Enterprise-Class Hosting
The type of hosting you choose will have a major impact on your website's success. It is important to find a reliable, scalable hosting that you can trust 100% and that will deliver high performance at all times, especially for corporate portals.
To simplify the selection of available options, in this article we will review the different types of hosting services and consider the key criteria that we believe should be taken into account when making a decision.
Enterprise-Class Hosting Basics
Some of the most important points to consider when choosing hosting include:
- Security – cybersecurity is certainly a top priority, and in today's environment it should be at the top of your list of criteria.
- Performance – your hosting must be configured so that your website can handle large traffic spikes.
- Scalability – as your business grows, your website's audience is likely to grow as well. You need a hosting provider that can smoothly scale its services to meet your needs both now and in the future.
- Reliability – it is important that the hosting infrastructure is reliable and guarantees you a certain level of performance and uptime.
- Support – if something goes wrong, you should be confident that you have a fast and effective support team to restore your website's functionality as soon as possible.
- Sustainability – as sustainability becomes an increasingly important priority on the corporate agenda, the carbon footprint of your data center may be another important factor in your decision.
Option 1 – Shared Hosting Services
Shared hosting services can provide you with a basic secured server for your website. However, as the name suggests, these servers will be shared with a large number of other companies. With shared hosting, you will not have your own dedicated server.
In many cases, the low cost of shared hosting services can reflect on the level of performance. This is because with so many websites hosted on the servers, your performance is not protected if other sites experience high traffic volumes.
It is also likely that if any problems arise, you will have only limited access to support services. Many shared hosting options have a ticketing system for support, where you will be dependent on the number of requests ahead of you in the queue. This can result in your website being "down" during business-critical moments.
Option 2 – Private Servers from Shared Hosting Providers
Most shared hosting providers offer the option to get your own private server for an additional fee. This option is often called VPS, which stands for Virtual Private Server.
Instead of sharing a server with thousands of other companies, you will be sharing it only with