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What is web hosting, actually?

10/11/2020

Good morning, you have created a website,
Or you are currently in the process of developing a new website or upgrading your old one.
You already want to see the money the site will bring you,
Through sales, provision of online services, an online store, and so on.
There’s nothing like this moment to remember that no website stands alone.
It needs a “home” and in other words – servers that are suitable for hosting websites.

In this article, we will discuss web hosting in general and, of course, WordPress website hosting in particular.

So what is web hosting (in clear, understandable language):

Web hosting
Web hosting

Web hosting is essentially the “home” of your website, on which your website’s system will run.
A storage server can store a large number of systems of all types,
WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and a wide variety of open source systems,
Among other things, both closed-source systems and clean PHP or ASP code, depending on the type of storage server.

There are different types of storage services,
Storage on a LINUX server – which essentially allows the running of PHP-based websites that operate with a MYSQL database.
Storage on a WINDOWS server – which essentially allows the running of ASP-based websites that operate with an MSSQL / ACCESS database.

What is better? Store the website in Israel? Or on servers abroad?

This is a question that is asked often, and the answer should take into account your main source of visitors.
If your target audience is from abroad, it would be better to choose a hosting server abroad.

But for most website owners, choosing an Israeli web hosting company will be preferable.
And it’s not just about encouraging the Israeli economy (which is important in itself).
A local company is aware of all kinds of important highlights in the country, beyond that,
Running the site on servers in Israel affects the speed of the site.
Rule of thumb – when most of the site’s visitors are from Israel, an Israeli company will be a successful and good choice.
Of course, a local company has exceptionally available customer service. Availability tailored to an Israeli target audience.

If your target audience is international, both from abroad and from Israel,
It is possible to work with CDN services to provide the surfer with the best browsing experience,
And so the CDN service you choose, for example CloudFalre, will know how to serve the customer the website from the area closest to them.

What is shared hosting and is it right for your website?

It is said that the current era is trending toward a collaborative economy.
Therefore, you probably won’t be surprised to find out that storage can also be shared.
This is quite similar to the model invented by WeWork, but of course virtually.
This type of web hosting, which is also suitable for WordPress sites, is suitable for regular, common sites.
From the website owner’s perspective, he receives a server on which the website runs.
But because the server is resource-intensive, many other website owners share the same server.
The downside – if the server happens to be busy, and not even because of something that depends on your site,
Your website may also become slower and less available.
Precisely for this reason, this method has been developed for VPS.

What is the difference between shared web hosting and a VPS server?

Shared hosting, as explained above, means storage on one server,
In it, the loads and resources are divided among all the server tenants.
On the other hand, hosting on a VPS server, which is essentially a virtual private machine, is completely different.
On a VPS server, you receive the full resources of the server and the loads are shared only between you and the operating system.
Shared servers usually have most technologies available, but if you need specific technology,
You may not be able to configure it on a shared server because, as noted, it affects all sites on the server.
As a result, the additional advantage of a virtual private server is that you can tailor the technologies specifically to your website.
Whether it’s installing special extensions, certain features, different website running systems, etc.
Another advantage is increasing server resources as needed at any time, whether it’s adding RAM or a hard disk.
There is no need to move to a new server, simply perform the upgrade and continue working as normal.

What exactly is WordPress hosting? And what makes it so unique?

WordPress website hosting

Most of you, if not all, have already heard of the WordPress system,
The WORDPRESS system is the most common system today for building blogs, websites, and almost any web project.
The system is very flexible and gives you the option to develop it in any way you want,
Add dedicated features to it, turn it into a gallery, blog, website, online store, and more.
The system allows you, the end customers, to edit the website very easily without any knowledge of coding,
Whether it’s adding texts, images, forms and types of graphics to their content.
The WORDPRESS system has special requirements in order for it to work optimally,
Among other requirements, it is required to work with:
1. Latest PHP versions.
2. Special server-side modules such as imagemagick for image processing to brotli or memcache for server-side compression.
3. The system requires a strong server-side caching system that can handle it and make it work well.

You can read and learn more about WordPress hosting here.

So how can you choose a quality web hosting company that will meet all your requirements?

At this point, we would like to add a few more highlights that will help you choose a particularly good and successful web hosting company.

It is recommended to look at the number of reviews and recommendations of the company, it reflects a lot.
It is better to contact a company that specializes in cloud storage,
With required services such as regular backups and frequent updates.
Thanks to updates and especially thanks to regular backups,
The site will not be damaged even if there are occasional glitches on the Internet.
It is impossible to completely avoid failures,
The trick is just to ensure that the site recovers as quickly as possible from any bug or attempted attack.
Secure servers complete the necessary envelope.

Now we will emphasize that it is extremely important to choose a web hosting company that offers maximum availability support.
Whenever something on the site seems to be out of date,
If there is any problem that you cannot overcome or any other trouble, support is essential.
A team of technical support staff allows you to manage your website with peace of mind at any time.
If it’s WordPress hosting, make sure the support team knows the system properly.
So that he can help you as soon as you need him.
Finally, we would like to note that thanks to SSD disks as part of the storage package,
The site maintains availability and speed.
And when the surfers are happy, the site owners are happy.

Hosting WordPress websites at HOSTCENTER

At HOSTCENTER, we provide a complete package aimed at satisfying WordPress website owners.
We provide WordPress website hosting that provides everything so you can work in peace:
1. General backups for your storage accounts up to two weeks back!
2. Installing the WORDPRESS system at the click of a button.
3. Install over 150 open source systems at the click of a button.

Read more about: Installing a WordPress website

4. Backups through the CPANEL interface and restores at the click of a button.
5. All Host Center servers are based on LiteSpeed ​​systems for maximum caching and speed.
6. All Host Center servers contain imagemagick, brotli, memcache, and openchace.
7. Host Center’s support team has people with many years of knowledge and experience in the WordPress system in order to provide you with the best support possible.

So what are you waiting for? Contact us today and we will be happy to assist you!

Read more: https://hitechcenter4u.com