When it comes to web hosting, they come in various customized packages as well as standards. Some of the major factors that are considered while choosing a hosting solution are features, price, bandwidth, and add-ons. To choose the appropriate hosting package, having a proper understanding on the requirement of server essentials is a must. This in turn depends on the business requirements. However, not every webmaster is technically knowledgeable about servers. That’s the reason why getting a precise knowledge on the different hosting aspects beforehand is very important.

Let’s start from the basic concepts. Why do you need web hosting? The answer is very simple. You need a server to make your website available to your target audience through World Wide Web. When a person or business opts for a hosting solution, the general aspects that he/she gets include disk space (limited or unlimited), website building tools, marketing tools, free email accounts, tools for blogging, podcasts, and many more. When a website hosting solution is purchased they are usually done for duration of 1 year. At the end of 1 year, you have to re-purchase or renew the package. However, 2 or 3 year duration packages are also available and people can also save money on doing that.

Now, let’s have a look at the different hosting types from which you can choose your server.

One of the most popular hosting solutions is the shared hosting in India. Most start-ups and small businesses prefer this hosting solution because of the affordability factor. One of the major reasons why the cost of such hosting solutions is less is that the shared hosting provider provides the disk space to multiple website or business owners. Therefore, you are sharing hosting solution with other businesses and sites. If you are starting your business and the visitor count of your website is within 1000 visitors per day, shared hosting is the best bet for you. However, as traffic to site grows beyond the 1000 visitors per day, the sites start facing downtime and other drawbacks. This is because of the fact that the server is being shared by more than one thousand users, which means the estimated sites using the server is around three thousand. If you have a site that doesn’t need much uptime, you should choose a shared hosting provider. This is especially useful for businesses that are starting up and don’t want that much control on data in the server. Most businesses choose shared hosting in India because of the very less price of the service.

In case you need more server space, control on data, and a more dedicated environment, two hosting solutions are available and they are dedicated hosting solution and virtual private server or VPS. As dedicated servers are entirely dedicated to a particular customer, the cost is high. That’s the reason why large enterprises choose this hosting type. However, there are many businesses that are witnessing upward growth. However, during the initial upward swing, they don’t have much fund. This is when they can’t afford dedicated hosting solution. That’s why VPS is becoming so popular.