Web hosting has really become an important aspect of any business which is taking its steps in to the online market. A good web hosting solution is as important as making a good web site. There are several questions that arise in the mind of a website owner such as, which type of hosting solution to choose? And is it a reliable one? This tends to be confusing about which type of web hosting would be suitable for them. Doing research on various web hosting solutions is an absolute necessity as it can avoid many problems in the near future for your website as well as server.
Managed web hosting services, in a layman's language, means that there is a qualified team to take care of your website requirements; pertaining to all that is needed to build (depending on whether you want your provider to build it or get it done from someone else), manage and improve your website's look and traffic. Depending on your budget and other business requirements, you may either opt for a shared or dedicated web hosting service. Shared web hosting services are much cheaper and apt for a non-security centric and static business. If you choose shared web hosting services, typically it would mean that your site will be hosted on a server shared by many other sites; meaning sharing disk space, CPU usage, IP address as well as taking the load of the traffic of other sites. If cost is the uttermost factor and security and traffic not a concern, then this is a perfect choice. On the other hand a managed website hosting service provider may also offer you a dedicated hosting choice; definitely costlier but worth it if security and traffic are your main concerns. A dedicated web hosting will provide you a dedicated server to host your site and you would not be required to share your IP address, disk space and CPU usage - your site will not bear the burden of traffic of other sites too. Whether you choose either of these options provided by a managed web site hosting services provider, you can at least breathe easy; taking care of your site fully on your own can give you sleepless nights! Because running of your site will always be a dicey game as there are many problems that can occur on the server for which a qualified team is required - so even if the server where your site is hosted is shared or dedicated, there is always going to be a special team to take care of all your issues pertaining to technical or anything else; your site will run smoothly on the server without any problem and uploading or downloading content from web pages will hasten up and will attract more and more customers.
One of the biggest benefits of choosing managed web hosting is that there are so many features that come within this package at an affordable price. You can get uptime guarantee, anti virus/anti spam, unlimited e-mail accounts and mailboxes, etc. which are important for the proper functioning of the website. Some features are not included within other packages that are necessary and required to be purchased separately which in turn costs more money. Some service providers even guarantee power backup so that your site does not suffer in any way, which is really vital.
| The author is associated with IDS Logic offering Managed Hosting India and Managed Web Hosting solutions. |
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