Types of Web Hosting

There are many different types of web hosting, this section will look at these different types.

• Shared web hosting - Clients website is hosted on the same server as many other clients, could be 100’s to 1000’s on the same server.
  

• Free web hosting    - This is a free hosting service, the majority of the time because it is advertisement-supported web hosting, and is probably limited when compared to paid hosting.
  

• Reseller web hosting - Allows clients to become web hosts themselves. Can Resell there hard-drive space to other clients.
  

• Dedicated hosting - This services means the user gets his or her own Web server and has full control over it.
  

• Virtual dedicated server - Divides a server into virtual servers, making each user feel like they are on there own individual server when in fact they are all sharing the same server.

 
 Other types of hosting includes, clustered hosting, grid hosting, home server and co-location web serving.