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What is web hosting service?
A web hosting service is a service provided by web hosting companies that allows individuals as well as organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosting companies are those providing web spaces on a server they own or lease for use by their clients. They also provide uninterrupted Internet connectivity through a data center.
There is a wide scope with web hosting service. Basically web page and email hosting, where you can upload download your web pages via FTP interface. You receive FTP details from your hosting provider. As you may get free hosting for your personal website but you need to buy hosting plan for your business. Free web hosting service provider never offer full support and they do not take any responsibility of your data.
If you need to install CMS [Content Management System], Forum, or e-commerce applications on your website then you will have to go database supporting web script languages like php, asp, jsp, ruby on rails and so on
You will get a complete user friendly Control Panel interface to manage your whole website with email account management.
Hosting reliability and uptime
The uptime word you have heard many time but many of people do not know the exact meaning of it. It refers to the percentage of time that host is accessible via the internet. Many of the service provider claims 99.9% of uptime. In most cases it is no possible to maintain the uptime due to natural calamity, server maintenance, virus infection in windows server etc
Many providers like Syscom assure for 99.9% uptime and accessibility into their own service level agreement (SLA). SLAs might include refunds or reduced costs if performance goals are not met.
