Top Hosting

There are different types of hosting accounts appropriate for different websites in regard to the resources or the hosting environment they demand. To select the best hosting service for your website, you have to estimate what server-side software applications it demands, how many visits per day you expect at the start and in the long run, as well as any other special needs that may need to be covered.

Shared web hosting - Strong Sides

The most suitable choice for small size sites with a few hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting solution. With this form of website hosting, each user pays only for their account, which reduces the total price per individual noticeably. There are various web hosting plans differing from one web hosting corporation to another, delivering different quotas of disk space and web traffic, different mail quotas and so on. The plus is that you can get an account that will have the features your web site really demands. You will not have to pay plenty of cash for a plan you will not make use of, or end up with a small size plan that cannot shelter the website. We, at 2U2 Web Hosting, offer a wide assortment of hosting accounts suitable for private or small business websites that even provide pre-installed script-based platforms like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to render it simpler. If you commence with a low-cost account and you need more functionalities, upgrading to a more feature-rich account demands only a click of the mouse.

Shared website hosting - Minuses

A disadvantage of the shared web hosting solution is that the web servers have some software installed on them and you cannot activate new software programs. Some websites, especially online storefronts, demand applications to be available on the server for them to work, and with a shared website hosting account, you can install solely software platforms that do not need server root access.

Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers

For sites that demand full server root access, or if your web site has many thousands or even 1 000 000's of hits per day, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS web hosting server is a virtual emulation of a dedicated solution and it behaves in an absolutely identical manner.

Virtual Servers

Both platforms usually include complete server root access and can be rebooted via a software program by the user, autonomously from the web hosting supplier. Similar to the shared website hosting plans, the VPS and the dedicated server packages comprise different characteristics based on what the web hosting provider has to offer. A virtual hosting server plan offers guaranteed data storage, random access memory and central processing unit usage quotas that can occasionally be increased for brief stretches of time if there are free resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware it is making use of, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A virtual hosting server is easier to run as it includes a virtualization platform, which can be used to reboot it, to install software applications, check statistics, etc. The administration of a dedicated web server is more complicated, so such a package would rather be resorted to by experienced users.

Dedicated Web Servers

Yet, certain hosting providers provide managed dedicated server web hosting solutions where they run dedicated server management tasks on behalf of the customer. This can be included in the plan or an additional option.

Before You Reach a Decision...

Settling on the top hosting package is important as it can have an effect on the proper functioning of a web portal. Prior to settling on an account, weigh the pros and cons, study thoroughly all the prerequisites for the online portal to perform properly, particularly if it is script-based. 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 glad to assist you and answer all your questions.