Hosting Packages Explanation

As its name signifies, hosting is a solution, which involves hosting online content. There are various forms and kinds of web hosting, depending on the aims and on the usage. Nonetheless, they all are associated with hosting files, which, once hosted, are made available through the Web. A web host is in fact a hosting server that is connected to the World Wide Web and has its own IP address, which permits users to gain access to it via the Internet. The web hosting server's architecture and its system resources are dependent on the kind of web hosting solution it's going to be utilized for.

What are the various forms of hosting?

Depending on the usage, the professional hosting service may be:

File Storage Hosting - this type of hosting permits the customers to host their files on a particular hosting server. With the ordinary file storage web hosting service, the files that are stored may only be accessed by the individual that's availing of the service. This web hosting service traditionally includes backups of PCs , docs, personal files and even other servers. This solution may also involve certain limitations with regard to the web storage space and the root access. There may also be bandwidth limitations, but that is dependent on the actual provider.

Warez Hosting - the so-called warez hosting service is very similar to the previous web hosting service form. Yet, in contrast with the file storage web hosting solution, the warez web hosting solution is used for circulating proprietary materials without being given the green light by the patent proprietor. In short - it involves the unlawful distribution of files and documents. There are numerous methods for this to be done, but the two essential methods are - through simple HTTP downloading and via peer-to-peer connections. The first method entails either a specific site, or, most often, simply a directory on a web server that's been made available for everyone to access it and thereby download copyrighted docs for free. The second method entails a P2P connection, availing of the so-called Torrent web servers, through which users transfer files between each other. There are a few web hosting suppliers that permit such form of hosting on their hosting servers, mainly owing to all the judicial problems that it presupposes. Commonly such web portals are hosted on private dedicated hosting servers that are registered by 3rd party corporations either in the Middle East or in Asia.

Electronic Mail Web Hosting - this service is relevant with both shared website hosting and dedicated servers, based on the user's wish. If you would like to run your own private SMTP server, then you will need either a private virtual hosting server or a dedicated hosting server that provides the access level needed to accomplish such a task. For common e-mail hosting purposes, though, you can open an average shared web hosting account, to which you can point the mail exchanger records of your domain name. This is not a solution that's very popular, because the web hosting and the e-mail hosting services are being served by two separate servers, often owned by different hosting providers.

Hosting - the most popular and immensely used hosting service nowadays. It's used for hosting web site files, whose type depends on the OS the server is utilizing - Linux or Windows. Different kinds of files require different server OSs, or else they won't be exhibited appropriately on the World Wide Web. This sort of web hosting may have server space and web traffic quota limits, server root access and central processing unit usage limitations.

Depending on the aims and on the usage, the client should choose the kind of web hosting server that he demands for his project, and, of course, the website hosting firm that's going to furnish it. There are several types of servers, based on the specifications and the web hosting services that they offer. These are:

Shared Website Hosting Server - a shared website hosting server offers a smaller quantity of system resources, which, of course, is reflected on the price of the service. It can be utilized for hosting small size and medium size sites, which do not require huge quantities of data storage space and web traffic.

Semi-dedicated Packages - they are based on the same principle as the shared website hosting servers. In spite of that, there are much fewer customers accommodated on the same web server. Because of that, each of them will enjoy a larger share of the web server's resources like RAM, server space, traffic and CPU. Ideal for hosting huge sites that do not demand full root-level access.

VPS are ideal for medium online portals, which do need root access to the server's config files. Generally, there are a handful of VPS server web hosting accounts located on the same physical machine. Even so, each of them is isolated from the others and runs its own Operating System.

Dedicated Package - a fully dedicated physical server configured and accessed by you and only you. It ensures a gigantic amount of system resources. It also includes root access, which renders it an excellent environment for any sort of web page that needs a web hosting service.

The only question that remains is:

Which web hosting firm should I select?

As already mentioned, there are not many hosting companies offering warez web hosting services due to legal predicaments. Such hosting providers are being shut down almost every month. Because of that, if you wish to set up such a service, you should do it on your very own PC. The shared web hosting solution is the most famous type of web hosting service. That is why, every web hosting company offers it. Not all of them, however, provide services such as virtual private web hosting servers, Semi-dedicated Packages and dedicated hosting servers. Most of the small sized hosting providers do not have the resources required for offering those services. You can quickly identify such hosting companies by the kinds of services that they are making available and by the way that they present them to the clients. For instance, some web hosting providers allow you to start with a small sized web hosting package and afterwards upgrade to a bigger one, if you consider it mandatory to do so. This is extremely suitable, since you do not have to relocate sites between web hosting servers and there is no possibility of facing downtime because of all the complications that may occur.

We, at Mindfox Hosting Solutions provide all kinds of solutions and possess the necessary hosting server resources and personnel to ensure that their clients will not run into any problems when swapping services, which is what a top hosting company is actually all about.