The 5 Different Types of Website Hosting Explained

SOURCE: Elementor

Summary

Here is a good overview of what website hosting is, and the various types of website hosting (shared, VPS, dedicated, managed, and cloud), and their respective features, technical specifications, and price ranges. It explains that website hosting is the hardware that stores and powers a website, and serves its files to visitors. With the choice of hosting type depending on the website’s requirements and technical needs, it explores and examines what that may mean for you and your objectives.

Excerpt

“Every single website has some type of web hosting behind it, whether it’s a big website like YouTube or your friend’s knitting blog.

When you purchase web hosting, you’re essentially renting space on a computer. This could be part of a computer that you share with other people, an entire computer, or even space on a network of computers (AKA ‘the cloud’).”

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