It is strange how server hosting has grown as a business spinning organizations around it. For instance, just typing “server hosting provider” in google gives you more than 28 million results!!
Choosing a match for this “indispensable pre-requisite” is tough not just by way of the type of server you might choose, but the service provider as well (now that’s a headache)!
Let us at-least broadly look into a few solutions available in the market today. Now the important part here is that each solutions comes with its niche advantage in terms of management, workability and cost advantage. There are more types of hosting than the ones described here but they all originate from these some way or the other.
Shared Hosting
Shared Hosting is the most popular hosting today; reason being, it is a “best price solution”. The concept behind shared hosting is that there are multiple websites on the same server and the space is shared between all as per individual requirements. The solution saves the cost of buying a dedicated solution for anyone in need. The only consideration a user needs to track is the allocation of bandwidth and up time of the server. These servers also implement considerable amount of restrictions on the uploads, usages, software registry etc; primarily to ensure that the environment is friendly to all the websites hosted there.
Dedicated Server
In case one has a heavy requirement either in terms of the space or bandwidth or registries on the server; it is advisable to go in for a dedicated machine or a dedicated server. In layman’s terms, you would get one dedicated hard-disk where your website will be hosted on the website.
A typical dedicated server configuration can be:
- Single Core/ Dual Core Hard Disk
- 4GB- 8 GB Ram
- 1TB -2 TB Bandwidth
Now that is Huge!!
Virtual Private Server
This can be referred as a mixed solution. We can say that a VPS is something which is more that a shared server but less than a dedicated server. Confused??
Ok, basically in a VPS there is a dedicated slot provided to the user from within the shared hosting (managed by the provider himself). So its like a customized solutions that one can go for. Herein, the costs are more than that of a shared hosting but less than dedicated solutions and you have your own space to perform tasks the way you wish! The solution is most viable for the SME segment.
NEW AVTAARS
Now there are certain solutions which can be referred to as the “NEW AVTAARS” of the industry. There is nothing here in particular the practice of “going along the nature” has found its way in here as well! To some, it actually gives a lot of respite that even their hosting solution is having them contribute a little to the nature. Let us analyze some common practices-
Green Hosting –
Hosting on energy efficient servers which are powered by natural sources of generating energy come under the umbrella of “Green Hosting”. For instance, most Green hosting solutions are powered by the wind energy. It is important to note that these also come with a 99.9% up time guarantee. As it is said, non-renewable energy saved is like trees saved, so one can opt for this option for a good cause.
Cloud Computing
Another concept for the server industry is “Cloud Computing” Cloud computing is an elastic form of hosting wherein you use as much as you require. So if today you need more space & bandwidth, the service provider gives you the exact amount and when your requirement changed the provider gives only as much as you require. Same is the effect on the money you pay for the space you use. Simple isn’t it! Herein, a lot of space/bandwidth wastage is saved and hence the energy.
INNOVATIONS
The information mentioned above were the commonly available resources; however, there are several innovations one can opt for as well! Here is a popular video on youtube highlighting the same:
Guess what!! Google used old assembled computers to make their first datacenter!
It is most important to do a bit of “solution to usage” analysis before choosing the best match. There are plenty of solutions which might lure you in but may not have the best advantage in terms of either cost or usage.
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