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Hosting services can be divided into four different categories, with each
providing a different set of administrative, hardware, software, and connectivity
services. Your choice will depend upon your business requirements and your
technical capability. Generally, as the level of service increases, the
costs increase. The five categories are :
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Shared |
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This is the most common type of web hosting account and can be available
at very low cost. With virtual or paid hosting you pay a monthly fee and
get a share on a server. For every low cost plans you may only have a small
amount of disk space and a low amount of bandwidth, although this will probably
not be a problem for the vast majority of websites. With cheap virtual hosting
plans you maybe one site amongst hundreds on the same server - in this case
reliability may suffer. For slightly more expensive plans you will probably
find better reliability.
Best suited for -
- Company brochure or profile. Basic e-com
- Bulletin board or small chat room
- Small and medium sized businesses
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Collocated |
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This is very similar to dedicated hosting, except that you own the server
rather than rent it. Your server is placed in the data center and connected
to the Internet through the web hosting providers fast Internet connection.
You will then pay a fee for maintenance and bandwidth.
Best suited for -
- Mission critical e-Commerce or interactive site
- High speed/significant data transfer requirements
- Unique software needs
- Strong technical staff capable of server maintenance
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Inhouse |
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You set up a server on your own premises. You buy the connectivity, hardware
and software, and configure and maintain the system. You need to hire a
system administrator or an information technology team.
Best suited for -
- Multiple Web sites
- Internet Service Provider
- E.g; Big Corporate companies like IBM
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Free Web Hosting |
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It is not impossible to get free web hosting accounts. These are basically
meant for small websites, but broadly it needs a banner ad at the top of
every page. Some free accounts let you use your domain name (free virtual
hosting) and with some your website address is a sub domain of the free
hosting company (www.yoursitename. Host Popularity.com). This second type
is called Free Sub-domain hosting. Hosting for small websites can be cheap,
but if you can answer yes to all of the following questions, then free web
hosting may be right for you.
Best suited for -
- You don't mind carrying hosting company's ad at the top of every
page in your website
- You don't care about the performance or reliability of the website
- You don't expect any customer support
- Your website is very small, very personal and will never grow
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