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A description of web hosting

As its name denotes, web hosting is a solution, which involves hosting web content. There are different forms and kinds of hosting, based on the mission and on the objectives. However, they all are associated with hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible throughout the Web. A host is in fact a web server that is linked to the Web and has its own Internet Protocol address, which enables people to get access to it through the Web. The hosting server's architecture and its system resources are subject to the kind of hosting service it will be utilized for.

What are the various types of hosting?

Depending on the usage, the professional web hosting service may be:

File Storage Web Hosting - this type of web hosting permits the customers to store their files on a given web hosting server. With the regular file storage hosting service, the files that are hosted may only be accessed by the person that's utilizing the service. This hosting service traditionally is connected with backups of personal computers , documents, private files and even other servers. This service may also involve certain limits in relation to the storage space and the root-level access. There may also be bandwidth quota limitations, but that depends on the given hosting service provider.

Warez Web Hosting - the so-called warez hosting solution is resembling the previous web hosting service type. Nevertheless, unlike the file storage web hosting service, the warez web hosting service is used for distributing proprietary content without being okayed by the copyright bearer. To put it briefly - it is associated with the unauthorized transmission of files and materials. There are many methods for this to be done, but the two main ways are - via plain HTTP downloading and via P2P connections. The first one involves either a certain web page, or, most commonly, just a directory on a web hosting server that's been made available for everyone to access it and thus download licensed content for free. The second method involves a P2P connection, making use of the so-called Torrent servers, via which people share files between each other. There aren't many website hosting providers that allow such form of web hosting on their servers, chiefly due to all the legal troubles that it involves. Commonly such web pages are hosted on private dedicated hosting servers that are registered by third-party companies either in the Middle East or in Asia.

E-mail Hosting - this service is applicable with both shared webspace hosting and dedicated hosting servers, depending on the customer's wish. If you wish to build your very own personal SMTP mail server, then you will require either a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server that offers the level of access needed to accomplish such a task. For routine e-mail web hosting ends, however, you can use a simple shared hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a service that's widely used, because the website hosting and the email hosting services are being served by two different web servers, often owned by different firms.

Web Page Hosting - the most widely spread and vastly utilized hosting service as of now. It's utilized for hosting site files, whose sort is dependent on the Operating System the hosting server is availing of - Linux or Windows. Different sorts of files require different web hosting server Operating Systems, otherwise they won't be displayed properly on the Web. This form of web hosting may include data space and bandwidth limits, root access and central processing unit usage restrictions.

Based on the purpose and on the objectives, the user should choose the sort of server that he requires for his work, and, of course, the hosting distributor that's going to supply it. There are several sorts of servers, depending on the specs and the web site hosting services that they provide. These are:

Shared Hosting Server - a shared web page hosting server offers a smaller quantity of system resources, which, of course, is reflected on the cost of the service. It can be utilized for hosting small sized and middle size web portals, which do not demand enormous quotas of storage space and bandwidth.

Semi-Dedicated Servers - they perform on the same principle as the shared web page hosting servers. Nevertheless, there are much less clients hosted on the same hosting server. That is why, each of them will enjoy a larger quota of the hosting server's resources like RAM, server space, bandwidth and CPU. Excellent for hosting immense web portals that do not need full server root access.

Virtual Private Server - the VPSs are perfect for middle size web portals, which do demand root access to the web server's config files. Generally, there are a number of VPS web hosting server accounts situated on the same machine. In spite of that, each of them is autonomous from the rest and has its own OS.

Dedicated Servers Hosting - a fully dedicated physical machine configured and accessed by you and solely you. It guarantees a colossal quantity of resources. It also offers complete root-level access, which makes it the optimal platform for any kind of web page that requires a web space hosting solution.

The only question that remains is:

Which web space hosting vendor should I choose?

As mentioned above, there aren't many web hosts providing warez hosting services due to legal complications. Such hosts are being closed down almost every month. For that reason, if you would like to provide such a service, you should do it on your very own PC. The shared web hosting service is the most widely spread kind of web hosting service. That is why, each and every site hosting firm provides it. Not all of them, though, offer services such as virtual private web hosting servers, semi-dedicated hosting servers and dedicated hosting servers. Most of the smaller web site hosting firms do not have the resources needed for maintaining those services. Therefore it's always best to go with a larger host that can provide its clients with all the services that they require. You can easily ID such web hosts by the sorts of solutions that they are offering and by the manner in which they present them to the clients. For example, certain providers allow you to commence with a small sized hosting package and then move to a bigger one, if you find it obligatory to do so. This is extremely suitable, since you do not have to relocate web pages between hosting servers and there is no chance of experiencing network outages due to all the problems that may occur. Companies like CyberCooper provide all kinds of services and have the adequate web server resources and personnel to guarantee that their customers will not come across any complications when changing services, which is what a top hosting firm is actually all about.