Shared Web Hosting

shared hosting

• In , Shared web hosting service is one of the famous and predominant web hosting service where many customers in will be using one shared server connected to the Internet. In crisp, shared web hosting plans helps affordable shared hosting by implementing many websites to use one server.

Shared web hosting

• The reason for shared webhosting is due to cheap shared hosting concept, it is much more cheaper due to the overall cost of server maintenance is shared among many customers.
• The hosting service will have an additional cost of system administration which is shared by many users in or other counties and it's a great advantage for normal users who wants the site to be running effectively. Whereas, the power users can't have more control on the server.

cheap shared web hosting advantages

• In , Shared web hosting service is one of the famous and predominant web hosting sshared hosting server is cheaper than other types of hosting such as dedicated server hosting or VPS. The reason is, cost is shared by multiple customer
• Shared hosting services provides lots of features like, web statistics support, email and web mail services, auto script installations, updated PHP and MySQL, basic after-sale technical support that is included with a monthly subscription.

• Entire functionalities of shared hosting service can be controlled via a web-based shared cpanel hosting system, such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, InterWorx, H-Sphere and many more custom shared hosting cpanel products.
• In shared hosting, the provider will take care of managing servers, installing server software, security updates, technical support, and other aspects of the service. This avoids overhead for the customer in .

shared hosting account disadvantages

• Shared hosting will have usage limits and hosting providers should have extensive reliability features in place or else they can support multiple customers in from a single server.
• Almost all applications in were created with www standards will work properly in standard web server in a shared web hosting service. where as, it is not apt for the users or shared hosting users who planned for extensive software development outside the hosting server environment. It should not be a boundary for the software development which may affect their plans.

• Entire functionalities of shared hosting service can be controlled via a web-based shared cpanel hosting system, such as cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, InterWorx, H-Sphere and many more custom shared hosting cpanel products.
• In shared hosting, the provider will take care of managing servers, installing server software, security updates, technical support, and other aspects of the service. This avoids overhead for the customer in .

shared web hosting service - OS details

• Most shared dedicated server are based on Linux os and LAMP (software bundle) - (Linux / Apache / Mysql / PHP), which is driven by the reliability base and security base of open source software such as Linux and Apache (the 'L' and 'A' of LAMP).

• Some shared hosting providers will offer bit more cost added Microsoft Windows-based or FreeBSD-based solutions. This can be handled via some of the control panels like Plesk control panel which is available for two operating systems,
1. linux shared web hosting and
2. windows shared hosting.

shared webhosting software details

• Server-side facilities for either OS have similar functionality (for example: MySQL (database) and many server-side programming languages (PHP web programming language) under Linux, or the proprietary SQL Server (database) and ASP.NET programming language under Windows).
• share webhosting Implementation
• Shared web hosting can be achieved via two ways:
1. name based web hosting
2. IP based web hosting

IP based web hosting

• In IP-based virtual hosting termed as dedicated IP hosting, each shared website hosting virtual host has a different IP address.
• The web shared hosting is configured with multiple physical network interfaces or virtual network interfaces on the same physical interface.
• The web server software uses the IP address to identify the client and show up the website in accordingly.
• It is one of the fastest shared hosting and best shared hosting too.

name based web hosting

• In name-based virtual hosting, also termed as shared IP hosting, the virtual hosts (each website) will have multiple hostnames on a single machine with a single IP address. Once a web browser requests a resource from a web server using HTTP, the request will include the hostname as part of the request and the server will map and find the website and process request and provide the service for the user in or outside countries

shared webhosting

1. Disk Storage
• It’s the amount of web space you get to host your files on the server. Some hosting companies provide normal SATA storage while others provide SSD Storage. The latter is much faster to serve data to your visitors and hence the preferred storage type.
2. Physical Memory/ RAM
• Its function is same as that on your computer or mobile phone. Files stored in RAM can be quickly accessed as compared to those stored a Hard Drive. With everything else being constant, more the RAM you get with your web hosting plan, more traffic it can handle.
3. CPU
• Web Hosting companies will often restrict the number of CPU’s your website can use. More the number of CPU’s, the faster will be the computing and hence faster load times for your website.
4. Bandwidth
• Whenever a visitor views your website, he is using some amount of data from your web hosting company. Bandwidth is the total amount of data your website can use in a given amount of time.
• Most of the hosts will provide you with monthly Bandwidth. If you exceed it, either your website will be restricted or you will be charged extra for the same as per the TOS.
• Note: Many hosting companies claim to provide unlimited or unmetered bandwidth. However, there is nothing like unlimited Bandwidth. Every company has a fair usage policy. If your website uses too much of bandwidth, it may be restricted or suspended unless you upgrade your Bandwidth resources.
5. Monthly Traffic
• Certain hosting plans also restrict the number of visitors to your website in a month. Monthly traffic determines the maximum traffic your website can get in a given month.
6. Number of Domains
• Web hosting providers often restrict the total number of different websites you can host. Number of Domains will tell you the number of websites you can host with the said plan.
7. Number of Subdomains
• It’s the maximum number of Subdomains you can use with your website.
8. Number of Parked Domain
• Often people buy a domain name with multiple extension like .com, .org, .net etc. all pointing to the same website. Number of parked domains is the total number of such domains you can use with your hosting account.
9. MySQL Database
• MySQL is the most popular database engine which is used to store database in WordPress and other major CMS. If you are going to use WordPress, you will need only one MySQL database for the same.
• If you also want to host a forum, it is recommended to buy a hosting plan which offers multiple MySQL databases.
10. Uptime
• Server Uptime is the percentage of time your website is available to be viewed by visitors during a specified duration of time. Most hosting companies commit Uptime between 99 to 100%
• Some hosting companies also provide Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Uptime. In such cases, if the total website uptime during a month is less than the committed uptime, you will be compensated for the same depending upon the TOS.
11. SSL Certificate
• SSL certificates are used to secure connection between web server and browsers. They are necessary for E-commerce websites and other websites accepting credit card information and other personal details to secure the data.
• Off late, Google is stressing more on SSL certificates even for normal websites and blogs and is part of Google’s algorithm for Website Ranking.
12. Dedicated IP
• Generally, in the case of shared hosting (You can read about shared hosting in next section) a hosting company will provide you an IP address which is shared among all the users on the server.
• A dedicated IP is an IP address just reserved for you and not shared with others. Few hosting plans provide you dedicated IP free of cost while others charge a small monthly fee for the same.
• Whether or not dedicated IP is necessary is a controversial topic. I usually suggest my readers not to buy a dedicated IP unless they want to install SSL certificate . Though SSL certificate can be installed on shared IP too, but it may secure the connection for some of the older browsers.

Types of shared web hosting offered for customer,

1. shared wordpress hosting for customer or outside country customer
2. shared vps for customer or outside country customer
3. premium shared hosting for customer or outside country customer
4. windows shared hosting for customer or outside country customer
5. linux shared hosting for customer or outside country customer