Shared Hosting, VPS or Dedicated Server?
With so many different web hosts and a seemingly endless variety of hosting packages to choose from it’s a veritable minefield for new webmasters. Choosing the right web hosting company is the first, and perhaps the most crucial step, but once you know who you’re going to host your site (or sites) with, how do you pick the right hosting plan for your needs. Web hosting companies typically offer three different types of web hosting: shared hosting environments, virtual private servers, and dedicated servers. Let’s take a look at each option in turn. 1. Shared Hosting A shared hosting environment means that your hosting account will be sitting on the same server as, and sharing server resources with, several other hosting accounts (depending on the host these could number from a few dozen to several hundred sites on a single server). This is by far the most common option and is usually more than adequate for a typical small business website, personal websites and blogs. The L