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Miscellaneous / Compare Shared Hosting vs Virtual Private Hosting?

« on: March 01, 2021, 07:32:57 AM »

Shared Hosting
Shared hosting is the most popular option for people building their first website.

When you sign up for shared hosting, the hosting company will put your website on a server along with hundreds, if not thousands, of other websites. This means each customer has to share space and resources on the server with every other customer, including CPU time, memory and disk space.

Think of shared hosting like living in an apartment building. All of the residents share the same building, but share things like elevators and stairwells, car parking and garbage collection.

Shared hosting is the cheapest and most economical option as far as hosting goes. However, you get what you pay for – in this case, shared hosting comes with strict limitations.

Pros
It’s cheap. Some hosting companies charge as little as $3.95 a month.
It’s beginner-friendly. It’s easy to get started with shared hosting compared to other hosting options.
Security, upgrades and maintenance of the server are managed for you.
Cons
It can be slow. With so many other websites running on the same server, your page load times may suffer.
Security isn’t guaranteed. You don’t know who else is using the same server, so if one site has a memory leak or is hacked, your site could be affected.
Lack of server control and performance. If the server is overcrowded or if another website takes up more than their share of resources, performance can drop.
It’s difficult to scale due to limited storage and bandwidth.


Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting
VPS is similar to shared hosting in that your website shares a server with other sites, but there are fewer sites sharing space and resources and the server is partitioned out into different virtualized server environments. Unlike shared hosting, VPS usually provides baseline resources that you’re guaranteed, as well as additional resources available at a moment’s notice should your site experience a traffic spike.

Think of VPS like living in a condo. While you still share the same building as other residents, you are responsible for the maintenance of your property and any repairs that need to be carried out inside your condo. Plus, there are fewer residents and you get your own allocated car parking space.

Pros
More affordable than a dedicated server and you pay for what you need.
More secure. In order to segment the server properly, the host installs a layer of software that dedicates part of the server to you, which make is completely separate from other customers.
It’s fast. You are allocated more resources compared to shared hosting.
Root server access. You can make customizations to suit your needs and you have greater control over your hosting environment.
It’s scalable. A VPS can grow with your site as your server needs increase over time.
Cons
Some server companies oversell their servers, hoping that every site currently using a particular server won’t have a peak traffic day.
More expensive than shared hosting.
If you choose an unmanaged VPS, it may be difficult to configure, taking longer to get your website up and running.


I hope this comparison will be helpful!
Mark Wilson

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Miscellaneous / What are the benefits of Cloud hosting?

« on: March 01, 2021, 07:27:07 AM »

Benefits of Cloud Hosting:

Better Performance
It maximizes the performance of websites and web applications as the load is evenly distributed between the servers connected to the network. The availability of resources is also high as it is not dependent on a single physical server like in Shared Hosting.
Increased Scalability
Cloud Hosting allows easy and instantaneous upgradation of CPU and RAM, improving scalability as and when the traffic of your website increases.
Secure Data
Cloud Hosting provides data mirroring helping you keep your data secure. The data is mirrored on 3 different devices on various drives such that in case of any hardware failure you do not lose your data. This ensures hassle-free data backup and recovery.
Cost Saving
Although it may initially seem like Cloud Hosting is expensive, when you take into consideration the features it provides, the pricing is considerably more economical. Also in some cases, you only have to pay for the resources you use. Some of the features Cloud Hosting provides are, free data migration, fully managed hosting, resource monitoring etc.
Good Stability
Cloud Hosting is reliable as data has triple redundancy as a result of mirroring. This ensures that your data on the cloud is secure as well as if the server ever fails, recovering data is easier.
Incredible Speed
Cloud Hosting servers have low density that helps your website boost its speed along with varnish. Varnish is a web simulator that allows websites to sustain high traffic while loading pages in a super fast speed by caching the static and dynamic content on the web page. It can speed up websites by almost 1000%.


I hope this information will be helpful!
Mark Wilson

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Miscellaneous / What is Virtual Dedicated server hosting?

« on: March 01, 2021, 07:00:57 AM »

A dedicated server is a server that’s literally dedicated to your own personal use. You’ll have rights to all of the resources of the machine, and you’ll be able to configure the hosting environment however you wish.

Dedicated hosts are usually only worthwhile if you’re receiving over 500,000 visitors per month and have the necessary technical staff to maintain and optimize your server.

There is no right and wrong when it comes to hosting. Instead, it simply depends upon what’s the best choice for your website. We all have different needs. So make sure you take stock of what kind of hosting support you’ll need before you choose a web host.

However, since dedicated servers are almost always more expensive it’s generally a good idea to start with a VPS until your company is generating enough revenue to support the cost of a dedicated server.

In addition to potentially getting you more resources, the big advantage of this approach is that you have full control over the actual physical hardware inside your server and the software that’s running on it.

For example, maybe you prefer AMD processors to Intel processors – you have that level of control with a dedicated server. You can also control every single piece of software on that physical hardware.

I hope this information will be helpful!
Mark Wilson