Quality Hosting

There are various varieties of hosting accounts suitable for different web portals in regard to the system resources or the hosting platform they require. To select the most optimal hosting service for your web site, you have to judge what server-side software applications it requires, how many daily hits you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other specific needs that may need to be satisfied.

Shared Hosting - Benefits

The most suitable option for small scale web portals with several hundred or several thousand viewers is a shared hosting account. With this form of site hosting, each user pays only for their account, which lowers the total cost per customer radically. There are diverse web hosting packages varying from one provider to another, delivering different amounts of data storage space and web traffic, different mail account quotas and so on. The plus is that you can order an account that will have the specifications your site actually requires. You will not have to pay a lot for an account you will not utilize, or wind up with a small sized account that cannot accommodate the web portal. We, at Kal Mass Media, offer an extensive collection of hosting accounts suitable for personal or small business sites that even include pre-activated script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you commence with a low priced plan and you demand more functionalities, upgrading to a better plan involves only a click of the mouse.

Shared web hosting - Weak Sides

A drawback of the shared web hosting solution is that the servers have some software platforms installed on them and you are unable to activate additional software. Some online portals, above all web storefronts, request software applications to be installed on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared website hosting plan, you can activate only software applications that do not need full server root access.

VPS Web Servers and Dedicated Servers

For web sites that require complete root-level access, or if your website has many 1000's or even millions of visitors per day, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A virtual private web hosting server is a software simulation of a dedicated server and it performs in a precisely identical way.

VPS Web Servers

Both services commonly provide root access and can be restarted via a software tool by the client, independently from the hosting provider. Akin to the shared hosting accounts, the VPS and the dedicated server plans include different characteristics depending on what the web hosting supplier has to offer. A virtual private web hosting server plan contains guaranteed web storage, random access memory and CPU usage quotas that can occasionally be enlarged for short stretches of time provided that there are free system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware it is availing of, and it can be revved up by changing or adding components. A virtual hosting server is easier to cope with as it involves a virtualization tool, 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 complex, so such a solution would rather be utilized by practiced clients.

Dedicated Web Servers

Nevertheless, certain hosting companies provide managed dedicated web server hosting solutions where they carry out server administration operations instead of the client. This can be a part of package or an extra upgrade.

Prior To Selecting...

Settling on the top hosting plan is crucial as it can have an effect on the stable functioning of a web portal. Prior to selecting a package, compare the pros and cons, inspect completely all the preconditions for the web site to operate properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still not sure which is the best hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or call us - our sales representatives will be happy to help you and answer all your questions.