What Precisely is Shared Hosting?

Possessing your very own private web page is obligatory in today's society. The entrance of the Internet in our daily lives suggests that, in order for somebody to be seen, or to make his opinion heard, one has to establish an online portal and post it online. In order to achieve that, you virtually need 2 things - a site and a hosting service. Before constructing a web portal, however, it's important to understand that there are various types of web hosting services and that not all websites can operate with a randomly chosen shared hosting. In order to explain this better, let us begin with the primary theme:

What is Web Hosting?

Hosting, or otherwise famous as 'web hosting', is a term that refers to the actual web server, or the hosting firm that possesses the web hosting server. A web server is a computer that's connected to the web and that's configured to use PHP, MySQL, Perl, etc., which allows the customers to upload their files on the web hosting server and to have them published on the web. There are 2 major sorts of hosting servers, depending on the Operating System of the server - Windows and Linux. The two OSs are quite dissimilar and, in most cases, not at all consistent with each other. For this reason, prior to choosing the appropriate solution, one should first verify what type of server is demanded for their web page.

If you haven't made the site yet, then let us have a more detailed glimpse at the distinction between the two varieties and at what their positive sides are.

What service should you pick - Windows or Linux?

As pointed out, there are software applications, which are only consistent with a specific Operating System. For instance, JAVA scripts, .ASP pages, .NET Framework, Adobe ColdFusion are all based on Windows and will not perform on a Linux hosting server. Thus, if you would like to develop your site using any of the above, you should be looking for a Windows service. Windows, though, is not an open-source software platform, which means that it provides limited possibilities when it comes to server safety and privacy. Hence, Linux is favored by server admins around the Globe and most hosting service providers use it on their web servers. Using Linux, the admin can set up the hosting server in a thoroughly modifiable way, and if the web server is correctly set up, it can provide full security against hackers and malicious software. In addition, the flexibility of Linux allows for better software optimization, which leads to better web site functioning. Therefore, if you are looking for supreme safety and server performance, then you should set up your site in such a way that it runs with a Linux-driven web server. This is not a difficult thing to fulfill, as the most popular Content Management Systems, also famous as CMSs, like Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, and so on, are completely compatible with Linux web servers and are famous all over the world for being one of the best web apps for setting up and managing web sites. Of course, this doesn't suggest that each and every hosting corporation that's using Linux will have administrators who are able to properly run a Linux web server. Choosing the proper hosting distributor is quite tough today, since the majority of them do not have the capability to engage a proficient, practiced administrator. A Linux web hosting server that hasn't been appropriately set up can be quite hazardous to your site and personal details. Hence, when selecting a web hosting provider, it's invariably advisable to pick a bigger hosting distributor that's been in business for at least a few years.

How to spot the correct web hosting provider for my site?

These hosting companies are easily recognizable by the manner in which they are offering their website hosting plans. Practiced service providers offer custom-built functionality, different free PHP-based scripts or web apps. The most practiced, however, possess even their very own custom-created website hosting CPs built particularly for their system. A website hosting CP is a web-based graphical user interface, through which the user manages the whole web hosting service. Smaller service providers utilize ready-for-use CPs such as cPanel or DirectAdmin. In order, though, to ensure utmost protection and performance for their hosting services, the biggest web hosting providers offer to their customers their own personal in-house built web hosting CPs devised by their own admins. We, at 'Host2net LLC', don't only provide our very own custom-built CP, but have also developed a free open-source PHP-based script software package, which enables our customers to effortlessly install any of the aforementioned open-source web content management apps. Specs like these prove that we have the ability, the means and the necessary experience to be entrusted with retaining your private details private and your site - reachable on the Internet.