The document provides an overview of web servers and web hosting, explaining their functions, types, and the importance of HTTP for website accessibility. It details various web server types such as IIS, Light Speed, and Apache, as well as hosting types including shared, cloud, dedicated, and managed hosting, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. The conclusion emphasizes the need to choose the right server and hosting based on specific client requirements.

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2. Web-server and Web-hosting:
The web server is a computer which saves the web content of the
websites on the server to its client’s request when they want to use and
web hosting is posting your website on the internet, hosting purpose is
to make your website to be visible for its users to access your website on
World Wide Web.
To host your website, you should purchase a domain name for your
website from its service providers. Then only you can host your website.
Let’s get to know more about Web servers and web hosting. Let’s start
with web servers.

3. Web Server:
Webserver’s main function is to store your data, process it and deliver to
the web pages. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) plays a major role in
the communication between the users who visit the website and the
server.

4. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP):
HTTP is a protocol which makes web servers and browsers to communicate
with each other. It is the foundation of data communication for world wide
web (www).
The main purpose of the web server is to store your website files. Let me
give you a web server example if your friend has sent you a link of digital
marketing article, you don’t know on which server that link’s data is saved.
No matter on which server the data is in the world, it will display the article
in your desktop or smartphone.
Some of the types of web servers:
• IIS web server
• Light speed web server
• Apache web server

5. IIS web server
Internet information services (ISS) is a product of Microsoft. It works on all
the windows operating system (OS) platforms. It is not an open source and
customization as per your requirement is a little complex.
Light speed web server
It is a commercial website and 4th most popular server in the world. Light
speed web server is a boosting to your web server by improving the
performance with low operating expenses.
Apache web server
It is an open source in which you can customize according to your needs
and requirements. It works on multiple operating systems (OS)
Conclusion: Usually people choose their server as per their clients’ needs
and requirements to handle their traffic, choose your web server as per
your client’s requirements.

6. Web Hosting:

7. Web hosting means it is an internet hosting service hosted and stored
on high configuration computers to make your website accessible on
the world wide web.
When your audiences/users want to access your website, they may type
your domain name or website address your audience’s computers will
connect to your website web server through HTTP protocol as explained
above topic webservers.
HTTP will become a communicator to connect your audience’s browser
and your website server which will lead to display your website on your
users/audience’s desktop or smartphones, no matter from which part of
the world they want to access your website.

8. Some of the types of hosting
1. Shared web hosting
2. Cloud hosting
3. Home server
4. Reseller web hosting
5. Dedicated hosting
6. Managed hosting
1. Shared web hosting
The word shared itself defines shared web hosting its same like sharing
your room with your friends or other people. Your website will be on a
server on that same server other many sites will be sharing the same
server, RAM and the CPU.

9. Advantage:
It is low cost because you will be sharing your website space with other
sites, you may find easily a shared hosting plan for Rs. 5.60/-
Disadvantages:
No guaranteed security which is the most important aspect. There will
be the threat of hackers, you will be unknown about what will happen
until it’s too late, be careful if you want to go with shared hosting find a
genuine service provider.
System crashes is a problem very often.
The performance issue is also a problem in shared hosting. Your server
cannot provide you with great performance.

10. 2. Cloud Hosting
It is a new technology of server, it is not the physical server and hence it is a
virtual server on cloud computing the other name of cloud hosting is virtual
hosting.
It is hosted on the cloud computing platform
Advantages:
If a server is down the data on the server can be easily transferred to any of
the available servers.
Cloud server affordable for both big businesses and small businesses as
well
It provides enhanced administrative and maintenance through professional
resources with quality of services

11. Disadvantages:
Security may sometimes become an issue even though they provide the
best services, the problem here is you have to provide your important
business data to the service provider. This may sometimes be an issue
with your security.
In cloud hosting still, there is a problem migration of the data from that
service provider to another service provider.
3. Home server
Your personal computer can be used as a home server if it has good
storage and specifications with a specific bandwidth. Home server is a
created as local area network within a home which forms a local area.
Basically, it is used to access online gaming and multimedia data to other
devices throughout the house and obviously, it is more expensive

12. 4. Reseller web hosting
In Reseller hosting the owner rents hard drive space and bandwidth with the
third party to host the website.
Most of the time reseller rents space to resell for the profit he will be given a
certain amount of space to sell.
Advantages:
• You can end with saving money if you resell
• It will be flexible with your web hosting account
Disadvantages:
• Reseller web hosting is the service to resell most the people to make
the profit, it will not help if you have other products and services for
your clients.
• If your third party doesn’t provide good upstream and server goes
down frequently it will affect your profit

13. 5. Dedicated hosting
Most of the big companies lease a full dedicated server and will not share
with anyone. They use for only their business
Advantages:
It is more flexible than reselling hosting and you can customize the software.
You will have complete freedom on the performance of the website.
If you get more traffic dedicated server is worth it.
Disadvantages:
It is more expensive.
You should have the technical knowledge to set up a dedicated server.

14. Thank you for giving your valuable time to read our content! I hope you
got an idea about web server and web hosting. If you have any doubts
drop your comments will revert back ASAP.
There are many hosting service providers. Choose wisely which type of
hosting is required for you and what type of server you require.
6. Managed Hosting
Here the service provider will have a dedicated server, where they will
give a part of the server to the customer and will manage the server on
behalf of the customer.
Advantage:
Dedicated IT team– Managed hosting provider will help you as your own
team member. So, no need for hiring an IT expert. You can reduce your
cost.

15. On-demand Support- If you buy a Managed Hosting from a good provider,
then you will get support whenever you want. No need to be worried of
being out for a vacation, your dedicated IT team will do the work.
Control the technical decisions- We will have the power to control over
managed hosting. The IT team won’t do whatever the like. They will just
do as we give decisions. So no need to change our procedure, they will
adapt to our procedure.
Backup and Recovery- The managed hosting provider will take backup of
your site, which will help you to restore your website at any point. So your
website will be safe and secure. If something goes wrong, just restore it.
Security- If your website is hosted on Managed hosting, then no need to
worry about the security threats. Your dedicated IT team will take care of
it.

16. Disadvantage:
No full control- You will have control over your Hosting, but won’t get full
control over them. So sometimes you won’t be happy with their work, so
you have to contact customer support for assistance. Whereas if you have
your own IT team, then they will take care of everything before informing.
Not a big use for small websites- If you are looking for a small website
where you can handle it fully, then managed hosting won’t be a too much
of use; you can go for shared hosting. At least you will be able to save
some money.
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