subject: The Basics Of Web Hosting [print this page] Once you have the design of your website (web pages, portals, etc..), So your site can be viewed and accessible on the Internet, host your files require a computer connected to the global network and it is fitted with configuration of software packages required to act as a Web server. Additionally, it is essential that the computer accessing the network via communication links and high speed to handle the volume of simultaneous visitors you receive.
These and other benefits represent the set of services called Web Hosting. When you choose hosting service essentially you are paying for the rental of a given space on the hard disk of a Web server, as well as the services needed for such a server is available and accessible on the network. Although finding the best web hosting providers can be hard!
Web servers are typically offered with any of the Linux or Windows. The advantage of Linux servers is in the handling of security issues that permit. Currently 65% of web servers are based on Linux and 15% are based on Windows while 20% are various smaller systems. Standard for Internet applications run well on Linux, limited only in cases in which languages ??are used and / or own database in which case Microsoft Windows servers are used.
To use private email (not free) at your own domain name (eg firstname.lastname @ yourdomain.com) is essential to hire a hosting service. Doing so will provide DNS addresses (Domain Name Servers) to which you would point your domain name for emails can be set. Once you hire a hosting service have access to an online control panel through which you can configure your emails easily. After created to assignment to their computers and / or mobile devices to send and receive emails to / from them.
If you're wondering about the prices associated with hosting are very cheap. Today you can pay an annual hosting plan to handle the emails and the website of a small company (up to 5 employees with e approximately) by an amount less than the price of 4 lunches at a great value. That is, the service for a year so it would cost you sit down to eat with three friends one day!.
If you purchase a web hosting plan may change little after a larger one. It basically does your supplier management, pay the difference to plan bigger and ready, within a few hours and more space will have its contract.
The hosting works like the real estate market, where instead of selling land in square meters sold certain space on the disks of the servers with certain amount of Megabytes or Gigabytes.
In addition to the contracted space, hosting services are set according to the data traffic in and out to / from the server for the domain name. This defines a contracted monthly traffic capacity. In the event that your website and / or use of your email traffic consumed by the large number of visitors or users, it is possible to hire web hosting plans expanded, so as to meet their usage requirements.
On the other hand, when you hire a hosting service easy to start, then uses a shared server, ie, multiple client companies make use of the same server but this does not affect them and is transparent to them.
To the extent that the needs of space, traffic and processing power are more demanding, for example, to sites or sites with large volumes of concurrent users or visitors or with lots of online transactions, it is necessary to hire a semi-dedicated server which is used only by a minimal number of companies.
Now, when the volume of information to manage or processing capacity is excessive because the server is used on a massive scale (eg for the case of traditional media are well positioned in the internet) are required to the server is used exclusively for one company which is referred to as dedicated server.
There is also the ability to connect multiple servers together to form clusters or server farms to cases in which the management of resources as required by the various types of processing and / or functionality needed globally.
Among the aspects to be taken into account in selecting a suitable hosting provider are:
Availability of desired operating system according to the site or web portal to publish
Types of programming languages ??and databases available for use
Space and traffic of each hosting plan based on the estimated required
Support manuals and online control panels in Spanish
Ensuring online availability of the servers above 99% (minimal flaws)
News on technology, capacity and speed of operation of servers
appropriate technological infrastructure for information security
Trajectory of the company and client portfolio that endorse
Existence of a physical location that you can visit for meetings if required
What is a company incorporated and having its formal tax registration
That is has different methods of online contact, and by phone (call center)
Have an excellent service after sales support through a ticket system support and a knowledge database for your self.
We hope that with this information you have understood better what is a web hosting and hosting for your emails, electronic files, backup, applications, websites and Internet-oriented software (or what some call the cloud computing ).
