3. Difference between shared and dedicated type of hosting.
- Shared Hosting : This type of web hosting is the cheapest and probably what you are most interested in especially when you are just starting out in web hosting. If your account frequently uses up a lot of server resources, your hosting provider usually will probably ask you to upgrade to something more suited to your website’s need. Reseller hosting is also another type of shared hosting. This basically allows you to sell shared hosting account to other people. Sometimes a reseller server will be less crowded and better suited to websites with high resource usage.
- Dedicated Hosting : This type of web hosting is the most expensive form of web hosting. It would probably cost closer to $200 per month total for an entry level managed server. A managed dedicated server leaves the hardest part of operating a server to experienced technicians, letting you focus on the website side of things. On a slightly smaller scale is the Virtual Dedicated Server, also known as Virtual Private Server, and commonly shortened to VDS and VPS respectively. What hosting companies to is divide a very powerful dedicated server up into separate “virtual” server using virtualization software. Each virtual server gets its own operating system, and act almost exactly like a real dedicated server. Depending on the hosting provider and the plan you choose, VDSes may not be anywhere near as powerful as a real dedicated server.