Fundamental of Web Hosting
Ξ August 11th, 2008 | → | ∇ Technology |
To a lay person the second question that comes to the mind is - ‘what is web hosting?’ The first question obviously is – ‘what will be my benefits?’ If you are a businessman, before anything else or any steps the first question to rise in your mind is about your profits. To have your online presence you need to put up server and client technology. The first thing to setup is your own unique domain name. After that you need a web space where visitors all over the net would come and visit you. Setting up a private server and maintaining it is too expensive. For that you need help from third party managed hosting and grid hosting solution providers.
The services provided by these third party hosting solutions are dedicated hosting service, virtual private server and collocation facilities. Dedicated hosting service is also called managed hosting service. Here, the hosting service provider is managing the hosting service for you to use. The hosting service has to go through a rigorous process. It has to manage the server, ensure that it runs smoothly along with all the applications. If the service is down then the website or web address on which you are showcasing your profile to the virtual world would also be unavailable.
Virtual hosting is where a single physical server runs multiple virtual servers. Out of the three collocation facilities are the most expensive as the user or client here has to configure and run his own system administration. The hosting source provides internet connection, climate control and uninterruptible power. Moreover, if the client wishes they also provide application hosting.