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A description of website hosting

As its name signifies, web hosting is a service, which entails hosting web content. There are different varieties and kinds of web hosting, based on the mission and on the functions. Still, they all refer to hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible throughout the World Wide Web. A host is in fact a web hosting service that is connected to the Web and has its very own Internet Protocol address, which permits people to get access to it via the World Wide Web. The server's configuration and its system resources depend on the form of web hosting service it's going to be utilized for.

What are the different types of hosting?

Depending on the usage, the business hosting solution may be:

File Storage Hosting - this type of web hosting permits the clients to save their files on a given hosting server. With the common file storage web hosting solution, the files that are hosted may only be accessed by the customer that's availing of the service. This web hosting service typically applies to backups of computers , docs, personal files and even other hosting servers. This solution may also involve given limitations when it comes to the disk storage space and the root privileges. There may also be traffic restrictions, but that is dependent on the given web host.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez web hosting solution is resembling the previous web hosting service form. Nevertheless, in contrast with the file hosting solution, the warez web hosting service is used for distributing licensed content without the sanction of the license keeper. In brief - it appertains to the forbidden dissemination of files and materials. There are numerous methods for this to be brought about, but the two chief methods are - through plain Hypertext Transfer Protocol downloading and through P2P connections. The first one involves either some web site, or, most commonly, simply a directory on a web server that's been made available for everybody to access it and thus download proprietary content free of cost. The second method involves a P2P connection, utilizing the so-called Torrent web servers, through which users share files between each other. There aren't many site hosting distributors that permit such form of web hosting on their servers, mainly because of all the judicial problems that it involves. Commonly such web pages are hosted on private dedicated web hosting servers that are registered by 3rd party firms either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Mail Web Hosting - this service is relevant with both shared webspace hosting and dedicated hosting servers, based on the customer's wish. If you want to run your own personal SMTP email server, then you will need either a virtual web server or a dedicated web server that provides the level of access needed to perform such a task. For typical mail web hosting ends, however, you can use a standard shared web page hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain name. This is not a service that's widely famous, because the web site hosting and the mail hosting services are being served by 2 different web servers, usually owned by different hosting providers.

Web Site Hosting - the most widespread and immensely used hosting service now. It's utilized for hosting site files, whose kind is dependent on the Operating System the server is utilizing - Linux or Windows. Different sorts of files demand specific web hosting server Operating Systems, or else they won't be shown correctly on the Internet. This sort of web hosting may have web storage space and bandwidth quota limits, root-level access and central processing unit usage restrictions.

Depending on the aims and on the usage, the user should choose the sort of hosting server that he needs for his work, and, of course, the web hosting firm that's going to furnish it. There are several types of web hosting servers, based on the configuration and the hosting solutions that they offer. These are:

Shared Web Hosting Server - a shared hosting server supplies a smaller amount of system resources, which, of course, reflects on the cost of the service. It can be used for hosting small sized and middle scale websites, which do not demand enormous quantities of server space and traffic.

Semi-Dedicated - they operate on the same principle as the shared site hosting servers. Still, there are much fewer users accommodated on the same web server. For that reason, each of them will enjoy a bigger share of the server's resources like RAM, data storage, web traffic and CPU. Ideal for hosting big sites that do not demand full server root privileges.

Virtual Private Server - the virtual web hosting servers are perfect for medium scale web portals, which do need root access to the server's configuration files. Traditionally, there are a few Virtual Private Server hosting accounts situated on the same physical server. In spite of that, each of them is independent from the others and runs its own OS.

Dedicated Server Hosting - a fully dedicated web server set up and accessed by you and only you. It ensures a colossal quantity of resources. It also includes full server root access, which makes it the optimal environment for any sort of website that requires a hosting solution.

The only question that remains is:

Which webspace hosting supplier should I choose?

As stated above, there aren't many companies providing warez hosting solutions due to judicial troubles. Such hosting companies are being shut down practically every month. For that reason, if you would like to establish such a service, you should do it on your very own personal computer. The shared website hosting service is the most popular type of web hosting service. For that reason, each hosting vendor offers it. Not all of them, however, provide solutions such as VPS web servers, semi-dedicated servers and dedicated hosting servers. Most of the small scale web site hosting suppliers do not have the means required for maintaining those solutions. For that reason it's always best to go with a bigger hosting company that can supply its clients with all the services that they necessitate. You can quickly ID such hosts by the types of solutions that they are supplying and by the way that they present them to the customers. For instance, some web hosting companies permit you to begin with a small sized hosting account and subsequently upgrade to a more powerful one, if you deem it mandatory to do so. This is quite convenient, because you do not need to transfer web pages between web servers and there is no chance of facing service downtime due to all the complications that may take place. Companies such as 2HostLive Networks offer all sorts of services and have the required hosting server resources and staff to assure that their customers will not suffer any troubles when swapping services, which is what a top hosting supplier is in fact all about.