| With the advent of time, several type of web | | | | can get a good possibility to host his/her |
| hosting emerged in the market which can | | | | site on an influential, well administrated |
| broadly be divided into various categories as | | | | server at a cheap per month cost. |
| under. | | | | |
| | | | Shared hosting is quite popular among the |
| One can get hosting service both Paid and | | | | webmasters who are beginners, because of |
| Free; Linux/Unix-based and Windows-based | | | | providing reliable web service to that user |
| (other which are inferior in terms of | | | | also who do not have unique technical skills. |
| popularity); shared, dedicated and VPS. | | | | |
| However each of this type of hosting has its | | | | As now one must have understood what is the |
| own merits and demerits. | | | | shared hosting, we can come to merits and |
| | | | demerits of shared hosting: |
| But the main objective of this article is to | | | | |
| explain user about the prevailing merits and | | | | Features in favor: |
| demerits of shared hosting. | | | | |
| | | | A. Low cost |
| However, before that user should understand | | | | |
| what is the term "shared hosting". | | | | B. Fine server administrationc. Multiply |
| | | | e-mail, MySQL, PHP support |
| Shared hosting is type of hosting in which a | | | | |
| host provides space to a user on his/her | | | | Users don't having special knowledge in web |
| server which he/she has to share with other | | | | site and server administration can also |
| customer's web sites. Same software and | | | | conclude it very well. |
| operating system is applied by all web sites. | | | | |
| With this type hosting however a user can | | | | Features in against: |
| have more advantages as compare to free web | | | | |
| hosting. | | | | A. Low security level |
| | | | |
| One can again divide Shared web hosting into | | | | B. Resource limitation - same memory, CPU and |
| two categories: | | | | Hard Drive is used by everyone. The user is |
| | | | compelled to use only that software which is |
| Free Shared Hosting: | | | | provided with his/her particular hosting |
| | | | company, and likewise one cannot install his |
| It is considered an ideal choice for a person | | | | her own server. |
| trying some new concepts and who is not | | | | |
| interested in paying money for paid hosting. | | | | Other restrictions can be due to security |
| This type of web site hosting provides the | | | | policies of the company. |
| user with everything which is required for | | | | |
| boosting his/her site. However, one cannot | | | | The best part of shared hosting is that one |
| avail excellent facilities for his/her site. | | | | doesn't need to worry about possible server |
| Site will receive restricted amount of | | | | problems as for this hosting company's |
| Bandwidth and Disk Space. Such type of | | | | support service is available to sort all |
| hosting will not guarantee user with MySQL, | | | | problems. Thus, while selecting a shared |
| PHP support. Web statistics will also be of | | | | hosting one should carefully examine the |
| worst condition. | | | | company support's quality, the better the |
| | | | quality of support - the better would be the |
| Paid Shared Hosting: | | | | conditions for site. |
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| This will provide all the essential features | | | | Also with shared hosting one can place |
| which free shared hosting seldom to provide, | | | | several sites in the neighboring parts of the |
| these include e-mail, MySQL, and PHP support. | | | | server. |
| One can use it if he/she wants to host small | | | | |
| business web site, intermediary or large | | | | So, finally after knowing all the pros and |
| professional site but don't requires the | | | | cons it is on the user to decide the one |
| entire server's space. Via shared hosting one | | | | which is most suitable as per his/her needs. |