What is the Web Hosting ?

What is Web Hosting?

Here are some important definitions to help understand the web hosting process:

Website: A collection of programs and files that are displayed on pages stored on a computer connected to the Internet, and can be browsed by any user of the Internet anywhere.

Hosting: It is a set of servers connected to each other and containing the contents of the site that other computers can access it through the Internet, to clarify the matter more, thought of hosting as a person owns a property and put it for rent, after the owner of this property, It is offered to any person who wishes to obtain a place to rent who cannot build or buy their own property ... Thus, they get a place to stay for a certain amount. They can reside in the property and change and furnishing it commensurate with their tastes and needs, Owner's responsibility. The same is true of web hosting, where hosting companies rent a certain space on their servers to different sites and each site has its own form and size while the responsibility of maintaining the server is the responsibility of the hosting company.

What types of web hosting?

There are different types of web hosting "web hosting":

> Free Hosting

> Virtual Private Server (VPS)

> Servers - Dedicated Server

> Shared Hosting

> Cloud Hosting 

> Reseller - Reseller

While all types of server hosting servers will serve as a storage center for your website, they differ in terms of:

> storage capacity

> Control condition is defined as technical reliability

> Security

> Speed of service

> Free Hosting

 It is a service provided by some of the large sites so that customers can know about the benefits of paid hosting and you advertise them, giving you enjoy the characteristics of paid hosting, but limits.

 It is considered a drawback:

> The annoying ads that put them in the sites of their customers.

> Provide very limited space ranging from 5 - 20 GB while paid hosting offer 100 GB.

> Insufficient protection of location data

> Hosting provides e-mail, but used in the transmission and reception in a very limited,

> Use only a limited number of extensions from 3 to 6 domains.

> Sites that are based on free hosting are usually not compatible with search engines

> Visitors can find it difficult to access only by entering the specified link.

> However, free hosting is usually suitable for personal sites when a person does not need much space to operate the site.

Shared Hosting

Your web site is placed on the same server with many other sites of between 100 and 1000 sites. These sites usually share server services, such as memory, CPU.

This type is the cheapest and cheapest of all other online extensions, ideal for personal or small sites with little traffic.

Among its disadvantages:

The limited ability to deal with the high number of visits to the site and your site can be affected by the sites shared with him on the same server, so before you choose the appropriate type of hosting, comparison between different types and knowledge of the space provided against the price Bandwidth, which expresses the scale Maximum data that can be transferred by hosting your account at a certain time, usually measured in seconds.

Servers - Dedicated Servers

Provides maximum control over the site's own web server, renting the entire server, which is the only website stored on the server.

 It is unique to customers who need sophisticated and sophisticated services, enabling them to create more applications such as databases, video files, audio and video files.

  Providing high-speed email services and features with high-speed connectivity, data security, advanced equipment, high frequency, memory and space with faster processing speed than shared hosting or VPS virtual server.

  Very suitable for a website with high daily traffic, and for those who crave maximum control with high performance for their dedicated server.

Virtual Private Server (VPS)

This type of server is the middle between the site hosting and the shared hosting of the site and splits the primary virtual server into many virtual servers, so each website has its own server but actually shares the server with a few other users.

Users of this type can easily access their virtual space. Security, provides a large amount of memory and space for users, ideal for users who want to control their server, unwilling to invest in the dedicated server, and ideal for people who manage websites with a number of Average visits per day.

Cloud Hosting

This type of extension provides users with unlimited ability to handle high site traffic.

The way it works:

Cloud servers work together to host a host of websites, allowing multiple groups of computers to work together to handle high levels of site traffic.

Large numbers of cloud hosting do not provide access to the root of the server, which is the administrative user who can access and modify all the files on your server, you can also use them to install and uninstall programs on your server, but it is high cost.

Distributor Reseller

Works as a distributor or intermediary between the server and the hosting user, whether for a company or individuals, it is a service to the hosting agents.

Allows a person to offer free hosting or hosted hosting to others via a special control panel.

The main distributor who has space on the server has the characteristic of it is the ability to distribute another distributor to others.

Among its disadvantages:

Limited powers in the distribution of hosting space to him or to others while unable to access the server.

In the end, you have to choose the type of hosting suitable for your site based on the features and services provided by your site and the advantages and disadvantages of each type of hosting.