web hosting

Web hosting is a crucial part of the web development process for any ecommerce solution. To be able to get your site onto the web it needs to be hosted on a dedicated web server, this can be provided via a web host who rent servers in a data centre or alternatively manage their own servers. Using a web host will ensure that your site is running correctly and in a stable manner.
 

A web host offers several levels of hosting for your site starting from the popular shared hosting account where you will be allocated a portion of a server where many other sites are also hosted, despite having to share the server, web servers are designed to be able to cope with the demand and so shared hosting is a more than ample option for the majority of websites.
 

Other hosting options such as VPS (virtual private server) and dedicated servers are available and offer more security and stability although these hosting packages are more expensive. VPS offers you a secure portion of a server which allows the site to run as if it is on a dedicated server but without the cost. This provides you with more storage space, more freedom and better security for your site as well as allowing you to manage multiple web sites and domains.
 

The dedicated server hosting option is the most expensive of all but it allows you to have a whole web server dedicated to the running of your site and gives you much more freedom than other options as well as greater security. For instance it will allow you to decide what number of domains and domain types are stored on the server along with what software is installed, this type of hosting is typically required for the larger more data sensitive web sites. If you require more information about web hosting then please contact us.