There are a lot of types of web site hosting available on internet. They can be divided in to different platform.
If you are planning to purchase a web hosting, there are a lot of range available in web hosting :-
As there are free and paid web hosting available on the market, which can be divided in to Linux/Windows in which shared, VPS, and dedicated platforms are available
Every web hosting platform has its own advantages and disadvantages.
In this article, we will discuss about shared hosting platform.
Shared hosting is a type of hosting offering space for web sites on the web hoster’s server where you are hosted and shared this server with other customers’/web sites.
All the users/ websites hosted on the shared server use the same software and operating system. But not like free web hosting which has the same setting, with paid shared web hosting you have much more advantages..
Shared hosting can be separated into two types :-
One is free hosting , not a bad choice for trying something new and in which you don’t want to pay for it. The free hosting offers you the features which you require for floating your website. But the disk space and bandwidth will be limited. This type of web hosting will not provider you with PHP Support, MySQL and stats and support which is the most essential part of the hosting is also not provided in free one.
Another one if paid shared hosting, it provides you the features such as, email, PHP Support, MySQL, disk space which is limited but you can upgrade if you need it and support, which is not available on free hosting. This is a best host for small business website or blog in which you don’t require a whole server space, and you can run your website with the features available according to your requirements’ at low price.
Shared hosting is in great requirement due to its features which is available without having special technical skills.
So now we can pick out advantages and disadvantages of shared hosting:
Advantages :-
Low price
Server management is good & easy
Support MySQL, email , PHP Support , etc
You don’t require technical knowledge, as you will require some basic things in website and server management.
Disadvantage:-
Security level is as not good due to resources are shared.
Resource limitation – customers shares the memory, CPU and Hard Drive.
Limitation is hardware resources – all users hosted on same server use the same disk space, system and bandwidth.
You cannot install any software which is required for your, you will have to use the software which is provided by your hosting provider.
The major feature which is available on shared hosting is you don’t need to worry about the technical issues. As it is totally managed by your hosting provider, so if you face any problem it will be solved by your hosting provider immediately.
So, if you are looking to host your small business website/blog, you can select a shared hosting platform which will suits your requirements.
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