Types of Hosting
Free web hosting service
If free provided by different providers. The functions offered are, however, very limited, and z. B. are funded by advertising.
Shared web hosting service
Here, all domains share a common pool of server resources, such as disk space, RAM or CPU. Simple functions are offered, but inflexible in terms of software and updates.
Re seller Web hosting
Provides the ability and own hosting services to forgive. These so-called reseller accounts are provided in different sizes.
Virtual Dedicated Server
This type of web hosting divides server resources into virtual servers, the hardware resources can be flexibly allocated to the respective users.
Dedicated hosting
The user has full administrative access to your own server. Personal responsibility for safety and maintenance of own dedicated server the user transfer.
Managed Hosting Service
but on your own server is not in full control of this. The data may z. B. by an FTP tools be uploaded. Restrictions on the users exist.
Colocation Web Hosting
The user has its own server and complete control. The location of the server is located, however, at another hosting company, provides that space for accommodation.
Cloud hosting
A new type of hosting platform that allows the user powerful and reliable hosting on clustered servers. However, problems in data security can be made.
Clustered Hosting
Distribution of resources by the merger of servers. Cluster servers provide an approach for high availability.
Grid Hosting
Distributed hosting when a cluster acts as a private network. It includes multiple nodes and is made up of these.
Home Server
Normally, a single, private computer is used as a server to host one or more websites.
There are also Web hosting services that accept only certain types of files, such as photo-sharing services only image files and video portals only films