| If you are new to the online world, you may have | | | | any problems. If the server does become |
| heard the term web hosting but don't really | | | | overloaded, this is when you will experience a slower |
| understand what the meaning of it is. When you are | | | | response from the server. |
| visiting a website, each page of that website that | | | | Dedicated hosting consists of one server that is |
| you visit is actually a file that someone has created | | | | setup to be used by only one customer. The |
| that you have just downloaded in your browser. A | | | | customer usually has the option to host other sites |
| website is usually made up of many pages, if not | | | | from this server and modify the software |
| hundreds or thousands of different pages. Each of | | | | configuration. Using a dedicated server has the |
| these pages is made up of texts and images that | | | | benefit of handling heavy loads of traffic and |
| the web browser can read to allow you to view | | | | bandwidth. |
| them. All of these pages which are also called files | | | | Co-location hosting consists of the customer owning |
| are located on a computer called a web server that | | | | their own web server hardware but has it housed |
| allows online users to access them. | | | | with the web hosting provider's secure data center. |
| When someone is planning on creating a website, | | | | By using this method, the customer will have full |
| they will need to find a web server that will allow | | | | control over the server and benefit from the 24/7 |
| them to store there files for their website. | | | | web server monitoring and maintenance that the |
| Companies that provide web servers to host | | | | secure data center provides. |
| websites are called web hosting providers. When | | | | Reseller hosting consists of the web hosting provider |
| looking for a website hosting provider, they will | | | | offering server storage to a third party at a |
| provide different types of web hosting services. The | | | | discounted rate. The customer then resells storage |
| main types of web hosts can be organized as: shared | | | | on the web server to their own customers. You will |
| hosting, dedicated hosting, co-location hosting and | | | | find that many of the smaller website hosting |
| reseller hosting. | | | | providers is actually reselling web server space from |
| Shared hosting consists of many different websites | | | | another provider. |
| sharing the same space on the same server. | | | | When looking for a website hosting company, don't |
| Depending on the web host, a web server can host | | | | always go with something that is very cheap. You |
| a few hundred websites up to the thousands. Web | | | | want to make sure that you are going to get good |
| servers are normally equipped with high performance | | | | quality service, even if it means paying a little more |
| computers and can support many websites without | | | | each month. |