This document defines and describes different types of web hosting. It explains that web hosting services provide space on servers for individuals and organizations to make their websites accessible online. There are several types of hosting, including shared hosting (where multiple sites share a server), dedicated hosting (where a site has its own exclusive server), and virtual private server hosting (which splits a dedicated server into allocated portions for multiple users). The document provides details on the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of each hosting type.

1. BY: Vikram.G.B
Lecturer, P.G. Dept. of Commerce
V.D.C

2. What is Web Hosting??????
 A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting
service that allows individuals and organizations to
make their website accessible via the World Wide Web.
 Web hosts are companies that provide space on
a server owned or leased for use by clients, as well as
providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data
center. Web hosts can also provide data center space
and connectivity to the Internet for other servers
located in their data center, called colocation

3.  The most basic is web page and small-scale file
hosting, where files can be uploaded via File Transfer
Protocol (FTP) or a Web interface.
 The files are usually delivered to the Web "as is" or
with minimal processing. Many Internet service
providers(ISPs) offer this service free to subscribers.
 Individuals and organizations may also obtain Web
page hosting from alternative service providers.
Personal web site hosting is typically free,
advertisement-sponsored, or inexpensive. Business
web site hosting often has a higher expense.

4. Definitions:-
 Hosting Service:– A hosting account provides the hard
disk space and continuous Internet connection
necessary to ensure that website and its content is
viewable and accessible on the World Wide Web.
 Domain Name – domain name (sometimes referred to as
a URL) is website’s online address. People who type a
domain name (such as facebook.com) into their Internet
browsers will be directed to that website.

5. Types of Web Hosting:-
 Shared Website Hosting
 Shared hosting, also called virtual hosting, is the
hosting of multiple websites on the same web server.
With shared hosting, a web hosting company provides
the user storage space and makes the website's files
accessible to others via the internet.
 The web host also maintains the server and provides
technical support for it.
 Perhaps the greatest advantage of shared hosting is
that its efficient use of resources means that it costs
much less than most other types of website hosting.

6.  Shared web hosting also means that users can benefit
from the expertise of the web hosting company
providing the servers.
 While shared hosting is an appropriate choice for
many users, it's not right for everyone. Those with
extensive technical know-how who want complete
control over their servers and websites are better
served by another hosting option.
 If site is large and extremely active website owner will
be required more server recourses than shared
hosting.

7.  Dedicated Website Hosting
 With dedicated web hosting, there is a web server
devoted entirely to site.
 one may purchase own server or pay for access to a
server owned by someone else. If site owner own server
and have it stored in someone else's facility, he is using
what is known as colocation hosting.
 In any type of dedicated hosting, because the server is
exclusively dedicated to particular site, owner of the site
will have full control over its use and administration.
 This allows you to manage all aspects of your site.

8.  If a owner of website wants to create a large site for a
company with plenty of technical and financial
resources, dedicated hosting might be right for them.
 If site demand a lot of server space and bandwidth, too,
dedicated server is needed to host it.
 For individuals and small or midsized companies,
however, there are a number of aspects of dedicated
hosting that make it a less desirable option.

9.  Virtual Private Server Website Hosting
 This type of hosting is something of a cross between
dedicated hosting and shared hosting.
 Virtual private server hosting involves a dedicated server
being shared by multiple users.
 The users share the resources of the server, but the server
space is strictly divided into allocated percentages so that
each user's percentage of the server is dedicated only to that
user's website.
 This hosting arrangement gives a user some of the control of
a dedicated server without the large-scale investment in a
server that may have more space than necessary.

10.  Virtual private server hosting does provide limited
resources, however, and even if site experiences a
temporary traffic spike or another unusual demand,
there will not be extra resources flexibly available to
meet the need.
 The somewhat complicated arrangements of virtual
private server hosting can also be a drawback to this
hosting option, as service providers can create
confusing service agreements that include unexpected
limitations for their users.
 Choice