Shared Web Hosting

There are many different types of website hosting providers, and one type is known as shared web hosting. Shared web hosting, also known as virtual hosting, is the most common type of hosting service used. As the name implies, shared web hosting means that you are sharing one server (CPU time, memory, OS, applications, bandwidth, etc) with a number of clients of your web hosting company. The webhost manages the server to ensure uptime, upgrading hardware and software. The cost of shared hosting often depends on the number of clients being hosted on a server as the hosting company tries to maximize profits per server. You will have no control over the server but full control over your website through a control panel.

 

When looking for shared web hosting, you must examine the terms of service to check if there are any scripts or types of software that are not allowed by the host. Since all the resources are shared, it is important to ensure that no one user is hogging the pooled resources. Server software like Apache or IIS allows the administrators to localize any errors, or unusual CPU utilization, so as to not affect the other users, but there remains a possibility of a problem occurring and all the websites on a given server going down.