Many Internet users, both experienced craftsmen and novice developers, are faced with the problem of choosing a specific hosting platform for their site. The great variety of competing hosting services almost does not give a chance to do it quickly and easily. Therefore, it is extremely important to know the main differences among popular hosting providers, as well as differences in hosting services, virtual server and dedicated server.
It is necessary
- - computer or telephone;
- - the Internet;
- - web browser;
- - search system;
- - a sheet of paper and a pen (for notes).
Instructions
Step 1
Determine your own need.
You need to understand what requirements your website has for hosting, namely:
- how much disk space is needed;
- how "heavy" the site is (demanding on the processor);
- how many databases you need;
- what is the nature of the content of the website;
- what programming languages should the hosting support.
Based on this, it will become clear what you expect from the hosting.
Step 2
Determine the service you need. It is important to understand where it would be best to host your website. Classically, these can be:
- hosting (simple management, easy setup, low cost);
- virtual server, or VPS (difficult to manage, more resources, higher cost);
- dedicated server (difficult to manage, suitable for the most "heavy" sites, the most expensive of all services).
Let's take a closer look at the differences between them.
Step 3
Hosting. Suitable for beginners.
This is the most popular way to host websites. With its low cost and ease of administration, hosting allows anyone, even an inexperienced person, to place their website on the Internet. The disadvantages include low flexibility of configuration for complex web applications and small resources allocated by hosting.
Technically, hosting is a single physical server running a single operating system serving multiple sites for different clients.
Step 4
Virtual server (VPS). Suitable for advanced users.
More expensive than regular hosting, but at the same time, it provides more flexibility in software customization. In fact, you yourself "from scratch" configure your virtual server, completely configure it and choose how it will work. However, more resources are allocated on VPS hosting, so it can serve more demanding websites.
Technically, a virtual server (VPS) is a physical server that runs many isolated operating systems from different clients.
Step 5
Dedicated server (dedicated server). Only suitable for advanced users and extremely demanding projects.
A dedicated server is a physical server that you rent only for your needs. That is, no one, except you, can manage it (except for the employees of the hosting provider) and access it. This server works only for you and for no one else. The most expensive option for hosting sites, but at the same time, the most suitable for super-loaded web applications.
Step 6
Choose a hosting.
Once you understand what you need, you can start looking for the most suitable solution for yourself. In reality, choosing a hosting is not such a difficult matter, you just need to evaluate each option according to certain criteria in order to understand how it suits you.
These criteria can be as follows:
- the country where the servers are located (the closer the server is to the site visitors, the faster it will "give" content to them);
- the cost of the service and the computing resources provided (disk space, processor, RAM, the number of databases and sites for placement, the width of the Internet channel, the availability of a backup system, etc.);
- Convenience and elaboration of the hosting control panel;
- Support for the required programming languages;
- availability of a free trial period for testing hosting.
