2. INTRODUCTION
• 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, also known
as Housing in Latin America or France.
3. HISTORY OF WEB HOSTING
• Until 1991, the Internet was
restricted to use only "...for
research and education in the
sciences and engineering..."and was
used
for email, telnet, FTP and USENET tr
affic—but only a tiny number of
web pages. The World Wide Web
protocols had only just been written
and not until the end of 1993
would there be a graphical web
browser for Mac or Windows
computers . Even after there was
some opening up of internet
access, the situation was
4. WHAT US WEB HOSTING
• Web hosting refers to a service that makes your website available to
your users. In general , most websites are intended to be viewed by
anyone on the internet, at any time.
• There are companies who specialise in web hosting so the work can
be given to them so that so that the company can concentrate on
there core business.
• A good hosting companies will provide basic services like 24/7
support, online control pannel, online traffic statistics, database
management system, such as statistics, database management
system, such as MySQL.
5. TYPE OF WEB
HOSTING
• Free Hosting
• Shared Hosting
• Reseller Hosting
• Dedicated Hosting
• Collocated Hosting
6. TYPE OF WEB HOSTING
• Free hosting :
• Free web hosting can be a good choice when you just want to
built a non-critical website for fun, but on the other hand the
website can be dowen at times some of the hosts ask
customers to buy domain name some provide frequently.
• Shared hosting :
• Customer web sites share space on the same physical web
severs its very common and its also known as budget hosting.
7. TYPES OF WEB HOSTING
• Reseller hosting :
• Usually a web host provides storage at discount to web
consultants who then resell the storage as a service or add-on
to complement their other range of services that can include
web site design or programming.
• Dedicated hosting :
• Involves allocation of a specific web server for use by one
costomer only, for one or several of that customer’s web site.
8. TYPES OF WEB HOSTING
• Collocated hosting :
• In this of hosting you will purchase your own server and have it
housed at a web host’s facilities. You will be responsible for the
server itself. An advantage of this type of hosting service is you
have full control of the web server.
9. WEB SERVER OPTIONS
• The two web server platforms are functionally similar, it all
depends on what are your hosting needs, and what are you
comfortable with.
• Linux allows for running scripts written in PHP, Perl, Python and
other Unix-originated languages, It usually supports MySQL
and PostgreSQl databases.
• Windows Allows for running ASP scripts and utilizing .NET and
other Microsoft technologies. It supports Microsoft SQL Server
and Access database.
10. LIST OF TOP 5 HOSTING SERVICE
PROVIDERS
• Godaddy.com
• Amazon.com
• Hostgator.com
• Bluehost.com
• Inmotion.com