Web Hosting Description

Possessing your own private web page is obligatory in present-day society. The entrance of the Internet in our everyday lives means that, in order for someone to be seen, or to make his voice heard, one has to create an online portal and bring it online. In order to fulfill that, you actually require two elements - a web site and a hosting service. Prior to establishing a site, however, it's crucial to comprehend that there are different sorts of website hosting services and that not all websites can perform with a randomly chosen web hosting. In order to describe this better, let's start with the principal point:

What is Hosting?

Hosting, or also known as 'web hosting', is a name that refers to the actual web server, or the company that administers the server. A server is a computer that's connected to the Internet and that's set up to use PHP, MySQL, Perl, etc., which permits the users to upload their website files on the hosting server and to have them published on the web. There are two major varieties of web hosting servers, determined by the OS of the hosting server - Windows and Linux. The 2 OSs are quite dissimilar and, in most cases, not at all compatible with each other. For this reason, prior to choosing the relevant solution, one should first ascertain what type of server is required for their web site.

If you haven't built the web site so far, then let us have a more comprehensive glance at the difference between the two types and at what their strong sides are.

What platform should you choose - Windows or Linux?

As mentioned, there are frameworks, which are only consistent with a particular OS. For instance, JAVA scripts, .ASP pages, .NET Framework, Adobe ColdFusion are all based on Windows and will not function on a Linux web hosting server. Thus, if you aim to devise your site utilizing any of the above, you should be searching for a Windows solution. Windows, though, is not open source-based, which implies that it offers restricted opportunities when it comes to server safety and privacy. Hence, Linux is used by web server admins around the world and most hosting vendors use it on their web servers. Using Linux, the administrator can set up the server in a completely customizable way, and if the server is properly set up, it can guarantee complete defense against hackers and malicious software. Additionally, the customizability of Linux allows for greater software optimization, which leads to better web site performance. Therefore, if you are looking for supreme security and server performance, then you should construct your site in such a way that it runs with a Linux-driven web server. This is not a tough thing to achieve, since the most widespread Content Management Systems, also famous as CMSs, such as Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, etc., are completely compatible with Linux servers and are famous all over the world for being one of the best software platforms for setting up and managing websites. Of course, this doesn't imply that each and every web hosting firm that's using Linux will have administrators who are able to properly run a Linux web hosting server. Choosing the proper hosting provider is very hard at the moment, as the majority of them do not have the ability to appoint a capable, practiced administrator. A Linux server that hasn't been accurately set up can be extremely risky to your site and private info. For that reason, when picking a hosting company, it's always advisable to choose a bigger web hosting corporation that's been in business for at least a few years.

How to identify the correct web hosting supplier for my website?

These web hosting providers are easily recognizable by the manner in which they are delivering their web hosting services. Established hosting corporations offer custom-built features, different free open-source PHP-driven scripts or frameworks. The most experienced, however, possess even their very own personal custom-devised web hosting CPs created particularly for their platform. A website hosting CP is an online-based panel, via which the client manages the whole web hosting service. Smaller service providers utilize ready-made hosting Control Panels like cPanel or DirectAdmin. In order, however, to ensure supreme safety and efficiency for their services, the biggest service providers provide their clients with their very own in-house made website hosting Control Panels designed by their very own administrators. We, at 'Lair Mail', don't just offer our very own personal custom-developed CP, but have also created a free PHP script installation tool, which enables our customers to easily activate any of the aforementioned content management software systems. Specs such as these certify that we have the capacity, the resources and the necessary experience to be entrusted with maintaining your private details confidential and your site - up and running on the web.