What is hosting? Choosing a good hosting with LookFreedom. Web Hosting: Helpful Tips

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Today I want to talk about the concept of hosting, starting with what it is (for those who have just joined us), and ending with its influence on website promotion. So, let's begin.

Hosting is a service about the provision of computing power for posting information. Hosting a website or anything else on your home computer is neither convenient nor profitable. It is much more efficient to rent a server or part of it (see) in a special data center, or place your own server there, which will be looked after.

Hosting provides its clients (who rent them or host their equipment) with high-speed Internet access channel and support for stable operation of equipment 24 hours in essence(Ideally). In general, you sleep, and your site works, and this is what you pay the hoster money for (although there are some, sometimes even very attractive ones).

There are a lot of hosters (companies providing similar services) on the market. Which hosting should you choose? Oh, it's a question of questions. Adding even more fuel to the fire is the fact that the future fate of your site may depend on your choice.

What is hosting and what are they?

Website hosting

This word is derived from host (node), as I already wrote. Most often this term means website hosting- this is when someone provides you with a “piece” of a server (a special office computer with the necessary software and working with virtually no human intervention). This server is always connected to the network (of course, electrical, and also information, i.e. to the Internet) and you can use the “piece” allocated to you to place files and the database of your site(s) on it.

There are many nuances and points that affect the cost of this service. It all depends on the size of the “piece” of the server (the resources allocated for you), on the type of service (virtual hosting or virtual dedicated server), and on the “coolness” of the server itself (sometimes you have to use several servers at once to distribute a high load). The price, accordingly, can vary from one and a half hundred rubles to many thousands of dollars (per month).

There are several groups that can be divided into services provided by hosters on site placement. We'll talk about this in more detail below, but for now I'll just list them:

Shared hosting- many (very many) sites on one hardware unit (server - service computer). There are restrictions on the resources consumed, but neighbors can “bump each other.” But it's cheap and very easy to use.
Dedicated virtual server(VPS\VDS) - there can be many sites on one server, but they should no longer influence each other. A little more expensive, but much more complicated, because you are only given a “container”, and you will fill and configure it yourself (or hire someone).
Dedicated server- you get “all the hardware” at your sole disposal. No neighbors and all the power of the server is yours. The price in this case depends on the steepness of the hardware. Well, all the settings are your headache.
Cloud hosting— you are allocated a resource in the cloud, i.e. not on a specific hardware unit, but in general (in a pool with a bunch of host machines visible as one cloud). The trick is that all this can be easily scaled without a strict tariff line (from zero to infinity). Often, you only charge for the resource consumed.
Colocation- just bring your own server (box) to the hoster’s data center and they will put it in a rack (or somewhere else), connect it to the network, the Internet and monitoring. Everything else is the same as with a regular dedicated server, but here you pay not for renting a server, but for renting space in the server room.

To a site located on such a hosting (such as a site -) through so-called NS records (made where you bought this name or). If you change hosting, you will have to change the NS records to new ones, but the name of the site will remain unchanged despite its physical move to another location. If all this is not clear, then read the article (you will like it, I guarantee).

File Hostings

There are also so-called file hosting, which are also called cloud storage or something else. This is somewhat different and has no direct relation to sites, but it’s probably still worth mentioning (at least to avoid confusion in your head). Such file hosting services, as a rule, are free “in the database”, but for full-fledged work you will still need a paid account (although it depends on who).

On your computer, you create a folder (more precisely, it is created automatically) and throw into it everything that you want to synchronize with your piece of disk space on file hosting. The size of the piece depends on the tariff (usually very small on the free one). In addition to storage, sometimes there is also the possibility of restoring deleted files, as well as the ability to collaborate on documents.

In general, nothing complicated, an ordinary household item that is accessible and understandable to everyone. In this case, hosters also have data centers with a bunch of servers, but you can only place files on them ( no databases, no domains, no serious settings).

Yes, while I was writing I thought that, probably, I could also be classified in the same category. I think we won’t talk more about this topic, especially since there are detailed publications on all these services (yes, yes, hosting is primarily a service, as we remember).

Shared hosting

This type of service is often called simply hosting or website placement service. Almost all hosters provide it, except perhaps those who specialize exclusively in dedicated servers (virtual and real). I gave a brief description above, so let’s get straight to the point.

What are the advantages of shared hosting?

