#Magicworkhost

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VPS hosting

VPS stands for virtual private server. Here, a physical server is taken and virtualization software is installed on it. Virtualization software can create many virtual server environments on a given physical server. Hence the same physical server now appears to have tens of virtual servers running. The beauty of the technology such that you can assign each of these different virtual servers to different clients. And, they will have complete control over the virtual server including the kind of operating system, software etc. Unlike shared hosting, the client becomes administrator or powerful user on the virtual server.

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When should you go for shared web hosting service?

When you are creating your first website, shared hosting service is pretty good option. With shared hosting, your website will be able to handle approximately 20000 to 25000 visitors in a month. There will not be deterioration in the performance. When you see the traffic is increasing and website pages are loading slowly, you may think of moving to a higher capacity hosting plans.

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shared web hosting

What is shared web hosting?

As the name suggests, there is one server and it is shared among many websites. These servers are production grade servers. They have bigger memory, processor speeds etc. They can host many websites which do not have very high traffic of users. In shared hosting environment, your website shares many resources like processor time, memory, disk space with others hosted on the same server.

For building your first website, shared hosting a very good option. Here, though you are sharing resources with other websites, it does not impact you much. Because you are starting now and obviously the traffic expected on your website is not much. Secondly, web hosting provider will take care of critical tasks like management of the server and ensuring its security when you opt for shared hosting plan.

Shared web hosting is the most popular plan for new comers as it is simple and cost effective too.

Pros

This the cheapest web hosting option.Shared hosting is very simple to operate with.It is most suitable for a new entrant. It is easy to get started quickly with shared hosting option.

Hosting provider would take care of important tasks like server management, upgrades, maintenance and ensuring Security for you. You need not bother about it.

Cons

Your website and web pages may load slowly. When many websites are running on the same server, there are high chances that performance i.e. page loading speed may be affected.

As there are restrictions on use of storage and network bandwidth, your website may not be able to scale when user load increases.

Since the server is shared, any website with increased traffic or technical issue may affect all the other websites hosted on the same server. There is very less isolation from problems of other websites.

Any breach of security or discovery of security hole in one website, may impact all the websites. Security of all of them would be compromised.

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Choosing from various web hosting plans filled with offers and confusing terminology. Many times marketers use the technical terms to oversell things. Fact of the matter is that it is seldom clear what exactly is being offered. That is why, comparing the features and facilities from various providers at a given price point and choosing the best suitable becomes more arduous task. To help navigate this jungle of terminology, today we will talk about VPS hosting in more details.