The winners are always our goal, to be a reliable reference for every Arab visitor interested in the field of online business. In spite of the continuous increase in awareness in this field recently, there are still many who lack the knowledge of the basics.
The Web Hosting concept is one of the basics of online marketing.
In this article, I will answer a question of what is Web Hosting in a simple and easy way. And also comprehensive for many aspects related to this topic.
What is the Web Hosting?
It is usually abbreviated to hosting or host only, and in Arabic it means hosting.
It is a specialized companies that provide web hosting service, to be available on the Internet. Anyone connected to the Internet can access your site through it.
Web Hosting gives website owners storage space on their servers. Your site files are stored in these storage spaces.
Web Hosting is the one that manages your website connection through Software (a program) that works with special technology, in order to make your site available on the Internet for everyone who wants to visit it.
Also Web Hosting offers you as a site owner a security system for your site to protect it from being hacked. Besides technical support services to solve problems and help when needed.
Web Hosting provides your site with Bandwidth (meaning the amount of data that is allowed to be transferred between your site and users, according to which the volume of visitors to your site allowed by the hosting is determined)
In order to understand the idea more clearly, you need to understand that any website is based on 3 main pillars:
This represents the address through which the internet user can access your site, and it is unique and not repeated. It is purchased from private online stores (most hosting companies have a domain name store)
Website Files
They are files written in special programming languages, which distinguish your site from other sites, in terms of functionality, capabilities, color, shape, and space distribution.
These files are written by programming specialists, or are generated by site building tools such as WordPress (in this case, ready-made designs for sites are often purchased)
Web Hosting Provider
Any hosting company that we are talking about today, which site files are stored on, and through which the site files are linked to the domain name. And through it your site is available for use by any user who writes the domain name in his browser.
This is very similar to building a house on the ground:
In order to build a house, you need an address (that is, the method by which anyone can access your home). This address is related to a piece of land on which you will build your home.
Finally, you need walls, a ceiling, and furniture in order for your home to have structure, shape, and structure.
Your home address stands for your site's domain name, the plot of land symbolizes hosting, walls, roof and furniture all symbolizing your site's files.
Some other concepts related to Web Hosting
Web Servers
They are simply special computers used by hosting companies to store website files and manage their internet connection.
These computers, compared to personal computers, are larger in storage space and more capable of processing data. It is intended to perform one function and is to respond to user requests to download websites to the browser.
These computers should work periodically without interruption (malfunction of any server that leads to the disruption of the site or its related sites).
There are two types of operating systems that Web Servers operate:
Linux: It is mostly specialized in the php programming language and is the most used in the web world.
Windows: Specializes in ASP programming language.
cPanel
It is a special control panel granted by hosting companies to their customers, in order to manage the site and its files.
Mostly they have login data, different from the login account data.
FTP Account
It is a private login data that the hosting company gives you, it is similar to the cPanel login information, but it can be changed so that it is unique.
FTP data is used by special software, such as FileZilla, to access and modify site files.
Through your cPanel you can create FTP accounts as you like.
Types of hosts or Web Hosting
Before we start talking about the types of hosting, here we must distinguish between two important terms, which represent two different sectors of the nature of the hosting:
Hosted Services: It mostly refers to free blogging services, such as WordPress and Blogger. It is free and integrated site creation services. It offers a hosting service and a sub domain name, a control panel and a site builder.
Self-Hosted: These are the hosting companies we are talking about today. It provides web hosting services, and gives you all the options to build your site, whether through programming or through site building tools.
As for the types of hosting offered by specialized Web Hosting companies, they are often classified according to the size and nature of the business represented by your site.
It is closely related to the size of your site's files, the size of your site's visitors as well, and the size of your budget.
Here are the types of Web Hosting:
Shared Hosting
This type of hosting is the cheapest and most popular on the Internet. In it a single server is shared with many clients.
This means sharing the resources and properties of this server with other clients, which accordingly means that your site's sources such as Bandwidth may be affected by another site that receives more visitors.
It is suitable for all small business owners, and is suitable for starting or testing a new business. One of the advantages of Shared Hosting is that it is completely managed by the hosting company. It is the hosting company that adjusts its presets.
Among its disadvantages is that the occurrence of a problem for one of the sites, such as viral penetration, for example, affects all subscribers in the same server.
Virtual Private Server (VPS)
This is the hustling level just after Shared Hosting. You will need it if your site’s visitors exceed the common hostal level.
Of course, this type is better in performance and sources compared to the previous one. It is similar to shared hosting in that, there is a subscription with other clients on the same server. But the difference here is that there is a separation of sources between the sites and each. No other website on the same server can use your site’s resources in any way.
Dedicated Hosting
This is the finest level of Web Hosting, by purchasing Dedicated Hosting, it means that there is a server for all its resources devoted only to your website.
This of course has a positive impact on the performance of your site, its speed of downloading and its absorption by the largest number of visitors.
This type is suitable for large sites that receive a large number of visitors daily, or sites that contain media need large storage spaces, such as high-quality images and videos.
Also, this type can be customized and adjusted according to your specific needs.
Cloud Hosting
This type of hosting is a relatively new technology in the Web Hosting world. It is completely different from the ex and works in a different way.
In previous types of hosting, your site is linked to one server, whether it is dedicated to you in the case of Dedicated Hosting or you share it with others in VPS and Shared.
In Cloud Hosting, your site is associated with a group of servers, working together in a cluster chain called (cluster of servers).
This group of servers works together as one huge server, encompassing the resources of all the servers combined.
The great thing about this is that a server malfunction does not mean that the cluster is malfunctioning together. Therefore, your site will not be disrupted by any server crashes.
Another advantage of this type is that you can only pay according to the resources your site needs.
Re-seller Hosting
This type is not suitable for everyone and is not available on all hosting companies.
This type of hosting account is for resale. Some hosting companies offer Re-seller Hosting accounts. Through it, the customer can resell hosting accounts, as if he owns his own hosting company.
With this special type of hosting account, the hosting company will give you a special control panel. With it, you can create accounts yourself for your clients.
Conclusion
I tried to make this topic further than just answering the question “What is Web Hosting”, so I put a lot of aspects related to hosting, and I explained to you its types.
For the purpose of this topic to be your reference in this regard.
As for the best, most trusted and guaranteed international hosting companies, this was my previous topic, in which I covered the eight best web hosting companies based on careful research and personal experience.
“Author : Majdi Camille”
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