Are you planning to create your own e-commerce site? Are you an entrepreneur or trader and want to put your showcase site online? Want to start your own blog? Whatever your website creation project, any website must be hosted on a server in order to be consulted on the Internet by Internet users. Here are some tips for choosing the right type of web hosting.

WHAT IS WEB HOSTING?

When you browse the internet from a browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Edge, etc.) and view web pages, you are actually viewing code pages written in different programming languages ​​(PHP, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, …) associated with content that is stored on servers. The servers, which are actually large computers connected to the internet (and equipped with their own processors, hard disks, etc.), are most of the time made available, in return for a subscription, by web hosts (companies that own the servers). Web hosting, therefore, consists, of specialized companies, renting servers (whole or divided) to companies so that they can host their sites and the associated data.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEB HOSTING AVAILABLE AND THEIR PROS/CONS?

Today, there are 4 types of web hosting for websites:

• Hosting on a shared server
• Hosting on a dedicated server
• VPS Hosting (Virtual Private Server)
• Cloud Hosting

SHARED HOSTING:

Shared hosting consists of sharing a single server with several people.

 

BENEFITS :

• This type of web hosting is the most economical of all.
• This type of web hosting is easy to configure, use and monitor, even for novices thanks to the cPanel and the many tools made available by the hosts.

THE INCONVENIENCE :

• You share the same server with several other websites, which can affect the performance of your website.
• This type of hosting is not suitable for high-traffic sites.
• It is impossible for advanced users to customize the configuration of their web server.

WHEN TO OPT FOR SHARED HOSTING?

Shared hosting is particularly suitable for:

• Showcase sites that attract few visits per month (less than 50,000)
• Blogs that still attract few visitors
• Small online stores with few products and little traffic

DEDICATED HOSTING:

Dedicated hosting consists of renting a complete server from a web host that can then be configured according to your needs (choice of the operating system, choice of configuration and applications, etc.).

BENEFITS :

• This type of hosting is suitable for all sites including those with high traffic.
• This type of hosting allows you to fully customize the configuration of the server.
• Opting for a dedicated server improves the performance of your website.
• The choice of a dedicated server makes it possible to better secure your website and its associated data (with the help of a competent professional).

THE INCONVENIENCE :

• Renting a dedicated server is one of the most expensive hosting solutions for a business.
• Configuring and managing a dedicated server requires good knowledge of system administration.
• All technical interventions are the responsibility and the responsibility of the customer.

WHEN TO OPT FOR DEDICATED HOSTING?

Dedicated hosting is particularly recommended for:

• High-traffic and resource-intensive sites: e.g. online stores with several thousand products and several tens of thousands of visitors

VPS HOSTING:

VPS hosting (Virtual Private Server) is a hybrid system halfway between shared hosting and dedicated hosting. The VPS indeed consists in creating several virtual servers on the same real server, via virtualization software technologies, which can be restarted independently and evolve on distinct operating systems.

 

Concretely, this hosting solution allows the user to choose precisely the parameters of his server (memory, disk space, RAM) that he alone will use.

BENEFITS :

• VPS hosting offers a good price-performance ratio.
• It is possible to adapt its virtual server according to its real needs.
• You can install and configure your VPS, restart or stop your server whenever you want.

THE INCONVENIENTS :

• VPS hosting requires good knowledge of system administration.

WHEN TO OPT FOR VPS HOSTING?

VPS hosting is particularly suitable for advanced users who want to enjoy good performance without having to opt for a dedicated server. The VPS will be suitable for medium-sized online stores, community sites with many users or even high-traffic showcase sites and blogs.

CLOUD HOSTING:

Unlike shared hosting, dedicated hosting and VPS hosting, cloud hosting does not rely on one server but on a multitude of servers and the customer pays for what he actually uses, which allows flexibility. increased.

BENEFITS :

• Cloud hosting is the most flexible hosting method.
• The user pays for what he actually uses.
• Cloud hosting allows sites to support wide variations in bandwidth requirements.

THE INCONVENIENTS :

• Cloud hosting implies that the data is hosted outside the company, so it should be ensured that the provider puts everything in place to secure this data.

WHEN TO OPT FOR CLOUD HOSTING?

Any company can decide to opt for cloud hosting. The latter is particularly suitable for companies that plan to grow quickly and want to obtain a flexible hosting solution.

WHICH PROVIDER TO CHOOSE FOR YOUR WEB HOSTING?

There are many web hosts on the market offering both shared, dedicated, VPS and Cloud Computing hosting.

Among the various service providers available, some stand out with very cheap offers suitable for small businesses, this is particularly the case with Hosteur  which offers shared hosting offers from €1 excl. VAT / month.