Top Hosting

There are different varieties of hosting plans suitable for different web sites with regard to the resources or the hosting platform they require. To pick the most appropriate hosting service for your web site, you have to reckon what server-side software it demands, how many hits per day you anticipate at the start and in the long run, as well as any other specific demands that may have to be satisfied.

Shared web hosting - Upsides

The most optimal option for small scale websites with a few hundred or a few thousand visitors is a shared hosting solution. With this form of webspace hosting, each user pays only for their plan, which diminishes the overall price per customer noticeably. There are diverse web hosting accounts varying from one hosting firm to another, delivering different quotas of data space and monthly traffic, different e-mailbox account quotas and so on. The good point is that you can pay for an account that will have the resources your site really requires. You will not need to pay a lot of money for a package you will not avail of, or end up with a small size plan that cannot shelter the site. We, at Gemini Core Solutions, offer an extensive array of hosting solutions suitable for personal or small business web sites that even come with pre-activated script-based systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make things easier. If you kick off with a low-end package and you require more resources, moving to a more powerful account requires just a click.

Shared website hosting - Disadvantages

A drawback of the shared website hosting solution is that the servers have some software programs installed on them and you cannot install additional software programs. Given web pages, chiefly web storefronts, need applications to be installed on the web server for them to work, and with a shared web hosting solution, you can activate only software programs that do not need full root access.

Virtual Private Web Servers and Dedicated Hosting Servers

For websites that require complete root-level access, or if your portal has many 1000's or even millions of daily viewers, what you need is a VPS or a dedicated server. A VPS web server is a software imitation of a dedicated web hosting server and it performs in a strictly identical manner.

Private Virtual Servers

Both solutions generally come with complete root-level access and can be restarted via a software tool by the user, independently from the web hosting company. Analogous to the shared website hosting accounts, the VPS and the dedicated web server plans have different specifications depending on what the hosting company has to offer. A VPS server package includes guaranteed server storage, random access memory and CPU quotas that can at times be increased for brief spells of time on condition that there are spare system resources on the physical machine. With a dedicated web server, the only limitation is the hardware equipment it is making use of, and it can be revved up by altering or adding components. A VPS web hosting server is easier to run as it involves a virtualization platform, which can be utilized to reboot it, to install software applications, examine stats, etc. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more elaborate, so such a plan would rather be utilized by skilled clients.

Dedicated Servers

Nonetheless, some hosting providers provide managed dedicated hosting services where they implement web server management tasks instead of the customer. This can be included in the package or an extra feature.

Before You Decide...

Opting for the top hosting package is important as it can influence the proper operation of a web site. Prior to picking a plan, weigh the pros and cons, review thoroughly all the preconditions for the online portal to function properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best hosting service for you, ask our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be glad to help you and answer all your questions.