Cheap - for quite modest money (sometimes even less than a hundred rubles a month) you can get a completely functional “camp” for your site(s).
Immediately after ordering a service, you receive all the necessary data (from the control panel, etc.) in order to start or create a new one. You can do everything yourself without any problems (primary school level).
The hoster's technical support (if it meets the high standards of capitalism) will have to help solve all the problems that arise with the site, because virtual hosting is a collective farm managed by the hoster himself. Most of the problems will be in his jurisdiction. This is a huge plus for you.
Your site(s) will sometimes be able to go beyond the boundaries (walls) of the virtual fence, which limit the maximum percentage of consumption of server resources common to all (host machine, i.e. the service computer on which all sites live). If this happens not too often, not too strongly and not for too long.
Although, some hosters temporarily disable such violators (others simply warn - at one time I delayed the move to VPS from my current hoster for about a year).
Service, and there are not so few such offers on the market (there are a couple of dozen of them in the above article). It is clear that there will be even more restrictions, technical support will not owe you anything, and the conditions and relationships may be appropriate. But the word “free” sometimes outweighs everything else.

What are the disadvantages of shared hosting?

So what is it, virtual hosting? As you have seen, this is a rather controversial, although popular, type of service, because... it is completely suitable for beginners and experienced webmasters, because it satisfies their basic requirement: cheap and cheerful(Just). Another question is who to get this service from, and this, in fact, is not a simple question.

What to look for when choosing shared hosting

On reviews— just below I will provide a list of sites with hosting ratings and reviews about them, as well as a number of forums where this whole matter is discussed. However, competition in the market is high, there are no ideal hosters (so that they can provide everything at the same level for 10 rubles), and therefore you will find negativity everywhere (often the result of a competitive war - you don’t have to be the best if you can belittle your main competitors). In general, darkness.
To work technical support— virtual hosting rests almost entirely on the shoulders of the hosting team, and your peace of mind (sometimes even mental health) depends on the quality of their work.
Hosters, as a rule, have a test period (free), during which it is difficult to assess the stability of work, but You can rate technical support. Contact them on Saturday evening and see the speed and completeness of the response (imagine that at this time your site is not accessible and is losing ranking in search engines). Blow your brain and look at the reaction.
On specifications the service provided. In general, you need to conduct market research on an item where the same thing can be found cheaper and with not very bad reviews. If you are not a sophisticated webmaster, then you will be interested in something from this list:
1. The amount of disk space on the server hard drive allocated for the files of your website(s) (although for most Internet projects the minimum of what is currently offered is enough).
2. It is also customary to look at the type of hard drives in the server - it’s cool if they are fast SSDs, and not slow HDDs (hard drives).
3. Sometimes there are traffic restrictions (it depends on the traffic to your site), but again in most cases you don’t have to pay much attention to this.
4. The number of sites and databases for them (as well as FTP users and Email mailboxes, if the latter is necessary) that you can create on this tariff - choose from your current needs, because then you can easily switch to another tariff (without transferring the site).
5. Acceptable load limits on the server (percentage of processor time, occupied RAM, number of simultaneously running processes, etc.). Usually the hoster’s “poster” doesn’t particularly talk about this, but it’s worth finding out about this matter so that you can later understand why you were temporarily blocked or why they offer to upgrade to a higher tariff (or even to VPS).
6. The operating system under which the hosting software runs. Usually this is either Linux or Windows. The latter, as you know, is not free and this may affect the cost of tariffs. Also, under Windows there will not be such a convenient file for remote server management (meaning an Apache-type web server program, not a piece of hardware) like .htaccess. A crazy thing that allows you to do a lot, if not everything.
7. The country where the servers are physically located. See the reasons above (in the disadvantages of shared hosting).

Virtual dedicated server (VPS/VDS)

Many (or almost all) hosting providers offer such a service as a virtual dedicated server. Let's figure out what it is? It is also often denoted by the abbreviations VPS/VDS (it’s a shame not to know the differences between them, but I don’t know - or maybe they just don’t exist?). These abbreviations stand for: VPS(virtual private server) and VDS(virtual dedicated server). It seems to be the same thing. Well, so be it.

And here difference from the shared hosting described above the virtual server has them, and they, it must be said, are of a fundamental nature. Both types of services are virtual, because on a real server (iron box with minced meat) there will be at least several such virtual boxes (containers). Those. they will again share the server resources among themselves, but neighbors on the host machine in the case of VPS/VDS will no longer have to feel the presence of neighbors (in theory).

