Web Hosting and it's types


* Web Hosting

Web hosting is a service that allows organizations and individuals to post a website or web page onto the Internet. A web host, or web hosting service provider, is a business that provides the technologies and services needed for the website or webpage to be viewed in the Internet. Websites are hosted, or stored, on special computers called servers.
When Internet users want to view your website, all they need to do is type your website address or domain into their browser. Their computer will then connect to your server and your webpages will be delivered to them through the browser.
Most hosting companies require that you own your domain in order to host with them. If you do not have a domain, the hosting companies will help you purchase one.
If you decide to create and host your website with Website.com, you can get a custom domain, email addresses, and web hosting all bundled into one subscription.



* Types of Web Hosting

Some of the basic types of Web Hosting are:-

 1. Shared Web Hosting
Shared hosting means just that. Your website is hosted on a server shared by other websites. The advantage of this setup is the shared cost.
The biggest disadvantage of a shared hosting account is that you're at the mercy of the other sites on your server. A really popular site may adversely affect the performance of your own site. On the other hand, if you're the most popular site on the server, you get to use a super server for a very low price.
Bluehost is a very popular shared web hosting option.
Price Range: $5 - $20/month.
2. Reseller Web Hosting
Reseller hosting packages is basically a shared hosting account with extra tools to help you resell hosting space.
Reseller packages come with greater technical control (often via the Web Host Manager (WHM) control panel), billing software to help you invoice clients and other extra perks.
Some of those perks include:
- free website templates
- white label technical support -- that means the hosting company handles your clients' tech support issues
- private name servers -- branding the domain name.
Price range: Reseller packages range from $15 - $50, depending on features and resource limits.

 3. Cloud Based Web Hosting
Cloud Based Web Hosting refers to a fairly new hosting technology that lets hundreds of individual servers work together so that it looks like one giant server. The idea is that as the need grows, the hosting company can just add more commodity hardware to make an ever larger grid or cloud.
The advantage of cloud-based web hosting is that if you get an unusually large amount of website traffic the web hosting plan can accommodate the surge of traffic - rather than shutting your website down.​
Price Range: All grid computing packages use some form of pay-for-what-you-use pricing structure.

 4. Virtual Private Server (VPS)
Virtual private servers share one physical server but acts like multiple, separate servers. A VPS is a stepping stone between shared hosting and getting your own dedicated machine. Even though each VPS instance shares hardware resources, they are allocated a dedicated slice of the computing resources.
A VPS avoids the problem of having your hosting neighbors bring down your website, while avoiding the cost of a dedicated server.
Price Range: Most VPS hosting packages cost between $50 and $200. Pricing is based on the guaranteed CPU and memory (RAM) you get.

 5. Dedicated Web Server
When you have a dedicated server, it means you are renting one physical server from a hosting company. You can have full control (called "root" permissions in Linux) if you want it.
With a dedicated server, you don't have to worry about other websites on a shared server taking up your resources and slowing your website down.
Pricing: Dedicated servers are priced from $100 and up.

 6. Colocation Web Hosting
When you colocate, you rent rack space from a data center. You bring in your own server hardware and they provide power, cooling, physical security, and an internet uplink. This means you're responsible for your own server software, data storage, backup procedures, etc. If hardware fails, you're responsible for replacing it and getting the server back up and running.

 7. Self Service Web Hosting
The ultimate hosting plan -- you do it all yourself! You buy the servers, install and configure the software, make sure there is sufficient cooling and power in your machine room, and double up everything for redundancy. Some of the things you'll have to take care of are:
- data center space
- cooling
- power (with backup)
- bandwidth
- server hardware
- systems administrator
- data integrity and backup, etc.

 8. Managed WordPress Hosting
Managed WordPress hosting is a concierge service where all technical aspects of running WordPress is managed by the host.
This includes security, speed, WordPress updates, daily backups, website uptime, and scalability.
The idea behind managed WordPress hosting is to offer a completely hassle-free experience, so you can focus on running your business and doing what you are good at.
One of the best parts about Managed WordPress hosting is the premium support. Your support is provided by real WordPress experts with lots of experience rather than someone who is reading a support manual.


* Some sites which provide free Web Hosting:
 Some of them are:
 - bluehost
 - SiteBuilder
 - iPage
 - HostGator
 - eHost.com
 - websiteBuilder.com
 - justhost
 - ideahost
 - HostClear
 - FatCow

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