Top Web Hosting

There are different kinds of web hosting services appropriate for different web pages in relation to the resources or the web hosting environment they require. To choose the most relevant web hosting service for your website, you have to access what server-side software programs it needs, how many daily hits you expect at the beginning and in the future, as well as any other specific needs that may need to be fulfilled.

Shared Website Hosting - Assets

The most suitable choice for small web pages with several hundred or a few thousand viewers is a shared hosting solution. With this type of web hosting, each client pays only for their plan, which lowers the total price per person considerably. There are diverse web hosting plans varying from one hosting company to another, delivering different amounts of data storage and monthly bandwidth, different mail quotas and so on. The positive point is that you can get an account that will include the features your web page actually requires. You will not have to pay a lot of cash for a package you will not utilize, or end up with a small sized package that cannot shelter the site. We, at Smart Host Kenya, offer an immense variety of web hosting plans suitable for private or small business pages that even provide pre-installed script-powered systems such as Joomla, Mambo, Drupal or WordPress - to make it simpler. If you kick off with a low-price package and you demand more resources, moving to a better package takes only a click.

Shared web hosting - Downsides

A negative aspect of the shared web hosting environment is that the web servers have some software platforms installed on them and you cannot install additional software applications. Some web portals, especially web shops, request software applications to be available on the web hosting server for them to perform, and with a shared website hosting solution, you can install only software that does not demand root-level access.

VPS Servers and Dedicated Servers

For websites that require server root access, or if your online portal has many 1000's or even 1 000 000's of visits per day, what you need is a VPS hosting or a dedicated hosting. A VPS web server is a software emulation of a dedicated web server and it acts in precisely the same manner.

VPS Web Hosting Servers

Both solutions commonly provide full root-level access and can be restarted through a software program by the client, autonomously from the web hosting company. Much like the shared website hosting packages, the VPS hosting and the dedicated web hosting plans come with different features based on what the hosting vendor has to offer. A VPS hosting server plan offers guaranteed disk storage space, random access memory and CPU quotas that can occasionally be enlarged for short periods of time if there are available system resources on the physical server. With a dedicated server, the only limit is the hardware equipment it is using, and it can be upgraded by changing or appending components. A Virtual Private Server is simpler to tackle as it arrives with a virtualization platform, which can be utilized to restart it, to install software applications, monitor statistics, and so on. The administration of a dedicated web hosting server is more complex, so such a solution would rather be utilized by tech-savvy clients.

Dedicated Servers

Nonetheless, some hosting corporations offer managed dedicated server hosting services where they execute web hosting server management operations on behalf of the client. This can be a part of plan or an extra upgrade.

Before You Select...

Selecting the top hosting plan is crucial as it can affect the proper work of a web portal. Prior to selecting an account, weigh the pros and cons, inspect thoroughly all the preconditions for the web site to perform properly, particularly if it is script-powered. And if you are still in doubt which one is the best web hosting service for you, check with our live chat operators or give us a call - our sales reps will be glad to assist you and answer all your questions.