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A description of website hosting

As its name denotes, web hosting is a solution, which entails hosting web content. There are different varieties and kinds of hosting, based on the purpose and on the objectives. Still, they all are related to hosting files, which, once hosted, are made available through the Web. A web host is actually a web hosting service that is linked to the Internet and has its own personal IP address, which enables users to have access to it through the Internet. The web server's architecture and its resources are determined by the form of hosting service it's going to be used for.

What are the various types of hosting?

Based on the purpose, the business hosting service may be:

File Storage Web Hosting - this form of hosting allows the customers to store their files on a specific server. With the typical file storage web hosting service, the files that are stored may only be accessed by the client that's availing of the service. This hosting service usually appertains to backups of computers , docs, private files and even other hosting servers. This solution may also contain certain restrictions in terms of the data space and the root privileges. There may also be traffic quota limitations, but that is dependent on the actual hosting service provider.

Warez Web Hosting - the so-called warez hosting solution is very similar to the previous hosting service type. Even so, in contrast with the file web hosting solution, the warez web hosting solution is used for circulating copyrighted materials without being given the green light by the license owner. To put it briefly - it is associated with the illicit propagation of files and docs. There are a lot of methods for this to be accomplished, but the 2 main methods are - via simple Hypertext Transfer Protocol downloading and via P2P connections. The first approach entails either a specific web site, or, most commonly, just a directory on a hosting server that's been made available for everyone to access it and thereby download licensed content free of charge. The second approach involves a peer-to-peer connection, using the so-called Torrent servers, through which users transfer files between each other. There are a few webspace hosting distributors that permit such form of web hosting on their servers, mostly due to all the judicial predicaments that it involves. Generally such web portals are hosted on personal dedicated hosting servers that are registered by third-party corporations either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Email Web Hosting - this solution is utilized with both shared site hosting and dedicated web hosting servers, depending on the client's intention. If you wish to create your very own personal SMTP server, then you will require either a VPS web hosting server or a dedicated web server that offers the access level needed to execute such an assignment. For ordinary mail hosting purposes, though, you can utilize a plain shared web site hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a solution that's very popular, since the web site hosting and the electronic mail hosting services are being served by 2 separate servers, usually belonging to separate hosting providers.

Website Hosting - the most popular and immensely used hosting service as of today. It's utilized for hosting website files, whose sort is determined by the OS the server is making use of - Linux or Windows. Different sorts of files request different hosting server OSs, or else they won't be displayed correctly on the Internet. This sort of web hosting may involve server storage and bandwidth limitations, server root access and central processing unit usage limitations.

Depending on the aims and on the objectives, the client should pick the sort of web server that he demands for his work, and, of course, the web site hosting supplier that's going to supply it. There are various kinds of web hosting servers, depending on the specifications and the web space hosting solutions that they provide. These are:

Shared Web Hosting Server - a shared site hosting server includes a smaller amount of resources, which, of course, reflects on the price of the service. It can be used for hosting small scale and medium sized web pages, which do not need considerable quotas of server storage and web traffic.

Semi-Dedicated Servers - they are based on the same principle as the shared web space hosting servers. Still, there are much fewer clients accommodated on the same web server. Therefore, each of them will obtain a bigger quota of the server's resources like RAM, data storage, web traffic and CPU. Perfect for hosting bulky websites that do not demand full root access.

Virtual Private Server - the private virtual web hosting servers are ideal for medium scale websites, which do demand root access to the web server's config files. Normally, there are a few VPS server web hosting accounts hosted on the same physical machine. In spite of that, each of them is autonomous from the others and runs its own Operating System.

Dedicated Servers Hosting - a fully dedicated web hosting server configured and accessed by you and solely you. It guarantees a tremendous quantity of system resources. It also offers root privileges, which makes it a perfect platform for any kind of online portal that needs a website hosting service.

The sole question that remains is:

Which web space hosting supplier should I pick?

As mentioned, there aren't many companies providing warez web hosting services because of judicial complications. Such web hosting providers are being shut down almost every month. Because of that, if you want to run such a service, you should do it on your own personal computer. The shared web hosting service is the most famous kind of web hosting service. Hence, each hosting vendor provides it. Not all of them, though, provide services such as VPS hosting servers, semi-dedicated hosting servers and dedicated hosting servers. Most of the smaller website hosting firms do not have the means required for maintaining those solutions. That's why it's invariably best to settle on a larger web host that can furnish its customers with all the solutions that they are looking for. You can effortlessly identify such companies by the types of services that they are providing and by the way that they introduce them to the clientele. For example, some web hosting providers allow you to start with a small sized site hosting plan and then move to a more powerful one, if you deem it obligatory to do so. This is very convenient, since you do not need to relocate websites between hosting servers and there is no danger of suffering service disturbances due to all the predicaments that may arise. Providers like Lonex are offering all types of services and possess the adequate web server resources and staff to guarantee that their clients will not encounter any hassles when swapping services, which is what a top hosting company is actually all about.