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A description of hosting

As its name signifies, web hosting is a solution, which entails hosting online content. There are various varieties and kinds of hosting, depending on the purpose and on the usage. Even so, they all are related to hosting files, which, once hosted, are made accessible throughout the World Wide Web. A host is actually a server that is linked to the World Wide Web and has its very own Internet Protocol address, which allows people to access it through the World Wide Web. The web server's architecture and its system resources are determined by the form of web hosting service it will be used for.

What are the various types of web hosting?

Depending on the mission, the hosting solution may be:

File Storage Hosting - this form of hosting allows the customers to keep their files on a specific hosting server. With the ordinary file web hosting solution, the files that are stashed may only be accessed by the person that's availing of the service. This web hosting solution traditionally appertains to backups of personal computers , docs, private files and even other web servers. This solution may also contain certain restrictions in terms of the disk storage and the root-level access. There may also be traffic limits, but that is dependent on the actual service provider.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez web hosting service is resembling the previous hosting service type. Even so, unlike the file storage web hosting service, the warez web hosting solution is used for circulating copyrighted work without the blessing of the copyright holder. In brief - it involves the illicit dissemination of files and materials. There are multiple methods for this to be fulfilled, but the 2 principal ways are - through plain HTTP downloading and via P2P connections. The first approach entails either a particular web portal, or, most commonly, simply a directory on a web server that's been made available for everybody to access it and thereby download proprietary content free of cost. The second method entails a P2P connection, availing of the so-called Torrent servers, through which users share files between each other. There are not many web site hosting corporations that permit that type of hosting on their hosting servers, mostly due to all the judicial problems that it presupposes. Generally such sites are hosted on personal dedicated servers that are registered by 3rd party companies either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Mail Hosting - this solution is applicable with both shared web space hosting and dedicated servers, depending on the customer's wish. If you desire to launch your very own personal SMTP server, then you will require either a VPS web hosting server or a dedicated server that provides the level of access required to accomplish such an operation. For common electronic mail hosting purposes, however, you can use a plain shared web space hosting account, to which you can point the MX records of your domain. This is not a solution that's very used, since the site hosting and the email hosting services are being served by two separate web servers, often owned by separate hosting providers.

Web Page Hosting - the most famous and universally utilized hosting service at the moment. It's utilized for hosting site files, whose type depends on the OS the server is making use of - Linux or Windows. Different kinds of files request different web hosting server OSs, otherwise they won't be shown correctly on the World Wide Web. This kind of web hosting may impose data storage space and traffic limits, root access and central processing unit usage limitations.

Based on the aims and on the objectives, the customer should choose the type of web hosting server that he needs for his work, and, of course, the webspace hosting supplier that's going to supply it. There are different kinds of web hosting servers, based on the specs and the webspace hosting services that they offer. These are:

Shared Hosting Server - a shared hosting server includes a smaller quantity of resources, which, of course, is reflected on the cost of the service. It can be utilized for hosting small size and middle scale online portals, which do not demand immense amounts of disk space and bandwidth.

Semi-Dedicated Servers Hosting - they are based on the same principle as the shared site hosting servers. In spite of that, there are much less customers sharing the same web hosting server. That is why, each of them will have a larger share of the web hosting server's resources like RAM, server space, web traffic and CPU. Ideal for hosting enormous web pages that do not demand full root privileges.

Virtual Private Server - the virtual hosting servers are ideal for medium size web pages, which do need root access to the web hosting server's configuration files. Traditionally, there are several private virtual hosting server accounts situated on the same physical server. Even so, each of them is isolated from the rest and has its own OS.

Dedicated Servers Hosting - a completely dedicated machine set up and accessed by you and solely you. It guarantees a tremendous quantity of system resources. It also offers server root access, which renders it a perfect platform for any type of web page that necessitates a web hosting solution.

The only question that remains is:

Which website hosting vendor should I pick?

As stated above, there aren't many hosting providers providing warez hosting solutions because of legal entanglements. Such hosts are being shut down almost every month. Therefore, if you wish to start such a service, you should do it on your own personal computer. The shared web page hosting service is the most widely spread type of hosting service. Hence, every webspace hosting firm offers it. Not all of them, though, offer services such as private virtual hosting servers, semi-dedicated web servers and dedicated web hosting servers. Most of the smaller web site hosting corporations do not have the resources demanded for offering those services. Hence it's invariably best to settle on a larger company that can supply its clients with all the solutions that they seek. You can easily recognize such web hosting companies by the types of solutions that they are supplying and by the manner in which they introduce them to the clientele. For instance, certain web hosting companies allow you to start with a low-end web hosting plan and subsequently upgrade to a bigger one, if you deem it obligatory to do so. This is very convenient, because you do not have to transmit web sites between web hosting servers and there is no risk of facing service outages due to all the complications that may arise. Hosting companies such as Uni-Bz are offering all sorts of services and possess the necessary web server resources and personnel to ensure that their clients will not face any predicaments when changing services, which is what a top hosting supplier is in fact all about.