To make your website accessible by others through the internet, you need an online place on a web server to store files, images, videos, and HTML code that make up your website. A web hosting provider is renting space on a web server to house your website, and provides the technologies needed to access your website as soon as someone types your Damian name in a browser. Depending on your website needs, server’s resources (RAM, hard drive space, and bandwidth) and type of web hosting can be chosen accordingly. Having access to the right allocation of resources for your website will result in a fast and reliable website. The main types of web hosting includes:

As the name implies, in this scheme server resources are shared between all the hosted websites. The server is preconfigured with basic features and there is no flexibility in terms of software and updates. The main advantages of using shared hosting are affordability and easy to use. Thus, it is the most common type of web hosting for launching small websites. One of the biggest disadvantages of shared hosting is vulnerability of information to security issues. If the server or any website on the server gets hacked, then every website on the server is under potential threat. In addition, sharing server resources with other websites slows down your website if other websites on the server have a high traffic. Therefore, using secure and high-performance servers is essential for setting up a fast and reliable website.

Also known as a Virtual Private Server (VPS), is a type of hosting data and web applications in the internet in which server resources are divided into independent virtual servers using VMware software for example. Each virtual server can be managed independently using the desired operating system. As a result, VPS profits from a high level of security. The users are granted root access to their own virtual space, and they have the possibility to install software.

In this case, the client leases an entire server and gains full control over resources and components (CPU, RAM, storage, network access, etc.). The dedicated hosting is the best option for large businesses as it delivers high performance, reliability and security.

unlike other web hosting types, where you get a certain amount of space from a single server, with cloud hosting your website can use resources from multiple different servers to balance load during periods of peak traffic, and maximize uptime and availability. With cloud hosting, you will be charged for resources consumed rather than a fixed flat fee. However, data security and privacy can be a concern due to the lack of centralization on where the data is located.