Types of Web Hosting Services
Free Web hosting service – typically this one is as the name implies, FREE, but is often advertisement-supported. There’s not much features to expect from this type of service when compared to paid web hosting.
Shared web hosting – typically your web site is placed on the same server/space with several other sites ranging from low 50s to the thousands. These other web sites share the same server resources such as memory and CPU. If your site has a lot of traffic, putting it in a shared space may not be a good idea.
Reseller web hosting – reseller web hosting allows clients of web hosting services to become web hosts themselves. This is ideal for aspiring web hosting entrepreneurs who want to take advantage of existing technology to host their web host. All they have to do is to market their web hosting service to prospective customers. They do not need a physical server as it is collocated with another host.
Virtual Dedicated Server – This is just one server divided into several virtual servers. Each user’s experience will be as if they own their own dedicated server when in fact they’re sharing it with other users.
Dedicated hosting service – the user will get his own web server and has full control over it (root access for Linux-based servers and administrator access for windows based servers). The user typically does not own the server; he/she rather rents it. Some dedicated hosting plans give the responsibility of securing and maintaining the server to the user itself. This gives the customer total control over the security features of the web hosting box.
Bruno Auger
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