Domain hosting
Once you have a domain name registered and are ready to put
your website live, you will require somewhere to host it, a
physical server which stores and serves the files that comprise
your website, there are many different types of domain hosting
to choose from which can make finding the hosting that is right
for you difficult, read on for some useful information that
will aid you in these decisions.
The physical machines that your site is hosted on will not
have any real influence on your site in terms of the technology
you can use, it is the server software that will dictate what
you can use on your domain hosting. If you are planning on
only using html for the delivery of your pages and are not
intending to utilise dynamic pages then any domain hosting
will fit the bill as they can all handle this type of use.
The domain hosting choice will generally boil down to two
options: Windows hosting or UNIX (Linux) hosting. Which you
choose will determine what server technologies you can use
in your pages, if you are looking to use php and mySQL then
the UNIX hosting would be a better option as it fully supports
these (these can be used under Windows hosting, but there
are few hosting companies who have this set up because of
the complexity). If you want to use ASP and Access database
then the Windows hosting would be the way to go as it has
native support for these.
The amount of space and monthly bandwidth allocation that
you get from your domain hosting are factors that need to
be taken into consideration, if you are expecting a high volume
of traffic and/or are serving large pages then you will need
a high bandwidth allowance. The disk space you are allocated
on the domain hosting server will need to be sufficient to
store your entire website, and allow space for future additions.
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