This (the transition from a hosting “collective farm” to a VPS “farm”), as a rule, is the main reason for moving from hosting to a virtual server. The hoster may force you to do this when it doesn’t have a higher tariff (based on the load created on the server) (and it certainly won’t have it).

For him, this will be a relief from headaches - your problematic site will no longer cause hundreds of requests from neighbors on the host machine (server). Well, for you, VPS/VDS may be a pain in the ass, but first things first.

Advantages of a virtual dedicated server as hosting

Problems associated with the excessive load of your site on the provider’s server will disappear - now you will not be able to go beyond the resources allocated to you (according to the tariff) (processor time, amount of RAM).
VPS/VDS tariffs provide for the placement of quite “powerful projects” that simply “won’t fit” on a regular virtual hosting at any tariff in terms of the load they create (traffic, processor load or required RAM).
It is very important for someone to control the entire process, which is not possible with a regular hosting. VPS/VDS gives room for creativity - install any operating system on it (a virtual server is similar to a virtual machine on a regular computer, i.e. it imitates working with a real “entire” server), install any software on it (web server, email or plus any bundles and any protection at your request and skill) and any number of sites, databases, FTP accounts, etc...
Tariffs for virtual servers provide for the allocation of one or more IP addresses, which allows you to distance yourself from the negativity created by unwitting IP neighbors that will occur on regular hosting.
Starting rates for VPS/VDS (with a small dedicated resource) are often comparable or even lower than those for regular hosting.

Disadvantages inherent in VPS/VDS

Often, on the lowest rates of virtual servers, your sites will move slower than on shared hosting. Alas and ah. This unpleasantly struck me about five years ago and forced me to sit on the “collective farm” for another year, periodically causing the hoster’s dissatisfaction with the high load. Here you can’t get into your neighbors’ area, and the resources allocated at minimum tariffs are sometimes not enough for everything to “fly.”
Tariffs for a virtual dedicated server for medium-load and powerful projects are often close to the tariffs for real dedicated servers and are quite expensive. Therefore, it may be advisable to spend money on optimizing the site’s load on the server (at least) so as not to pay too much.
For example, I have a tariff for 800 rubles per month (subject to payment for the year) on Infobox. What to say? I usually have enough of it (if the “radishes” don’t indulge) for my eyes (no more than 20% of my sites eat away from the allocated resource, but it’s better to have a reserve). And this is with a good visitor. And all thanks to the free HyperCache (see previous link).
The hoster only provides you with a container (virtual machine), and the filling and its performance are your concern. Can you handle it? It's okay if you don't. I'm also a noob in server administration (I'm afraid of it like hell!).
Just pay those who are “in the know” (in this regard, I prefer hosting technical support, because it’s scary to trust a freelancer with a site) and after an hour or two you get a working site(s) with all the settings, links, logins and passwords necessary for its administration ( ala virtual hosting in simplicity).
Again, all problems with the site on your VPS/VDS are your problems. If the host machine is in order, then you will tinker with the software yourself if something happens, or pay the person who set it all up for you. Personally, I usually do this - I contact technical support, say that I’m ready to pay and describe the problem. They refuse, give links to a description of what needs to be done (in Linux via the command line - HORROR!!!), but then they do everything, and in ninety percent of cases, for free. Infobox still rules in this regard. But maybe somewhere even better, where we are not...
The country where the VPS/VDS is physically located may again be different from where your main audience lives. You need to find out or check during the free testing period (almost everyone has one). The reasons for placing server capacity in other countries with Russian providers usually come down to economics. For example, Infobox used to have servers (I don’t know how it is now) not only in St. Petersburg data centers, but also in European ones. But when ordering a virtual server, you could choose your preferred country, which is what I did.

