Friday, June 25, 2010

Most asked questions about VPS Hosting

Many times people asked about VPS hosting and at that time you don’t have any answer. You need to clear some commonly asked questions about it.

First question is what it is. As its name you can imagine that in VPS hosting a single server is divided into many virtual servers. These new virtual servers are capable to run a separate copy of operating system and we can reboot it anytime when we need.



Second question is that why should I use it. If somebody not satisfy with the services of shared hosting and also cannot afford a dedicated server then now it can be switch on VPS hosting which bridges between shared and dedicated hosting.

Third question is that how many websites I can host on this hosting. VPS hosting provides the facility to host and run as many websites on your server as you can manage. The amount of web space can affect the number of websites.

Forth question is that how I will control my virtual server. In VPS hosting you are free to manage and access your websites remotely from your desktop. Most hosting providers provide a facility to install a control panel on your desktop, which work as your dashboard for manipulation.

Fifth question is that which programs I can install on VPS. This is the most exciting feature of VPS that it allows users to install any programs or softwares which can be supported by the OS.

Pitfalls to Watch Out in Cheap Website Hosting

Most of the companies offering the cheapest website hosting plans to secure their market share and most of the customers came back to these companies which have break their relation with the companies because other companies offered the lowest rates for all hosting plans at that time. These are some pitfalls which you should watch out before choosing a cheap website hosting.



First- Cheap web hosting price: Now comes the important part of cheap hosting through which we decide that which company is offering cheap hosting. You know that not all the cheap web hosting plans are designed equally, when the company found a key feature which is lacking then they offer that key feature free with the plans.

Second-Performance: Through the cheap web hosting you can never get best results which your website can give you actually, because if a company providing you a cheap web hosting then from where they can make more profit, they cannot give you the high performing servers. In cheap web hosting company does not depend on their monthly service fees so they allot the web hosting to other webmasters also on the same server.

Third- Storage and space: The cheap website hosting company cannot give you unlimited web space and bandwidth which is necessary to have lots of traffic over your website. If your business requires unlimited bandwidth then cheap web hosting can never be the right choice for hosting your site.

Forth-Security: Now the most important factors come which can affect our complete business which is security. In any business you have many secrets that which you cannot share publicly but you have to share with your employees or your clients. If your site hosted on a shared server then it can be hacked very easily by your competitors or hackers.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Benefits of using VPS Hosting

The biggest reason for its popularity is that it delivers a reasonable amount of control at a cheap price. If a person want to get some more features above shared hosting and can’t afford the price of a Dedicated sever those should move on VPS hosting.



Following are the key features of VPS hosting for which it is so popular.

a) Security: Everyone knows that a private server is more secure as compare a shared server and in VPS hosting it divides a single physical server into many virtual servers to work independently.

b) Flexibility: All the VPS users can configure their tools and add-ons as they want. They can install their own application because VPS provide the facility to run a separate copy of OS.

c) Cost efficiency: Efficiency of VPS hosting is cheaper than dedicated hosting or shared hosting. Providers are able to offer software, network connectivity, speed and maintenance at a low cost since only one computer is needed.

d) Freedom: Users have the freedom to configure their virtual server according to their needs and specifications. They can manage their server without help of hosting provider.

e) Resources: Since here no sharing involved therefore each user has access to all the resources and space. Webmasters receive more than enough to fit specific needs.

f) Simple modification: You are free to modify your server easily. Providing that the hosting company is good and reliable, the servers are updated regularly to increase scalability for users.

These are its some main benefits from a lot. However virtual server is not suitable for everyone. A website which is performing decently with shared hosting probably it not requires a VPS hosting. And if that website wants to grow up their business then it should move on VPS hosting.

Cloud Website Hosting

When you choose you web hosting package you have to estimate about number of visitors. You get limited web space and limited monthly bandwidth and if the number of visitors exceeds then your website will be down or say crash. If you require better services that mean more bandwidth then you need to pay more cost. It’s important for the large companies to have a lot of bandwidth to prevent their website from crashing when they have a lot of visitors on their site which is the aim of all the websites.



Cloud hosting can help that websites to prevent from crashing problems. Many times we say cloud hosting as cluster hosting. In cloud hosting your website is hosted by an infrastructure of servers. Here the hosting is shared between the servers which provide you the freedom from restriction of just one single spec. Use of multiple servers in cloud website hosting give you unlimited bandwidth and space. So if your website needs more bandwidth then it spreads the traffic between all servers.

