Hosting Types Articles

What is shared (virtual) web hosting?

Shared (or virtual) web hosting is the most fitting way of hosting for 99% of web sites. It means that a web hosting company will have one or more servers (computers constantly connected to the Internet that run a web server software such as Apache or IIS) that will be running multiple web sites (it will be shared). Unless a web si......

What is Virtual Web Hosting?

We are specialized in Virtual Web Hosting, which means that you can find a home for your web site on our active web servers and establish a presence on the internet. We can help you to register your own domain name and it will become your unique address on the World Wide Web. Since email can be addressed to your domain (eg: www.you......

What is "dedicated" Web hosting?

Dedicated Web hosting is the opposite of shared Web hosting. Dedicated servers are owned by a Web hosting company but rented out and used by a single customer. Web sites in need of a lot of disk space and/or data transfer and/or Web sites that have very specific software needs may opt to rent a dedicated server. Shared Web hosting ......

What is Unix or Linux Web hosting?

UNIX is a text-based, multitasking operating system that is designed to be used by many people at the same time. UNIX is also the most commonly used operating system among Web servers and is the most versatile of all existing operating systems. Linux is a UNIX-like operating system. With most Web sites, a UNIX-based or Linux-based ......

What is Windows Web hosting?

Windows Web hosting occurs on a Web server that uses Microsoft Windows server software as it's operating platform. Windows, a graphic-based, multitasking operating system, plans are useful in the arena of dynamic content generation and database functionality. Windows hosting plans give you the ability to utilize many forms of dynam......

What is "multiple domain" Web hosting?

Certain Web hosts allow you to host more than one Web site on one hosting account. Each separate Web site can have it's own unique domain name but will share the same IP address as other sites in the account. Also, all sites included in that one account will share the allotted hosting resources (data transfer, disk space, etc.). ......

What is the difference between shared and reseller web hosting?

Shared hosting is usually used as personal web space for a single domain. You are able to host as many subdomains as you want which could be reached by the following: Reseller web hosting is an excellent way for web designers to host multiple DOMAINS in one place, and a great way to start a top web hosting company of your own. ......

What is the Difference between UNIX and Windows Web hosting?

For all intents and purposes they both accomplish the same task... that of serving your Web pages to the world. We prefer that our customers use our UNIX based web servers and as such, this is the default setting when a customer adds a domain name to their iSERVE account. We recommend that our customers only use a Microsoft® Web......

What is dedicated hosting?

A dedicated host means the service provider will setup a computer solely for your Website; it will not be shared with other clients. A dedicated communications line or minimum bandwidth allotment may also be provided, subject to contract negotiation. Maintenance of this site is a subject of negotiation between you and the servi......

Why should I choose Dedicated Hosting Services?

With Dedicated Hosting Services Shared Web Hosting service your Web Site will co-exist with other sites on the same physical server, resulting in efficincies and cost savings. However, to the world your site looks like it exists on it's own server. In essence it is a complete server ( 1 system) devoted to a single client or s......