What to look for when choosing a virtual dedicated server for hosting

Resources allocated to you - amount of RAM, hard drive space, equivalent processor power, number of allocated IPs, etc. You can choose by testing the tariffs, for example, during the free trial period and understanding how much power you have (preferably with a reserve). Naturally, you will have to pay more for more resources, but you probably won’t like slowdowns or an overloaded and constantly freezing server either.
Price is a very important indicator for many, but it must be considered in conjunction with quality. My hoster has average (even closer to low) prices, but the quality (for the last couple of years for sure) of VPS/VDS services is excellent. I can’t speak for others, you need to read the reviews. But this is also a double-edged sword (I give an example below when problems can be temporary and no longer appear in reality).
Virtualization system - I don’t know exactly which ones exist and which ones are better, but you can google the topic. This usually affects the speed and stability of sites, as well as the influence of neighboring containers on the same host machine on each other.
There was a time in Infobox when there were problems with this (or with the technical park) and I even decided to move. I thought, thought, delayed, thought some more and waited until everything was OK. Moreover, for the last couple of years there have been no questions for them at all (there were, but this will work for any server of any power if you try). No, well done guys - they changed something radically and the troubles went away. It's good that I didn't move.
Reviews - I already talked about this in the second paragraph, but it’s still important. At the very least, it is important to understand that you will not find a single hoster with only “wow” reviews. This may be the case with young market players who have not yet begun to be “pecked” by competitors. And you yourself know the positive reviews where they are ordered and how much they cost (if you don’t know, Google them and you’ll find out). In general, both sides have spammed everything all around and you can’t figure out whether there is at least some percentage of real reviews there or all of them are complete.
Technical support - I placed it at the end, because on a VPS/VDS you are your own technical support, unless, of course, something global has happened (virtual container - the host machine is frozen or channel equipment).
Although I’m still primarily tormented by technical support, and if they don’t fix my server themselves (now it’s even possible to call Infobox that I’m actively exploiting), then they definitely advise something (so that I finally fall behind, when The site hangs, I become simply unbearable and stubborn to the point of stupor).

Dedicated server, cloud hosting and colocation

In principle, there is nothing special to say here. Real dedicated server It differs from virtual only in that there is no virtualization here - all the resources of the hardware are yours. All settings and control of the software are also your concern. But nothing new has been added here compared to VPS/VDS. It is clear that the price tag will start with large sums, because there is no point in keeping very weak computers in the data center, because they still take up space and the idea will not pay off.

Colacation- this is almost the same thing, only the server is yours (family and friends), but it is located in the hoster’s data center for the reason that it needs round-the-clock Internet access, power from the network, acceptable hosting conditions and fire safety supervision. The main advantage is that you only pay for hosting and are confident in the capabilities of your hardware.

Cloud hosting. The thing is mysterious, but it has one important feature - very wide scaling frames (often this can be done on the fly). You can get a resource for use that you won’t get on any physical server. In addition, payment is often made only for the resource actually used, which allows for significant savings.

There is also a minus - this is, as a rule, a high price (for example, compared to regular hosting or VPS/VDS) and some “unusuality” or something. What kind of cloud is this? From the outside it looks as one super-powerful (unlimited resource) server, on which you can cut a VPS/VDS of any size with absolutely any ratio of memory, processor power, space for files, etc.

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To each according to his needs

To choose the best web hosting option, you need to know the requirements of your project. To do this, it is worth answering a number of questions.

▍What type of website are you planning to create?

This could be, for example, a WordPress site for publishing content, Ghost for blogging, or a static HTML site. They all have different hosting requirements.

Examples of websites: static (HTML), web applications, content management system.

▍What are the technical requirements of the site?

Once you have decided on the type of site, you need to make a list of technical requirements, including programming languages and database types.

▍What level of security is required?

While any site needs at least a minimum level of security, some types of sites require enhanced protection. For example, they may process bank card data or store personal data of users.

▍Is email hosting required?

You may be using email addresses associated with your site's domain name, such as [email protected]. In this case, you can use the email service of your hosting provider, if it offers it, or turn to the services of another company.

▍How many websites are you planning to create?

If there are several of them, is it possible to assign each a subdomain like myothersite.mydomain.ru, or is a top-level domain like myothersite.ru required? Do these sites have additional requirements, such as do they require databases?

▍How much data is expected to be stored and maintained?

The capacity of your virtual server is not only a matter of traffic, but also the size/number of files. The larger the files, the greater the storage capacity and network bandwidth required. For example, if a site stores high-quality images or videos, then its requirements are high.

▍What initial traffic is expected?

Hosting services are usually segmented by traffic. In fact, most new sites have little traffic. But if it grows, you need to be sure that the virtual server can handle it.

▍What kind of traffic is expected in the future?

Do you expect significant traffic growth in the future? If so, you need to plan ahead to increase capacity and throughput.

▍What is your budget for hosting?

If it is very limited, then some bells and whistles will have to be abandoned. Conversely, flexible financing can benefit from additional features and functions.

