To Share or Not to Share?

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To Share or Not to Share a Web Host? ***********************************************************

When looking for a hosting solution for your web site you'll discover you haverepparttar 134413 choice of shared or dedicated hosting. This article will breifly explainrepparttar 134414 difference between them.

Shared hosting is what it says it is. Your web site shares a server with other web sites. You don't have access torepparttar 134415 other web sites files, they don't have access to yours and you don't share a domain name. What you do share isrepparttar 134416 machine andrepparttar 134417 scripts that are pre-installed on it. Why would you do this?

Because it's cheaper.

As you can understand,repparttar 134418 cost of setting up a server machine is not inexpensive. Even relatively large web sites are only a few hundred megabytes, so today's computers with multiple hard drives are easily able to handlerepparttar 134419 space. There can be as many as one or two hundred web sites on a shared server.

You'll find there are different platforms available in shared hosting too. You will find you can have Unix/Linux or Windows NT/2000 as your platform. You don't have to chooserepparttar 134420 platform your PC is running. This has nothing to do with whatrepparttar 134421 server needs to operate on. Unix platforms are very stable and are perfect if you have a site using mostly HTML pages, PHP or CGI. If you are using scripting such as Active Server Pages, have designed your web site using FrontPage, or need access to a Microsoft Access or SQL Server database, you need a Windows platform.

5 Steps To Choosing A Great Host

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5 Steps To Choosing A Great Host ***********************************************************

Being online used to be quite expensive. You had to haverepparttar 134412 hardware to run a site, or pay a small fortune for hosting. These days, there are so many hosting companies it can be confusing. Different companies offer different plans, features, transfer rates and support levels, so how can you choose what's right for you?

Follow these 5 simple steps to findrepparttar 134413 right package for you.

1. Storage space and data transfer. A small information site or personal site will usually only require a few megabytes of disk space, however, data transfer depends onrepparttar 134414 size ofrepparttar 134415 pages your are offering your visitors multiplied byrepparttar 134416 number of visitors. Therefore, a popular and graphics heavy website (such as online art gallery http://www.clickart-gallery.com ) requires a greater monthly transfer than a mostly text site (such as http://www.brealweb.com). You should look at a minimum of 2 GB (2000 MB) data transfer a month. Check withrepparttar 134417 company that they can upgrade your account if your site increases it's need for storage or monthly data transfer.

2. Added Features. Make a list ofrepparttar 134418 features you want before you start your shopping. Many features such as e-commerce shopping carts and real time credit card processing will cost you a lot of money. Pre-installed scripts such as email scripts and page counters and use of a secure server (SSL) should be included for free. If you can get a browser control panel and browser mail, this allows you extra flexibility with your site. Browser based email lets you access your mail from any Internet connected computer. Be sure you know what's included inrepparttar 134419 cost of your hosting package. If in doubt, contactrepparttar 134420 company and ask.

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