| Website hosting is a form of Internet hosting service, | | | | provider, allowing them to supply pertinent information |
| which enables people and businesses to make their | | | | about their services and products to potential clients, |
| own Web page or website accessible through the | | | | who may want to order online. |
| Internet. It is provided by companies that may lease a | | | | |
| space on their server and offer Internet connectivity | | | | 1. Home Server - This is commonly a solo device that |
| via their data center. | | | | is usually situated in a personal office and can provide |
| Furthermore, website hosting services may also offer | | | | web hosting to more than one website using a |
| Internet connectivity and data center space for other | | | | consumer-grade broadband connection. Home servers |
| company's servers to be placed in their data center. | | | | can be comprised of old personal computers or |
| This is referred as colocation. | | | | customized devices. There are Internet service |
| The basics of hosting services include small-scale file | | | | providers, however, that try to block home servers. |
| hosting as well as Web page hosting, where a Web | | | | Hence, you must create an account with a reliable and |
| interface or a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is used for | | | | dynamic DNS service. |
| the uploading of files. These are sent to the Internet | | | | 2. Virtual Dedicated Server - This separates server |
| with little changes or even without modifications at all. | | | | resources into virtual servers, wherein resources may |
| This particular service can be offered to you by some | | | | be apportioned in such a way that the primary |
| Internet service providers (ISPs). | | | | hardware is not completely directed. This web hosting |
| You may also get website hosting services from other | | | | allows you to have your own access of your virtual |
| providers, who can offer both business website | | | | space, yet you are accountable for patching and |
| hosting and personal website hosting. Business web | | | | maintaining the server. |
| hosting, in particular, is more costly compared to a | | | | 3. Free Website Hosting Service - This may only |
| personal web hosting, which can be free or more | | | | feature a limited number of services compared to the |
| affordable and is sometimes run by advertising. | | | | completeness of a paid website hosting. It is usually |
| If you wish to simply resort to a single webpage | | | | sustained by advertisements. |
| hosting, you may still benefit from it particularly if you | | | | 4. Dedicated Web Hosting Service - This is the type, |
| are running a personal website. However, if you want | | | | which allows you to get your very own server, and |
| to expand your website into something more complex, | | | | provides you the ability to control this, yet you do not |
| then you might need a more complete package, which | | | | own the Web server at all. |
| already includes application development platforms, | | | | 5. Shared Web Hosting Service - Your website is put |
| such as ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, ColdFusion, Java and | | | | on the same server along with hundreds or even |
| PHP, as well as database support. | | | | thousands of other websites. It is possible that you |
| A more comprehensive hosting service provides your | | | | share CPU, RAM and other types of server |
| consumers to install scripts for applications, such as | | | | resources. |
| content management and forums. In addition, if you are | | | | 6. Colocation Web Hosting Service - This is just like |
| running your business via the World Wide Web, then | | | | the dedicated hosting service, only that it is the most |
| you might also want to include a Security Socket | | | | expensive and powerful because you get to own the |
| Layer (SSL) onto your website. | | | | collocation server. |
| A hosting service may also offer a control panel or an | | | | 7. Clustered Hosting - This provides numerous servers |
| interface so that scripts can be installed and the Web | | | | to perform web hosting for the same content for an |
| server can be managed as well as include important | | | | improved resource usage. It is ideally recommended |
| features such as e-mail. | | | | for making an accessible web hosting solution or a |
| Hosting Uptime | | | | high-availability dedicated web hosting. It may divide |
| The web server uptime is the amount of time that the | | | | database hosting form web serving ability. |
| hosting service is accessible through the World Wide | | | | 8. Reseller Web Hosting - This enables you to become |
| Web. Though almost all web hosting providers declare | | | | a web host yourself. You could operate, for single |
| that their goal is to have an uptime 99.9% most of the | | | | domains, under any type of web hosting, basing on |
| time (this can reach more or less 45 minutes of | | | | whom they are associated with as a web hosting |
| downtime each month), there are still unforeseen | | | | provider. |
| circumstances when the server is deliberately | | | | 9. Cloud Hosting - This is one of the latest types of |
| restarted because of planned hosting environment | | | | web hosting program that enables you to experience |
| maintenance. | | | | a steadfast, accessible and dominant web hosting |
| In addition, there are times when an unplanned | | | | depending on the utility billing and the clustered |
| maintenance is performed leading to the break of the | | | | load-balanced servers. |
| providers initial uptime assurance. You do not need to | | | | 10. Grid Hosting - This distributed web hosting is |
| worry though since most hosting services bind | | | | comprised of numerous nodes and a server cluster |
| accessibility and uptime into their Service Level | | | | that operates similar to a grid. |
| Agreement (SLA), which may offer decreased rates | | | | 11. Managed Hosting Service - Though this allows you |
| or refunds once the web hosting promise is broken. | | | | to obtain your very own Web server, you do not have |
| Web Hosting Services on the Internet | | | | the authority to take complete control over because |
| Internet service providers are not the only ones who | | | | the web hosting provider can only assure the service |
| need to have a constant uptime of website hosting | | | | quality if it does not permit you to change the server |
| services because there are also many big companies | | | | and eventually make possible configuration problems. |
| that require a computer to be constantly connected to | | | | The good thing is you are permitted to handle your |
| the Internet just so they could send files like emails and | | | | data through remote management tools like File |
| other important documents to other websites. | | | | Transfer Protocol. You do not own the website |
| Furthermore, these companies may also utilize the | | | | hosting server, yet it may be leased to you. |
| computer to become their very own website hosting | | | | |