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There are various varieties of hosting accounts suitable for different web sites when it comes to the system resources or the hosting environment they require. To select the most appropriate hosting service for your website, you need to calculate what server-side software programs it demands, how many daily visits you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special demands that may need to be covered.

Shared Website Hosting - Perquisites

The most proper alternative for small scale websites with a few hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting solution. With this type of site hosting, each customer pays only for their plan, which minimizes the overall price per user significantly. There are diverse web hosting plans differing from one hosting company to another, furnishing different amounts of hard disk storage space and traffic, different email box account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can purchase an account that will provide the resources your web page in fact requires. You will not need to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not make use of, or end up with a small sized account that cannot shelter the site. We, at Melanesia Web Hosting, offer an extensive selection of hosting plans suitable for private or small business web pages that even provide pre-activated script-driven platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render things simpler. If you begin with a low-cost package and you require more resources, upgrading to a better plan takes only a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Weaknesses

A weakness of the shared web hosting environment is that the web servers have some software applications installed on them and you are unable to activate additional software. Specific web pages, especially online shops, require software applications to be activated on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared website hosting account, you can install solely software programs that do not require full root access.

Virtual Web Hosting Servers and Dedicated Web Hosting Servers

For web pages that require complete root-level access, or if your online portal has many 1000's or even millions of hits per day, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated web hosting server and it operates in an absolutely identical manner.

VPS Web Servers

Both environments typically offer full root access and can be rebooted via a software interface by the client, independently from the hosting supplier. Just like the shared web hosting accounts, the VPS and the dedicated web server hosting accounts come with diverse specifications depending on what the hosting company offers. A VPS hosting server package has guaranteed web storage space, RAM and CPU quotas that can occasionally be boosted for short intervals of time if there are unused system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated hosting server, the only limitation is the hardware architecture it is availing of, and it can be upgraded by altering or adding components. A VPS web server is simpler to manipulate as it offers a virtualization console, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, check statistics, etc. The management of a dedicated web hosting server is more complicated, so such a solution would rather be resorted to by experienced users.

Dedicated Servers

Nevertheless, some web hosts offer managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they complete dedicated web hosting server administration tasks on behalf of the client. This can be a part of package or an additional feature.

Before You Choose...

Settling on the top hosting plan is important as it can have an influence on the proper work of a online portal. Prior to picking a plan, weigh the pros and cons, check thoroughly all the requirements for the web page to run properly, especially if it is script-powered. And if you are still unsure which one is the best hosting service for you, consult with our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions.