Shared-hosting, or virtual hosting – is the most popular and affordable type of hosting, where one physical server hosts many sites of different owners.
All users have the same resources: processor power (CPU), random access memory (RAM), disk space, speed to the Internet and IP-address. In fact, this type of hosting can be compared to a communal apartment and dormitory, where each client has its own room, but there are also shared rooms.
Who is suitable for hosting?
It’s a versatile virtual hosting for hosting Internet projects for any purpose: information resources, landing pages, online stores, blogs and web services.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Shared-hosting?
Virtual hosting has a sufficient number of advantages compared to other types of hosting due to its simplicity.
One of the important advantages of Shared-servers is the simplicity of use. Even a beginner can manage the panel. There is no need to monitor the hardware, install and regularly update the software – the provider’s engineers keep an eye on the work.
Another big advantage is the affordable price. Shared-hosting is considered to be the cheapest type of hosting since many people pay for one server at a time – expenses of hosting company are divided among all of them at once. In addition, we offer users the opportunity to pay by the hour.
All technical issues and problems are resolved by the provider. Our technical support is available 24 hours a day – you just need to write to the chat on the website or in the ticket. Technical problems caused by users are completely excluded. In case of hardware problems reserve equipment is quickly brought into operation, which reduces downtime.
However, virtual servers also have disadvantages:
Other users’ projects greatly affect the machine’s performance. If one site needs more resources, other sites on the host can be noticeably slower. In the morning your site may still open in a reasonable amount of time, but in the evening the performance of the site falls. In addition, the slower your site is, the lower it will fail in search results.
You can not install your own necessary software. The provider provides a ready-made standard set of features, which can be expanded with a few additional tools, but no more than that.
Shared-hosting resources are limited, so if your site is to grow, you will need to move to a more powerful type of hosting. About the resources can be separately allocated the fact that all the resources are divided among all the sites located on it. That is, when actively using, for example, databases, then the other site will receive less share of the function.