Essentially, a standalone e-commerce system is just another type of content management system. The difference is that the user interface and security features are optimized for creating an online store type site. The technical requirements are the same as for a regular CMS. Most systems require PHP and MySQL.

Popular standalone e-commerce systems include Magento, Prestashop, Opencart, Shopify, ZenCart.

If you use plugins or extensions, you need to make sure that the content management system is supported by your hosting provider, and look at what requirements this plugin or extension makes.
Whether you're running a standalone e-commerce site or a plugin-based site, in most cases your hosting provider should include additional security measures such as SSL certificates.

▍Ghost

somewhat different from the above systems. On the backend, it uses JavaScript-based Node.js. The best options for Ghost are hosting your site with a self-managed Ghost(Pro) service, or hosting and managing it with a service like the Digital Ocean droplet.

The first option is best if you have limited experience with the command line and server management, while the second can be considered if you already know how to manage your own servers or want to learn how to do so.

▍Safety

You will likely need your own security measures, such as using security plugins in your content management system. But it is also important that the hosting provider uses strong security tools and features on its end.

You need to know what security measures the hosting provider takes to protect its servers.

Pay attention to firewalls, malware detection tools, whether servers are monitored for unusual activity, etc.

SSL certificates are needed in almost all cases when deploying an e-commerce site. You need to make sure that you can get an SSL certificate with the hosting package you buy.

Some providers offer an IP Deny tool. It allows you to block access to your site from specific IPs. This is a very convenient tool against hackers and spammers.

▍Backup

Sometimes, even with the best precautions and protections, your site may suffer from hackers or other unpredictable events. That is why it is important to choose a hosting that provides regular backups, which will allow you to restore your site.

You need to make sure not only of the fact of backup, but also find out with what regularity it is performed. Ideally - once a day.

▍Email

If you want your hosting provider to handle email addresses, you'll need to first check that email support is included in their hosting plan. If this is the case, then you need to find out how many email accounts you can have and whether this is enough for what you need. Most hosting providers include email in their plan and usually no account restrictions, but this is not always the case. Alternatively, you can use a third-party service such as Gmail.

▍Storage capacity and network bandwidth

Naturally, these requirements depend on the amount of data stored and the expected traffic. A text site usually does not have problems with the amount of data. Another thing is photos and videos.

For example, you have a gallery of 10 images, 200 KB each, with a total volume of 2 MB. If 100 people view this gallery, then 200 MB are transferred over the network. If there are 1000 people, then 2 GB. Generally speaking, most sites will work just fine with the bandwidth of a typical hosting service. However, if you have a particularly large amount of data and you know there will be a lot of traffic, then you need to figure out exactly how much bandwidth you have been allocated, whether you will exceed it, and how to switch to a different plan if traffic and volume increases data without website downtime.

▍Additional domains

Your hosting provider gives you an IP address like 173.194.68.102, but remembering such addresses is difficult, so domain names are used. How many websites are you going to host with the provider? In many cases, the entry-level package involves creating a single website that receives a domain name. But most hosting providers allow unlimited use of subdomains like mysubsite.mydomain.com. If this option does not suit you to create several sites, and you need top-level domains, then you will need an appropriate tariff plan.

▍Databases

If you're building multiple sites, you'll likely also need multiple databases. As with domains, entry-level plans typically only allow one database. Make sure your plan has enough databases, but you can upgrade to a different plan later if needed. As we said earlier, the most common type of database used by CMS and e-commerce sites is MySQL. However, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL or SQlite may also be required. Decide on the type of database you need and make sure that your hosting provider supports it.

▍Managed hosting

We are talking about types of hosting, so we won’t dwell on them in detail. Let us only note that when you manage a WordPress site or e-commerce site yourself, you are responsible for installing the site and updating it, protecting the site from hackers and malware, creating backups, blocking spam and attacks, creating a CDN (Content Delivery Network), if it is used, as well as for registering users and protecting their personal data, processing and protecting bank card data, etc.

Types of hosting: shared hosting, dedicated, virtual server, cloud and managed hosting.

Managed hosting is usually offered for a specific type of website (WordPress, Ghost, etc.). In this case, most of the listed tasks are performed by the provider. This offer is especially valuable in the case of processing personal and financial data. He is also responsible for optimizing the speed and performance of VPS. However, such hosting is more expensive and usually allows for the creation of fewer sites.

