What is web hosting?

[jashmin]

Please tell me about web hosting and which web hosting is best. I don't anything know about web hosting.

[guavapuffed]

that is very general question ? which hosting is best ? everyone will say his/her hosting is best . But in real terms nothing is best . Everyone have different requirement and depending upon requirement you can choose hosting . However when i buy hosting i recommend following things
1. Buy hosting from established firm which is not a reseller of some big hosting company
2. Check customer service
3. Compare plans
Also if you have any doubts contact hosting company .

[neilsmall]

A web host is a company that has computers that are hooked up to the internet 24/7. These computers are called servers and they are assigned IP numbers in order that they may be found by other computers hooked up to the internet. It is on these servers that all your web files are stored, be they HTML files (web pages), graphic files, CSS files, Javascripts or whatever.

[~ServerPoint~]

I wonder why are you looking to learn more about web hosting then? What are your initial goals?

[Hoster]

Want to know about hosting? try wiki! Here we can tell you about some particular issues of the hosting and about particular hosting providers.

The best is different for everyone. The best means that it suits your requirements for the site(s) you intend to host and the price you are ready to pay for certain amount of services. Surely it is not without the reliability and reputation of the company....

As an example of the good host I can name MMhosting.com - they are cheap, stable and their plans are able to satisfy almost any requirements for shared hosting.

[andyexchange]

Hello Jashim ,
If you intend to publish your website on world wide web then you will need a space where you can save all your website data ,Network connectivity and secure place. to host your all that data on that place called web hosting.following ar some type of web hosting.

Shared Hosting

Shared web hosting is a type of web hosting where-in your website will be
hosted on a web server whose resources are shared by many other websites.
There may be hundreds or even thousands of accounts hosted on one shared
hosting server depending upon the hardware configuration of that particular
server. Shared hosting is the most affordable & reasonable hosting type so
this type is worthwhile not only for small businessmen but also for medium
scale business enterprises.

Semi Dedicated

Semi-Dedicated Hosting is specifically designed for customers who require
more resources than Shared hosting and Virtual Private Servers but are not
willing to upgrade to a dedicated server as yet. Some clients find a
dedicated server too costly for their needs and in such cases the best
hosting solution for them is a Semi Dedicated Hosting server.

With Semi-Dedicated hosting one physical web server is shared between a
limited number of users, say 2-6 depending on traffic and resource usage.
Clients can install third party software/applications and run more complex
scripts on semi dedicated server with relative ease. Semi-dedicated hosting
is ideal for large and high traffic websites needing more resources than a
VPS offers.


VPS Hosting

Virtual Private Server (VPS Hosting) is a type of hosting where-in a
physical dedicated server is partitioned into multiple servers. Each
partition is a virtual environment and done using a virtualization platform
like Virtuozzo, Xen etc. Each VPS has the appearance and capabilities of
running on its own dedicated machine. Each VPS can run its own full-fledged
operating system and can be independently rebooted. VPS Hosting provides
root access to the users which allows users to install and run third party
applications on the server. Since it is a virtual environment it is also
referred to as Virtual Server OR Virtual Dedicated Server.

VPS Hosting is an ideal solution for users whose websites have outgrown
shared hosting. In short, VPS stands between Shared Hosting and Dedicated
Server Hosting.


Dedicated Server Hosting

Dedicated Server is the server completely dedicated to a single user. In
other words the entire server is dedicated to one user and it is not shared
with any other users. This allows the user full control over the server
along with the flexibility to install 3rd party software/applications,
streaming media. Dedicated Server Hosting is a more expensive hosting
solution since all the costs are borne by one user.

A dedicated server better meets the needs of a large business for several
reasons. The client can customize the hardware setup as well as the software
to meet exact needs. Data access is faster and high traffic is easily
accommodated.

[~ServerPoint~]

Nice done Andy!

[india-love]

Before signing up for web hostign do search for customer reviews at http://forums.hostsearch.com/search.php

[discusshostingadmin]

... http://www.hostsearch.com/reviews.asp?

[~ServerPoint~]

Yes. On the hostsearch you have 2 places you can get more information from

[discusshostingadmin]

Check out HostSearch's FAQ page http://www.hostsearch.com/web_host_faq.asp

[BobbyVinton]

You're doing the right thing, read read read before you choose a host.

[Vec&sec]

A site that is frequently down will lose a lot of visitors. If someone finds your site on the search engine, and he tries to access it but find that it is down, he'll simply go down the list to find another site. For this reason, I can suggest you to start with shared hosting and dayanahost.com would be good choice I think. It is Canadian hosting provider which is stable really. It has well-skilled support and they will explain you everything you may need.

[bengomez]

that is very general question ? which hosting is best ? everyone will say his/her hosting is best . But in real terms nothing is best . Everyone have different requirement and depending upon requirement you can choose hosting . However when i buy hosting i recommend following things
1. Buy hosting from established firm which is not a reseller of some big hosting company
2. Check customer service
3. Compare plans
Also if you have any doubts contact hosting company .

I think that is exactly what i wanna say... very straight answer for it...




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[~ServerPoint~]

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