If you are taking your first steps in the digital world and want to create a website for your company or a project, the first thing you should do is hire a web hosting service.
Surely one of the first questions you ask yourself is: How do I upload my website to the Internet? o What is Web hosting (web hosting).
It is likely that you are not very clear about what it is about or what you should really do. Don’t worry, here we will tell you briefly and clearly.
Explanation…
Simply explained, web hosting is like the commercial premises or office that you will rent for your company or business within a shopping center, only in this case it is a virtual space on the internet.
This place, web hosting, offers a series of services that allow your company to function correctly and provide an excellent user experience to your customers. That is, elements necessary to have a professional image and offer the best customer service.
The Web Hosting service provides you with many functionalities so that you have everything you need to have a presence on the Internet, such as, for example, personalized email accounts with your domain (e.g. [email protected]), automatic software installers, Certificate of SSL security, information backups, control panel to manage your account and much more.
To achieve this, web hosting acts as a digital filing cabinet; storing all the content that you will upload to the Internet so that your website works and can be visited on your domain (name on the Internet), that is, at the digital address of your company. Finally, web servers, which are powerful computers, must be permanently connected to the Internet to guarantee their operation and that the public can access them (24/7) at all times, from anywhere in the world and without problems.
What are the types of web hosting?
Web hosting providers usually offer different Web Hosting services, designed to meet the demands of each type of company or business, from the largest to the smallest. Below, we tell you some of the options you have at your disposal:
Shared Hosting
It is the most requested type of web hosting and the one most offered by companies in the industry.
The best way to understand this service is to imagine the operation of a shopping center, where all the stores live within the same structure, sharing services and resources.
Shared hosting is called that because many users share the same web server, host their websites and information and share the resources of the same web server such as disk space, bandwidth, RAM and CPU of the server, to mention some.
Main Advantage: this type of hosting is ideal for companies or businesses that are just starting out and can later scale to a more powerful hosting service. It is also the most accessible service to get started in the digital world.
Virtual Private Server (VPS)
This type of web hosting differs from the previous one by hosting the different hosting accounts separately, in virtual spaces independent of each other, even though they are physically hosted on the same server. A VPS would be that location in the shopping center that is a little far away and that uses services independent of the rest.
In this way, it is guaranteed that the consumption and transfer resources, as well as the space allocated in the RAM and CPU memory of the respective server, are exclusive for your company.
Main Advantage: provides greater security than shared hosting in terms of resource use. It is an excellent alternative when your company begins to grow and needs more processing power.
Dedicated server
In this type of hosting, a single server is allocated to each client. This is your independent shopping center. It is a useful service for websites with a high volume of simultaneous visits or services, for example, high-volume database management.
Main Advantage: this type of hosting guarantees access and use of all server resources, both in memory and bandwidth power.
Elastic Hosting
This service combines the advantages of a VPS and shared hosting. It becomes more economical by physically sharing the server and guaranteeing access to resources without limitation. Why is it called elastic? Because the server requirements will grow as your requirements request it.
Cloud hosting
This is a special type of web hosting where the content is hosted on interconnected servers and where your information is securely backed up. Ensures no downtime on high-demand websites by distributing traffic across multiple servers that respond immediately. It is the option you need when your company has grown successfully.
In conclusion
Remember that you can always count on the technical support staff of the web hosting company. They will help you not only with technical assistance but also with advice, for example, what plan and type of hosting will adapt to your project.