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An explanation of site hosting

As its name denotes, web hosting is a solution, which entails hosting web content. There are various varieties and types of web hosting, based on the mission and on the usage. Even so, they all are related to hosting files, which, once hosted, are made available throughout the Internet. A web host is in fact a hosting server that is linked to the World Wide Web and has its very own Internet Protocol address, which allows people to gain access to it via the Internet. The server's configuration and its limitations depend on the type of web hosting service it will be utilized for.

What are the various forms of hosting?

Depending on the application, the professional hosting solution may be:

File Storage Web Hosting - this type of web hosting permits the users to keep their files on a particular hosting server. With the standard file web hosting solution, the files that are stored may only be accessed by the person that's availing of the service. This hosting solution mainly involves backups of PCs , documents, private files and even other servers. This service may also impose certain limits with regard to the server storage space and the root-level access. There may also be traffic limitations, but that is dependent on the actual host.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez hosting solution is very similar to the previous hosting service type. In spite of that, unlike the file hosting service, the warez hosting solution is used for circulating copyrighted work without the approval of the license holder. In short - it appertains to the illegal dissemination of files and materials. There are numerous approaches for this to be brought about, but the 2 essential ways are - via plain HTTP downloading and via peer-to-peer connections. The first approach entails either a given web page, or, most commonly, simply a directory on a web server that's been made available for everybody to access it and thereby download copyrighted docs free of cost. The second method entails a P2P connection, availing of the so-called Torrent web servers, through which users exchange files between each other. There aren't many web page hosting companies that permit that type of web hosting on their web hosting servers, mainly due to all the judicial problems that it involves. Usually such web portals are hosted on personal dedicated hosting servers that are registered by third-party firms either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Email Web Hosting - this solution is applicable with both shared website hosting and dedicated servers, based on the customer's desire. If you desire to establish your very own private SMTP email server, then you will require either a VPS server or a dedicated server that provides the level of access required to accomplish such a procedure. For traditional e-mail hosting ends, though, you can use a simple shared site hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a solution that's widely famous, since the website hosting and the e-mail hosting services are being served by 2 separate servers, often owned by separate companies.

Site Hosting - the most widely spread and broadly used hosting service nowadays. It's used for hosting web site files, whose kind is determined by the Operating System the web server is making use of - Linux or Windows. Different kinds of files demand different web hosting server OSs, otherwise they won't be shown properly on the World Wide Web. This type of web hosting may include server storage space and bandwidth limits, server root access and CPU usage restrictions.

Depending on the purpose and on the functions, the customer should select the sort of hosting server that he requires for his work, and, of course, the web space hosting provider that's going to supply it. There are various kinds of servers, based on the specifications and the hosting services that they provide. These are:

Shared Web Hosting Server - a shared web hosting server supplies a smaller amount of system resources, which, of course, is manifested in the cost of the service. It can be utilized for hosting small scale and medium sized web portals, which do not require big quotas of server storage and traffic.

Semi-Dedicated Servers - they work on the same principle as the shared website hosting servers. Yet, there are much less customers sharing the same web hosting server. That is why, each of them will get a greater share of the web server's resources like RAM, data storage space, bandwidth and CPU. Excellent for hosting popular websites that do not demand full server root privileges.

Virtual Private Server - the private virtual web hosting servers are perfect for medium scale online portals, which do require root access to the hosting server's config files. Traditionally, there are a bunch of virtual private web server accounts situated on the same physical server. However, each of them is isolated from the others and has its own Operating System.

Dedicated Hosting - a completely dedicated physical server configured and accessed by you and only you. It guarantees a large quantity of resources. It also offers complete root access, which makes it a perfect solution for any kind of website that demands a website hosting solution.

The sole question that remains is:

Which web site hosting company should I pick?

As already stated, there are very few hosting companies providing warez web hosting services due to judicial predicaments. Such companies are being closed down almost every month. For that reason, if you would like to run such a service, you should do it on your own PC. The shared webspace hosting solution is the most popular kind of hosting service. Because of that, every webspace hosting distributor offers it. Not all of them, however, offer services such as private virtual web servers, semi-dedicated servers and dedicated hosting servers. Most of the small scale web hosting distributors do not have the means demanded for maintaining those services. Hence it's invariably best to settle on a bigger web host that can supply its customers with all the solutions that they require. You can easily ID such hosts by the kinds of solutions that they are making available and by the way that they introduce them to the customers. For example, certain hosting companies permit you to commence with a small scale web site hosting plan and then shift to a bigger one, if you find it compulsory to do so. This is extremely convenient, because you do not have to migrate sites between hosting servers and there is no risk of experiencing service outages because of all the problems that may show up. Web hosting companies such as Duo Servers provide all sorts of services and possess the adequate hosting server resources and personnel to guarantee that their customers will not run into any complications when swapping services, which is what a top hosting supplier is in fact all about.