The task to manage load is performed by the software and occurs automatically- adding or removing servers from the cluster as needed. This also has the added benefit of meaning there's no need for down-time during maintenance or server failure, as that server will simply be taken out of the cluster. We called this process load balancing and due to this feature cloud website hosting is apart from other hosting.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Choose VPS hosting for making your business successful

As you know that with the help of internet you can reach on unlimited customers worldwide. It’s not too easy to select any good web hosting service provider and if you are a beginner then it will be more complex for you to select the right web hosting service provider. Many hosting companies also provide free web hosting service. Here important thing is that some people choose free web hosting option too due to probably their economical condition.



If you want to make your business successful then through free web hosting you can never achieve your target. Free webhosting is never suitable for an online business who wants success because it requires many other resources, which you will not get here. Many free web hosting companies provide extension of their name in your URL. Many times your website has to face advertisement which is placed by that free hosting company, which has a bigger disadvantage. Those advertisements can misguide your website’s visitors.

If you want to make your business successful then you have to have to avoid free web hosting. If you are thinking that you cannot afford the price of a dedicated server then there are other options also available like VPS hosting, which you can easily afford if you really want to make your business successful. Here you got lots of features and more control on your website to maintain it perfectly. In VPS hosting you have higher bandwidth and your website will not affect due to other accounts even all websites are host on same physical server but you get a virtual private server and hence you gets better security from unauthorized access.

Check Domain Transfer Service

If you are going to create a website for your personal use or to promote your product then you should aware about few points. First you have to think that who is your target audience. Second thing is that what should be the domain name. The next thing is that selection of a web hosting company.



First you have to decide your target audience. It depends on you that your product is for only specific country or for worldwide people. Once you decided your target audience, then think about your website content.

Your domain name should be related to your content or product, because it will affect your website rank on search engines for specific keywords. Now the important thing comes which is selection of a web hosting company. You should pay more attention in this step.

You have to select a location where majority of your audience exists. Let’s take an example. Assume that you are from India and want to sell your product in USA. Obviously your audience majority will be from USA. Now if you will think that webhosting from India is cheap so I should go for Indian webhosting service then you will be in loss, because customers from USA will find that your website has much response time and then they will switch on other website. So you should choose a website hosting service.

You have to check other information also about your website hosting service like Disk space, Bandwidth, flexibility, SSH access, 24x7 online supports etc. You have to more concern on flexibility of the company. The company should provide the facility of domain transfer services.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Another advantage of VPS Hosting

In the last article you have read about the various factors on which VPS hosting is the best website hosting type. We have read about Performance, High customizability, security and scalability of VPS Hosting. Now one most important factor comes that is capacity to host unlimited websites.

Unlimited Websites

This is the most important advantage of VPS hosting that it have the ability to host and manage numerous website. You don’t need to worry about hardware sharing that how all the websites will share the hardware and other resources even on the stage when you run dozens of different websites on a single physical server. You don’t need to worry about accessing your account; you can easily access it with any server side software like Apache Virtual Hosts and something similar VPS package.



It’s true that VPS hosting plans are quite pricier as compare shared hosting. But it has a much efficient benefit that it offers to host unlimited websites (6,000 approx per day). When you host many websites then you save many dollars. If you pay yearly for all your websites at a time then you will see that it is much lower than a shared hosting plan where even you pay yearly for all the websites.

Here you are responsible to install as many softwares which is must required or which can help you to track your websites. You are responsible to site maintenance, security and many more other responsibilities that are attached with an online business. If you don’t have much idea about server side administration then VPS may be a bit more than you want to take on yourself. This required hiring an expert if you are not much familiar with VPS maintenance.

Website Hosting Types

If you want to make your home then you will need a land first anywhere you want. Like that you will require some space for your website on the web called it web space.

There are lots of website hosting providers which provide many different packages for web hosting. In those packages we can select any package according to our requirements. And also there are many types of hosting also available from which we select the suitable web hosting type for our website.



There are multiple types of web hosting options available in the terms of speed, reliability, bandwidth, security and off course cost. Customers can pick any plan which customer think best for their requirement.

1. Free web Hosting: This option is definitely good for new website developers which want to gain some experience that how to create and host a website on the web. However free website hosting have some limitation in terms of bandwidth, web space etc but it is good for new website creators.

2. Shared web Hosting: In this many websites hosts in a single sever. All the websites share their resources. This is the best when you are new and able to pay some cost.

3. Reseller web Hosting: This is suitable for web designer and developers who want make some extra money. They buy some webspace and then divide it into many parts for host different websites.

4. VPS web Hosting: If you are unable to buy a dedicated web hosting and also do not want to hire shared web hosting service then you have to select Virtual Private web Hosting. In this hosing also many websites host on a single web server but here your resources are fix as you chooses. Your website has limited bandwidth, speed, webspace etc.

5. Dedicated web Hosting: In this hosting a single website hosts on a single server. You have your separate resources. You don’t need to share with anyone. Here also two plans that are un-managed and managed dedicated web Hosting. In un-managed client is responsible for management of server.