In addition to the above, we note some other points that are worth paying attention to when choosing a hosting provider:

Reasonable price. This seems obvious, but it's a good idea to compare offers and see what exactly the hosting provider includes in their packages.
User-friendly, such as cPanel or ISPmanager, for which there are numerous online guides and blogs.
If a team of employees works on your virtual server and you need several simultaneous connections to VDS (more than two), then you can use RDS CAL license rental.
Competent and responsive support 24*7. It’s good if there are different ways of contact - phone, mail, website, etc.
Reliable and uninterrupted operation of servers. Usually a reliability level of 99.5% is sufficient, but sometimes 99.9% is required. A guarantee is preferable to just words. You can track your site's performance using the Uptime Robot or Pingdom tool.
The payment mechanism should be flexible and comfortable for you, for example, it could be an annual subscription or monthly payments.
For e-commerce sites – SSH access and SSL certificates.
Opportunities for growth. Is it possible to upgrade a VPS or dedicated server? Is it possible to change the type of hosting without transferring the entire site?

VDS/VPS services have become widespread and are in demand among those website owners who no longer have enough virtual hosting capabilities and do not require a dedicated physical server. Along with its low cost and convenient management, VPS is attractive due to its simple scalability: computing resources, memory or storage capacity can be added without problems. VPS is often used by small companies to host websites, develop and test software, and deploy content management systems.

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Now we will try to figure it out: hosting - what it is and why it is used. If you are interested in this question, then you probably know the Internet.

Let's start with the definition

If we briefly try to answer the question “hosting - what is it”, then we can

to say that this is a service that sites need to ensure round-the-clock rotation on the World Wide Web.

We are talking about services for hosting a specific resource on - this is a software and hardware solution (a combination of a computer and a special system or program), the main task of which can be considered the processing and storage of information.

In addition, thanks to this solution, many other computers gain access to the data that fills the site. Based on the above, let's try to give another important definition: server hosting is a service for placing servers, as well as equipment, on a special site. We are talking about a set of measures to ensure stable operation of the server.

Website hosting

The next reasonable question is: “Website hosting - what is it, and how is it different from the previous solution?” Let's start with the main advantage. The popularity and demand for website hosting is much higher. The reason is that the latter solution is optimal for any resources located on the World Wide Web, and server hosting is reasonable only in the case of large sites.

There are varieties

These virtual parts have all the capabilities of regular hosting. Interestingly, virtual hosting located nearby can run different operating systems: Windows, Unix. Each private server has one or more dedicated IP addresses and is guaranteed

minimal resources, as well as quick reboot. As you can see, VPS differs significantly from traditional solutions. Stable operation and low cost of services are guaranteed here.

Who needs it?

Let's figure out who might need such a service and for what purposes. The need for a VPS arises if the client wants to manage the operation of the servers himself. Most often, this need arises among people who have a personal online store. VPS is also needed by those who want to use non-traditional software or non-standard configurations.

As for administrators whose sites require a huge amount of resources from the server, VPS is the best solution, since many hosters refuse to host such a resource. Before you become the owner of your own virtual hosting, you need to decide on a number of conditions. It is necessary that the owner has certain knowledge, including information regarding the operation of operating systems. You need to carefully study the information about the hosting you are going to purchase.

Remember, the range of functional services in various VPS solutions can seriously

differ. You need to find out how many dedicated IP addresses you will receive, whether you will be able to make updates, and whether boundaries will be set on individual server parameters.

Simply put, to use a new service, you need to have a certain set of knowledge. However, people who understand such nuances have already figured everything out and made the above decision.

Is it difficult to be a host?

Let's summarize. We have already answered the question: “Shared hosting - what is it?” We are talking about the place where the site is located in the Internet space. Services of this kind can be divided into several types: dedicated server, VDS, VPS, virtual hosting. Oddly enough, the main difference between the services of various companies here (as is often the case) is the price.

In order to make a decision in favor of a certain company, you need to intelligently study reviews about it. The lack of reviews most often indicates that the company is a newbie. On the other hand, the presence of only positive reviews is alarming and does not always indicate the quality of services. An important component is

24/7 support: it allows users to seek advice via telephone or email and resolve any issues that arise right away. The company must have high-quality modern equipment and provide a data recovery system.

The key to the company’s success is the presence of a personal data center, which is equipped with appropriate equipment and meets all quality standards. Let's look at the technical options that allow us to implement various hosting technologies.

Let's start with a solution that involves renting dedicated servers and hosting all services on them. This approach is typical because it does not require enormous costs.

