How Hosting Works

As its name hints, hosting is a solution, which entails hosting online content. There are different varieties and types of web hosting, depending on the purpose and on the functions. However, they all entail hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible through the Web. A host is actually a web server that is connected to the World Wide Web and has its own Internet Protocol address, which allows people to access it through the World Wide Web. The server's configuration and its system resources are subject to the type of web hosting solution it will be utilized for.

What are the different types of hosting?

Based on the usage, the professional hosting solution may be:

File Hosting - this type of web hosting enables the clients to store their files on a particular web hosting server. With the standard file storage web hosting solution, the files that are stashed may only be accessed by the individual that's utilizing the service. This hosting solution typically entails backups of personal computers , documents, personal files and even other servers. This solution may also involve given limitations when it comes to the server space and the root access. There may also be web traffic quota limits, but that depends on the actual service provider.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez web hosting service is comparable with the previous hosting service form. However, in contrast with the file storage hosting service, the warez hosting solution is utilized for disseminating proprietary work without being given the green light by the licence holder. To cut a long story short - it entails the illicit propagation of files and documents. There are many ways for this to be completed, but the two principal methods are - through plain HTTP downloading and through P2P connections. The first way entails either some web portal, or, most commonly, simply a directory on a server that's been made available for everybody to access it and thus download licensed docs for free. The second method entails a peer-to-peer connection, availing of the so-called Torrent servers, through which people transfer files between each other. There are not many web hosting corporations that permit such form of hosting on their servers, mostly due to all the judicial predicaments that it presupposes. Generally such web pages are hosted on personal dedicated servers that are registered by 3rd party corporations either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Electronic Mail Hosting - this service is used with both shared web hosting and dedicated hosting servers, based on the client's intention. If you wish to build your very own private SMTP mail server, then you will require either a virtual web hosting server or a dedicated hosting server that provides the access level needed to accomplish such a procedure. For ordinary electronic mail web hosting purposes, though, you can utilize a standard shared web hosting account, to which you can point the mail exchanger records of your domain name. This is not a solution that's widely popular, since the website hosting and the electronic mail hosting services are being served by two different web servers, usually owned by separate providers.

Hosting - the most widespread and commonly utilized hosting service now. It's used for hosting website files, whose type is determined by the OS the web server is using - Linux or Windows. Different sorts of files require concrete server Operating Systems, otherwise they won't be exhibited properly on the Web. This type of web hosting may impose server storage and web traffic quota limits, root-level access and CPU usage limitations.

Based on the aims and on the objectives, the customer should choose the sort of web hosting server that he needs for his project, and, of course, the hosting company that's going to furnish it. There are several kinds of web hosting servers, depending on the specifications and the web hosting services that they offer. These are:

Shared Web Hosting Server - a shared web hosting server includes 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 middle scale web sites, which do not require huge quotas of data storage and traffic.

Semi-dedicated Packages - they are based on the very same principle as the shared website hosting servers. Even so, there are much fewer customers hosted on the same web server. For that reason, each of them will have a larger quota of the hosting server's resources like RAM, server space, bandwidth and CPU. Excellent for hosting enormous web portals that do not demand server root access.

VPS are perfect for middle size web pages, which do need root-level access to the hosting server's configuration files. Usually, there are a handful of virtual server accounts located on the same physical server. In spite of that, each of them is insulated from the others and has its own Operating System.

Dedicated Package - a completely dedicated machine configured and accessed by you and only you. It ensures an immense amount of resources. It also includes full root access, which renders it a perfect environment for any kind of web page that requires a web hosting solution.

The only question that remains is:

Which web hosting supplier should I choose?

As mentioned above, there are not many providers offering warez hosting solutions because of legal entanglements. Such web hosts are being shut down almost every month. Because of that, if you wish to launch such a service, you should do it on your own PC. The shared hosting service is the most famous type of web hosting service. Hence, every website hosting vendor offers it. Not all of them, however, provide solutions such as VPS servers, Semi-dedicated Packages and dedicated servers. Most of the small sized hosting corporations do not have the resources needed for maintaining those services. You can quickly ID such companies by the kinds of services that they are providing and by the manner in which they present them to the customers. For instance, some companies permit you to kick off with a low-end web hosting plan and then upgrade to a bigger one, if you consider it mandatory to do so. This is extremely convenient, because you do not need to migrate websites between hosting servers and there is no chance of facing network outages because of all the complications that may take place.

We, at webspromoted offer all sorts of solutions and have the necessary web server resources and staff to guarantee that their customers will not run into any hassles when swapping services, which is what a top hosting firm is in fact all about.