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An explanation of web space hosting

As its name indicates, web hosting is a service, which entails hosting web content. There are various forms and types of web hosting, based on the aims and on the usage. Nonetheless, they all are related to hosting files, which, once hosted, are made available throughout the Web. A web host is actually a web hosting service that is linked to the Internet and has its very own IP address, which permits people to access it via the Web. The web server's configuration and its system resources depend on the sort of web hosting service it will be used for.

What are the different types of web hosting?

Depending on the function, the web hosting service may be:

File Storage Hosting - this type of hosting enables the users to stash their files on a certain web hosting server. With the classic file hosting service, the files that are accommodated may only be accessed by the client that's using the service. This web hosting solution generally entails backups of computers , docs, private files and even other web hosting servers. This service may also impose certain restrictions when it comes to the data space and the root privileges. There may also be traffic quota limitations, but that is dependent on the actual provider.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez web hosting solution is resembling the previous web hosting service form. However, in contrast with the file storage hosting service, the warez web hosting service is utilized for distributing copyrighted materials without the blessing of the license bearer. In short - it entails the unlawful distribution of files and materials. There are a lot of methods for this to be accomplished, but the 2 main approaches are - through simple Hypertext Transfer Protocol downloading and via P2P connections. The first approach involves either a certain site, or, most commonly, simply a directory on a server that's been made available for everybody to access it and thereby download proprietary materials for free. The second way involves a peer-to-peer connection, utilizing the so-called Torrent servers, via which people exchange files between each other. There are not many site hosting companies that allow that form of hosting on their servers, mainly due to all the judicial complications that it presupposes. Usually such sites are hosted on private dedicated web hosting servers that are registered by third-party firms either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Email Hosting - this solution is applicable with both shared hosting and dedicated web hosting servers, depending on the client's wish. If you would like to set up your own personal SMTP email server, then you will require either a private virtual server or a dedicated web server that provides the level of access required to accomplish such a procedure. For normal e-mail hosting purposes, though, you can avail of an ordinary shared web space hosting account, to which you can point the mail exchanger records of your domain name. This is not a service that's very used, since the web site hosting and the e-mail hosting services are being served by two separate servers, often belonging to different providers.

Web Page Hosting - the most popular and universally used hosting service these days. It's used for hosting website files, whose sort is dependent on the OS the server is making use of - Linux or Windows. Different sorts of files necessitate concrete server Operating Systems, or else they won't be displayed correctly on the Internet. This sort of web hosting may involve web storage and traffic restrictions, root-level access and CPU usage restrictions.

Based on the goals and on the functions, the customer should choose the sort of web server that he needs for his work, and, of course, the hosting vendor that's going to provide it. There are various sorts of hosting servers, based on the specifications and the hosting services that they provide. These are:

Shared Hosting Server - a shared web site hosting server provides a smaller amount of system resources, which, of course, reflects on the price of the service. It can be used for hosting small size and medium sized web portals, which do not require enormous quantities of web space and web traffic.

Semi-Dedicated Servers - they operate on the very same principle as the shared web site hosting servers. Nevertheless, there are much less users hosted on the same web server. For that reason, each of them will get a greater share of the web hosting server's resources like RAM, data storage, web traffic and CPU. Perfect for hosting big web portals that do not require server root access.

Virtual Private Server - the virtual hosting servers are perfect for medium web pages, which do need root access to the web hosting server's config files. Traditionally, there are a bunch of VPS web hosting accounts located on the same physical machine. Nevertheless, each of them is autonomous from the others and runs its own OS.

Dedicated Server - a fully dedicated physical machine configured and accessed by you and solely you. It guarantees a gigantic amount of resources. It also gives complete root access, which makes it an excellent environment for any sort of web page that necessitates a web hosting service.

The sole question that remains is:

Which hosting vendor should I settle on?

As mentioned, there are just a few providers providing warez web hosting services due to judicial complications. Such web hosting companies are being shut down almost every month. For that reason, if you would like to start such a service, you should do it on your very own computer. The shared webspace hosting solution is the most popular kind of hosting service. Because of that, every web space hosting distributor provides it. Not all of them, though, offer services such as VPSs, semi-dedicated servers and dedicated servers. Most of the smaller website hosting vendors do not have the means demanded for maintaining those services. That's why it's invariably best to settle on a bigger web host that can supply its customers with all the services that they want. You can quickly identify such companies by the types of services that they are providing and by the way that they present them to the customers. For instance, some hosts permit you to start with a small scale web site hosting plan and afterwards shift to a more powerful one, if you find it obligatory to do so. This is very suitable, because you do not have to transfer web sites between web servers and there is no chance of facing service downtime because of all the complications that may take place. Web hosting companies like Creative Republic provide all sorts of services and have the needed web hosting server resources and personnel to assure that their clients will not experience any predicaments when changing services, which is what a top hosting corporation is in fact all about.