| hosting company is responsible for providing | | | | Dedicated hosting is a much more complex form |
| server space, web services and maintenance of | | | | of web hosting. This type of hosting will rent out |
| servers. These web hosting companies host | | | | a server to an individual or company. That |
| websites, which are owned or controlled by | | | | individual or company will have full access to the |
| people and companies. There are two different | | | | server to host a number of different websites. |
| types of web hosting and most companies will | | | | Whether the individual or the web hosting |
| provide either kind. | | | | company will own the equipment depends on a |
| The first type of web hosting is called shared | | | | number of different things and this will depend on |
| hosting. It can also be called virtual hosting or | | | | the web hosting company. With this type of web |
| mass hosting. The way it works is an individual will | | | | hosting, the business processes, strategic |
| create content and applications that are placed on | | | | direction, and debugging applications are in the |
| a server. This server also holds many other | | | | customer’s care and control. The web |
| individual’s content and applications. These | | | | host is only responsible for hosting operations. |
| other individuals are also customers of the same | | | | There are many advantages to dedicated hosting. |
| web hosting company. The equipment and server | | | | The customer will receive a top quality, physical |
| that the content is placed on are owned and | | | | infrastructure with a high-speed connection to the |
| managed by the web host provider. These | | | | Internet. The customer will also receive a hosting |
| companies have technicians available to manage | | | | package that is customized to fit their needs in |
| and monitor the servers. | | | | terms of bandwidth, memory and storage space. |
| Shared hosting is often used by companies due to | | | | Because only the individual who bought it owns |
| the fact that it is extremely efficient, it works | | | | the server, it allows for CPU-intensive applications |
| very well, and it’s inexpensive. However, | | | | to run smoothly. Because of this it will also |
| shared hosting does come with it’s own | | | | prevent the service from being interrupted by |
| limitations. Some scripts and applications cannot be | | | | other users. This type of plan will be a more |
| used but the user is often able to customize it. A | | | | suitable service for customers who have heavy |
| user may be able to add a shopping cart feature | | | | traffic website as it gives them complete control |
| or an online catalogue. It is extremely important | | | | over the hosting environment. |
| to understand the control panel the web hosting | | | | While there are different types of web hosting |
| company will provide you with. When finding a | | | | other than shared or dedicated hosting, these are |
| web hosting company, it may be important to | | | | the main two types. Most other types are also |
| find out if there are shared hosting management | | | | branches of these types. One must really |
| tools, which will allow the user to use shared | | | | examine the advantages and disadvantages of |
| hosting but will also hold the benefits of dedicated | | | | both before making a decision on which will be the |
| hosting. | | | | best option for them. |