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An explanation of web hosting

As its name indicates, web hosting is a service, which entails hosting web content. There are different forms and types of web hosting, depending on the aims and on the functions. Nonetheless, they all entail hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible through the World Wide Web. A web host is in fact a server that is connected to the Internet and has its very own IP address, which allows users to have access to it via the Internet. The web hosting server's configuration and its system resources are determined by the sort of hosting service it's going to be utilized for.

What are the various forms of web hosting?

Based on the application, the hosting solution may be:

File Hosting - this form of hosting permits the users to keep their files on a particular hosting server. With the typical file storage web hosting service, the files that are stored may only be accessed by the user that's using the service. This web hosting solution typically applies to backups of computers , docs, personal files and even other web hosting servers. This service may also involve certain restrictions with regard to the data space and the root access. There may also be web traffic quota limits, but that is dependent on the given provider.

Warez Web Hosting - the so-called warez hosting solution is quite similar to the previous web hosting service form. Even so, unlike the file hosting solution, the warez hosting service is utilized for propagating proprietary content without being okayed by the copyright owner. In short - it is associated with the criminal distribution of files and docs. There are multiple approaches for this to be achieved, but the two chief methods are - via plain Hypertext Transfer Protocol downloading and through peer-to-peer connections. The first one entails either some website, or, most commonly, simply a directory on a server that's been made available for everybody to access it and thus download copyrighted materials free of charge. The second approach entails a P2P connection, utilizing the so-called Torrent servers, via which users swap files between each other. There are not many site hosting firms that permit such type of web hosting on their hosting servers, mostly because of all the judicial troubles that it presupposes. Usually such web sites are hosted on private dedicated hosting servers that are registered by third-party corporations either in the Middle East or in Asia.

E-mail Web Hosting - this service is used with both shared webspace hosting and dedicated servers, based on the customer's intention. If you would like to create your own personal SMTP email server, then you will need either a VPS or a dedicated server that offers the level of access needed to accomplish such an operation. For common email hosting purposes, however, you can avail of an ordinary shared site hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a solution that's widely popular, because the web page hosting and the electronic mail hosting services are being served by two separate web servers, usually owned by different hosting providers.

Web Page Hosting - the most famous and immensely used hosting service at present. It's used for hosting website files, whose sort is determined by the Operating System the server is making use of - Linux or Windows. Different sorts of files request specific hosting server Operating Systems, or else they won't be exhibited appropriately on the Internet. This form of web hosting may have disk storage and bandwidth quota limitations, root access and central processing unit usage limits.

Depending on the purpose and on the objectives, the customer should choose the type of hosting server that he demands for his work, and, of course, the web space hosting distributor that's going to provide it. There are several types of hosting servers, based on the specifications and the web hosting services that they provide. These are:

Shared Website Hosting Server - a shared web hosting server offers a smaller amount of system resources, which, of course, is manifested in the price of the service. It can be utilized for hosting small scale and medium sized sites, which do not demand considerable quantities of data storage space and web traffic.

Semi-Dedicated Servers - they operate on the same principle as the shared hosting servers. Yet, there are much less customers hosted on the same hosting server. Hence, each of them will enjoy a larger share of the hosting server's resources like RAM, web space, web traffic and CPU. Excellent for hosting popular web pages that do not require server root access.

Virtual Private Server - the virtual hosting servers are ideal for medium scale sites, which do demand root access to the web server's configuration files. Normally, there are a handful of virtual hosting server accounts located on the same server. In spite of that, each of them is insulated from the others and runs its own Operating System.

Dedicated Server - a completely dedicated hosting server set up and accessed by you and only you. It guarantees an enormous quantity of system resources. It also includes root-level access, which renders it the optimal platform for any sort of online portal that demands a web space hosting service.

The only question that's left is:

Which web hosting company should I select?

As stated above, there are just a few companies offering warez hosting solutions because of legal predicaments. Such web hosts are being shut down almost every month. That is why, if you would like to create such a service, you should do it on your very own computer. The shared web page hosting service is the most famous kind of hosting service. So, each web site hosting vendor offers it. Not all of them, though, provide services such as virtual web hosting servers, semi-dedicated hosting servers and dedicated servers. Most of the smaller hosting suppliers do not have the means demanded for offering those services. That is the reason why it's always best to choose a bigger hosting company that can supply its clients with all the services that they need. You can easily identify such web hosts by the kinds of services that they are offering and by the way that they introduce them to the clientele. For instance, some web hosting providers allow you to start with a small scale website hosting plan and subsequently upgrade to a bigger one, if you consider it mandatory to do so. This is quite suitable, because you do not need to relocate sites between web hosting servers and there is no danger of suffering service downtime due to all the complications that may crop up. Hosting providers such as Profit Hosting are offering all sorts of solutions and possess the required web hosting server resources and personnel to guarantee that their customers will not encounter any predicaments when changing services, which is what a top hosting supplier is actually all about.