| Various types of web hosting available in market and | | | | runs on the OS. Simply put, a VPS simulates a private |
| which one is suited for your website. This article lists | | | | server in that you, the site owner, can deploy |
| the featuresfor all types of web hosting | | | | whatever software you want or need to continue |
| Choosing Web hosting type can get somewhat | | | | growing an e-biz. This isnât possible with |
| confusing if you are not aware of the possible and | | | | shared hosting plans which limit you to the software |
| popular web hosting types available in the market. I | | | | options offered by the hosting company, thus limiting |
| have tried to compile a list of possible web hosting | | | | the database, checkout and other software you use. |
| types giving brief features of each type. After | | | | Dedicated hosting |
| reading this article you should(hopefully ;) ) be in | | | | A dedicated hosting service, dedicated server, or |
| position to differentiate between all hosting types. | | | | managed hosting service is a type of Internet hosting |
| Free web hosting | | | | in which the client leases an entire server not shared |
| Free web hosting is offered by different companies | | | | with anyone. This is more flexible than shared |
| with limited services, sometimes | | | | hosting, as organizations have full control over the |
| advertisement-supported web hosting, and is often | | | | server(s), including choice of operating system, |
| limited when compared to paid hosting. A free web | | | | hardware, etc. Server administration can usually be |
| hosting service is a web hosting service that is free, | | | | provided by the hosting company as an add-on |
| usually advertisement-supported. Free web hosts will | | | | service. In some cases a dedicated server can offer |
| usually provide a subdomain (yoursite.example.com) or | | | | less overhead and a larger return on investment. |
| a directory ( In contrast, paid web hosts will usually | | | | Dedicated servers are most often housed in data |
| provide a second-level domain along with the hosting | | | | centers, similar to colocation facilities, providing |
| ( Many free hosts do allow use of | | | | redundant power sources and HVAC systems. In |
| separately-purchased domains.The majority of the | | | | contrast to collocation, the server hardware is owned |
| hosting companies use free hosting to introduce their | | | | by the provider and in some cases they will provide |
| services, and as an entry point to their more | | | | support for your operating system or applications. |
| expensive offerings. Generally they recoup their cost | | | | Managed hosting service |
| by Advertising, Referrals etc | | | | In Managed hosting the user gets his or her own |
| Shared web hosting | | | | Web server but is not allowed full control over it |
| In Shared web hosting, as name suggests, your web | | | | (root access for Linux/administrator access for |
| site is placed on the same server as many other | | | | Windows); however, they are allowed to manage |
| sites, ranging from a few to hundreds or thousands. | | | | their data via FTP or other remote management |
| Typically, all domains may share a common pool of | | | | tools. The user is disallowed full control so that the |
| server resources, such as RAM and the CPU. The | | | | provider can guarantee quality of service by not |
| features available with this type of service can be | | | | allowing the user to modify the server or potentially |
| quite extensive. A shared web hosting service or | | | | create configuration problems. The user typically does |
| virtual hosting service or derive host refers to a web | | | | not own the server. The server is leased to the |
| hosting service where many websites reside on same | | | | client. |
| web server connected to the Internet. Each site | | | | Colocation web hosting |
| "resides" on its own partition, or section/place on the | | | | Colocation web hosting is similar to the dedicated |
| server to keep it separate from other sites. This is | | | | web hosting service, but the user owns the colo |
| generally the most economical option for hosting as | | | | server; the hosting company provides physical space |
| many people share the overall cost of server | | | | that the server takes up and takes care of the |
| maintenance. Shared web hosting can be | | | | server. This is the most powerful and expensive type |
| accomplished in two ways: name-based and IP-based, | | | | of the web hosting service. In most cases, the |
| although some control panels allow a mix of | | | | colocation provider may provide little to no support |
| name-based and IP-based on the one server. | | | | directly for their client's machine, providing only the |
| Reseller web hosting | | | | electrical, Internet access, and storage facilities for |
| Reseller hosting is a form of web hosting wherein the | | | | the server. In most cases for colo, the client would |
| account owner has the ability to use his/her allotted | | | | have his own administrator visit the data center on |
| hard drive space and bandwidth to host websites on | | | | site to do any hardware upgrades or changes. |
| behalf of third parties. The reseller purchases the | | | | Cloud hosting |
| host's services wholesale and then sells them to | | | | Cloud hosting is a new type of hosting platform that |
| customers for a profit. A certain portion of hard drive | | | | allows customers powerful, scalable and reliable |
| and bandwidth is allocated to the reseller account. | | | | hosting based on clustered load-balanced servers and |
| The reseller may rent a dedicated server from a | | | | utility billing. Removing single-point of failures and |
| hosting company, or resell shared hosting services. In | | | | allowing customers to pay for only what they use |
| the latter case, the reseller is simply given the | | | | versus what they could use. |
| permission to sell a certain amount of disk space and | | | | Clustered hosting |
| bandwidth to his own customers without renting a | | | | Clustered hosting is having multiple servers hosting |
| server from a web hosting company he signed for a | | | | the same content for better resource utilization. |
| reseller account with. Reseller hosting is also an | | | | Clustered Servers are a perfect solution for |
| inexpensive way for web hosting entrepreneurs to | | | | high-availability dedicated hosting, or creating a |
| start a company. Most reseller hosting plans allow | | | | scalable web hosting solution. A cluster may separate |
| resellers to create their own service plans and | | | | web serving from database hosting capability. |
| choose their own pricing structure. In many cases, | | | | Grid hosting |
| resellers are able to establish their own branding via | | | | Grid hosting is a form of distributed hosting is where |
| customized control panels and name servers. | | | | a server cluster acts like a grid and is composed of |
| VPS Hosting | | | | multiple nodes. |
| A virtual private server (VPS, also referred to as | | | | Home server |
| VPS Hosting) is a method of partitioning a physical | | | | It is usually a single machine placed in a private |
| server computer into multiple servers such that each | | | | residence can be used to host one or more web |
| has the appearance and capabilities of running on its | | | | sites from a usually consumer-grade broadband |
| own dedicated machine. Each virtual server can run | | | | connection. These can be purpose-built machines or |
| its own full-fledged operating system, and each | | | | more commonly old PCs. Some ISPs actively attempt |
| server can be independently rebooted. Virtual private | | | | to block home servers by disallowing incoming |
| servers bridge the gap between shared web hosting | | | | requests to TCP port 80 of the user's connection |
| services and dedicated hosting services, giving | | | | and by refusing to provide static IP addresses. A |
| independence from other customers of the VPS | | | | common way to attain a reliable DNS hostname is by |
| service in software terms but at less cost than a | | | | creating an account with a dynamic DNS service. A |
| physical dedicated server. As a VPS runs its own | | | | dynamic DNS service will automatically change the IP |
| copy of its operating system, customers have | | | | address that a URL points to when the IP address |
| superuser-level access to that operating system | | | | changes. |
| instance, and can install almost any software that | | | | |