A more complex solution involves moving the databases to a specially designated server, thereby facilitating the processing of content and mail. The most complex system can be called the separation of the main services into different separate physical servers, which do not interfere with each other during operation. Each of the above systems has its own advantages and disadvantages.

If everything is located on a single server, then this is convenient for administration and control, however, on the other hand, it is also a significant drawback. If the server suddenly starts receiving a lot of requests, an unpleasant incident may occur. The essence of the problem is that it will require a lot of system resources, and it may not be able to handle it.

We hope this material will help you understand this difficult topic.

Hi all. Yesterday I wrote an article about. Today we’ll talk about what website hosting is and why it is needed. For a beginner, this is very important information that needs to be learned in order to understand at least the basics of website building.

Hosting - what is it?

I'll start, as usual, with a definition. Or rather, I would like to give the floor to Wikipedia, because it is better than me at clearly explaining the term:

Hosting is a service for providing resources for placing information on a server that is constantly located on the network (usually the Internet).

Couldn't have said it better. In general, hosting is a company that provides you with the opportunity to get space and resources from them to host your websites. Any hosting has its own servers that work 24/7, only occasionally failing (what can you do, everything in this world is imperfect). In most cases, hosting services are paid, although there are also free offers on the RuNet, but they are very limited in capabilities and resources, so it is better not to take them for serious projects.

As a rule, the more resources and functionality you get, the more expensive the tariff. Average prices range from 100-5000 rubles. But as a novice webmaster, relatively cheap tariffs are suitable for you - 100-200 rubles each. In general, I paid 50 rubles for the first months

Main characteristics of hostings

The services of any hoster at least include the ability to host your websites (the more expensive the tariff, the more domains you are allowed to hold) on the server. One of the most important requirements is the versions of the software installed on the servers (as well as the software itself). Fortunately, all hosters understand this very well, so they take care to maintain everything in the correct condition.

Also, in most cases, the services include a mail server (the ability to create a mailbox on the server), database hosting (where all information from your sites is stored), as well as FTP access. These are just basic things that should be present in any case.

Other parameters to pay attention to:

Traffic restrictions. As a rule, with cheap plans it will not be possible to properly maintain a site with 15 thousand visitors.
Number of domains that can be attached. It also depends on the high cost of the tariff. The more expensive ones usually don’t have any restrictions at all.
Amount of disk space. The more space, the more files you can upload and store on the server.
Number of resources: RAM, processor. This affects the server's performance and ability to handle loads. Usually you will see these characteristics when purchasing a vds or dedicated server.
Server locations. It would be wise to choose as close as possible to where potential visitors to your sites live. That is, if the site is aimed at Russians, then the server should be in Russia (ideally, although not necessarily).

These are not all the parameters, you can find others in the article about, some more characteristics are given there.

Hosting Types

As I already said, hosting can be paid or free. Free is, so to speak, the lowest level, and is not suitable for serious work with Internet projects. Paid services are divided into the following types:

You can find a detailed review of one of the best providers. And my small rating includes 2 more very good providers.

So, now the question of what hosting is and for what purposes it is needed, I think, has disappeared for you. Well, or at least you won’t get confused when talking with other webmasters. See you

When a person decides to create his own website, business card page on the Internet or an independent blog, he inevitably encounters the concept of hosting.

In this article, we will look at what website hosting is, what types it can have, and how physical hosting differs from virtual hosting.

What is website hosting?Hosting translated into Russian means “hosting information.”

The cost of commercial hosting is determined by the range of services you are provided with, the amount of memory the website takes up, the size of the server's RAM, the number of domains and subdomains, and many other factors.

Shared hosting – what is it?

Shared hosting is one in which the website occupies only part of the server. It is quite suitable for resources of average popularity. But larger web sites are recommended to rent a dedicated server (physical server), entirely dedicated to one resource (one large site).

On a physical server there are no restrictions on the use of software, etc., as there are on a virtual server. All its resources will work to maintain one site.

And virtual hosting will divide its capabilities between all the sites that are hosted on it. At the same time, it sometimes happens that a site “fell”, that is, it became unavailable only because it is located on the same server with a site that suddenly underwent a DDoS attack. As a result, the entire server and all sites located on it crash, although the reason lies in one single site. Hosting specialists monitor this, and in such situations they usually find and disable a “bad” site until its creator resolves all issues related to exceeding the hosting load limit. At this time, the remaining sites located on this server continue their normal work after some break.