disk space and bandwidth, different e-mail address account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can buy a package that will have the specs your web page really needs. You will not need to pay plenty of money for an account you will not utilize, or end up with a small account that cannot shelter the web site. We, at Melanesia Web Hosting, offer a wide array of hosting plans suitable for personal or small business web portals that even come with pre-installed script-based platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things easier. If you kick off with a less powerful package and you require more functionalities, moving to a more advanced account demands only a mouse click.

Shared Web Hosting - Weak Points

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

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web pages that request root access, or if your website has many thousands or even millions of daily visits, what you demand is a VPS or a dedicated server. A private virtual web hosting server is a software imitation of a dedicated hosting server and it works in an absolutely identical way.

VPS Servers

Both services generally give full root access and can be restarted via a software tool by the client, autonomously from the hosting provider. Similar to the shared website hosting accounts, the VPS and the dedicated web server hosting plans sport diverse features depending on what the hosting company has to offer. A virtual server account offers guaranteed web space, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can at times be expanded for short stretches of time if there are available resources on the physical server. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is availing of, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A private virtual server is easier to manage as it includes a virtualization panel, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, check statistics, and so on. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such a solution would rather be used by trained clients.

Dedicated Web Servers

Nevertheless, certain hosting suppliers offer managed dedicated web server hosting services where they implement dedicated server management operations instead of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an additional option.

Before You Opt...

Selecting the top hosting plan is important as it can have an effect on the proper operation of a web site. Before settling on an account, compare the pros and cons, appraise thoroughly all the preconditions for the web portal to operate properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still unsure which one is the best hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.