What is web hosting? What is the best package to select? What technical points are included in each package? Which package is best for your project’s needs?
All the files of a website are stored in a specific server and are available online 24/7. This service is known as web hosting and the purpose is to store all the files of the website such as code, images, photos, content, etc. The website is hosted on a server and the location of the server can be in different geographic locations over the world.
There are different types of hosting such as dedicated, shared, resellers, etc. The customer can select the type of hosting which each has different prices. The price of each package is based on the technology used in different servers, the technical details that each package offers, and the overall services. Different packages offer different resources that are helping to secure the best performance of the website to load quickly and be more efficient. If the website does not have a high performance then we are losing on traffic, further leads and as a result, more customers. Visitors will be more attracted to visit another site with a higher and faster performance rate. As a result, the visitors that could be potential customers are selecting another competitor.
Before deciding on which company to select and which package is better to choose from, let’s view together some technical points that every individual/business owner should consider before selecting.
Some of the main points that are crucial to contributing onto your website performance everyone needs to understand, includes and what they are paying for:
- The performance of the server (CPU, RAM, Storage Capacity, Server Location, Hosting Package duration eg 1 year etc.)
- The number of websites each package can host
- The platforms that can amend the structure of the website
- The database structure
- The number of email account/s that the user requires for their company
- The capacity of each email account
- The SSL – Security Certificate/s
- Hosting Price etc.
Lets analyse more in detail all the points we mentioned above and the impact that each one plays in the website performance and productivity:
- CPU – (Central processing unit) is the processor speed of the server where the website is hosted. The higher the speed of the CPU, less time will be required for the website to download
- RAM – (Random access memory) is the capacity of the memory that the server supports and where the website is hosted
- Storage Capacity – Storage Capacity is the overall space capacity that every package can offer
- Server Global Location – Server Location is the country where the website is located; based on that location and company target audience, market etc. the individual/company should decide to secure the best website performance.
- Hosting Package duration – there are different packages at different periods of time e.g. 1 year, 2 years etc.
- Number of websites – on different hosting packages, different numbers of websites can be supported. There are different packages to support from one website, up to unlimited websites.
- Hosting platforms – each package supports a specific structure. Based on the package, different structures are offered for the users to work on
- Database structure – based on the level of the website, different database structures are implemented. E.g an eCommerce needs to support all the products and/or services of the company as part of the website.
- Email accounts – based on the profile of the company, different email accounts are hosted as part of the project depending on the size of the business and number of employee roles
- Capacity of each email account – On a hosting package, more than one email account can be created. Every email account can make use of the capacity in the hosting package. All the emails can be accessed from different software such as Microsoft Outlook etc.
- SSL Certificate/s – The SSL is the security certificate/s implemented to protect and maximise the security levels in all online transactions and interactions.
- Hosting package – Price of the hosting package, there are a wide range of packages at different prices. Before deciding which one is best for the website project all above options should be considered. Different website projects have different necessities and different technical points required to produce the best performance and efficiency that can be achieved.
Different hosting packages can secure and support different levels of customization and ensure maximum website optimisation. Based on the technicalities that are mentioned above, some functionalities are more advanced than others depending on the structure of the website; all the different variations create different hosting packages at different prices so the client can decide on the best package based on their budget and project requirements.
