To build a website and maintain it requires a lot of work and can prove to be complicated, time-consuming and costly for individuals and small and large scale companies. It is a good idea to help from service providers that specialize in all aspects of web hosting.
Apart from providing you a space in the server where you can store information in your website and a steady internet connection, many web hosting companies also provide additional services that may include:
a. Domain name registration
b. Renewal of domain name
c. Email web hosting
d. Data transfer
e. Directory protection
f. Backup services
g. Technical support
Virtual web hosting is one of the methods used by web hosting companies. This allows them to host different domains on one computer or server. Thus, if you decide to get a virtual web host, you are only renting a space in the huge server and sharing it with many other domains.
Also known as shared web hosting, virtual web hosting is the cheapest and most efficient form of getting your website a place on the World Wide Web. For about $4 per month, you can use 300 GB disk space of a server. Usually, a web server has more than 2 GB of RAM so they can house several website domains on a single disk.
Basically, there are two kinds of virtual web hosting services:
1) Name based
2) IP based
In name based virtual web hosting, only one IP address is used by various host names while in IP based virtual web hosting, every web server that is configured with several virtual network interfaces on one physical interface, has its own IP address.
Like all other types of web hosting, there are some drawbacks of virtual web hosting. For one, you may experience problems encountered by other domains that share the server. Also, there may be lesser bandwidth, security and technical support services as compared to dedicated web hosting.
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