- Free Web Hosting: These are great for small
websites, but normally you have to have a banner ad at the top of
every page. Hosting for small websites can be very cheap.
- Shared Hosting: With paid shared (virtual)
hosting you pay a monthly fee and get a share on a server. For very
low cost plans you may only have a small amount of disk space and a
low amount of bandwidth . This gives you better reliability.
- Dedicated Hosting: With dedicated hosting you
have a full server dedicated to your website. This gives you a lot
more freedom and you can host potentially hundreds of your own
websites.
- Colocated Hosting: This is very similar to
dedicated hosting, except that you own the server rather than rent
it. Your server is placed in the datacenter and connected to the
Internet through the web hosting providers fast Internet connection.
Outsourcing Web Hosting
Outsourcing has gained popularity over the last few years as companies
around the globe have turned to outside experts to deploy sound
technology strategies. A growing percentage of companies are turning to
outsourced Web hosting solutions to ensure that their Web site is
secure, reliable and scalable.
Outsourcing web hosting allows you to concentrate on your core
competencies and have someone else focus on what they do best - web
hosting. When you outsource, you entrust your web site to a company with
greater experience in web hosting.
Why Outsource ?
- Cost: The cost of implementing the necessary
steps required to host a web site is probably the biggest reason why
62% of companies outsource this activity. A web server is merely the
first of many purchases and ongoing expenditures required for
hosting a web site.
- Reliability: A web hosting company must have
many redundant systems to stay in business. Redundancies in people,
in addition to the redundancies in technology, enhance the
reliability of your system.
- Support: A 24 hour support system is essential
for any company in order to provide customers an opportunity to
discuss their problems with technical staff at any moment of time.