Web Hosting

Disk Space - All hosting accounts offer a certain amount of disk space that you can use to store all your files. Exactly what is, and isn’t counted towards your disk space usage will vary from host to host; so make sure you check exactly what files you will need to allow for when deciding how much disk quota you will need.It would be a good idea to have some sort of estimates on what you need for various tasks. How much space will you need for storing your email, web files, databases and log files? By breaking down your usage like this it will be much easier to work out how much space you should go for (once you know exactly what files are counted towards your disk quota).

At nearly all webhosting companies websites now a days, you will see the two terms “Virtual Hosting” (VPS) and “Dedicated Hosting”. What is the difference between these? Well its fairly simple.

On a Virtual Private Server you have your website placed on a computer (The webserver), that has other websites on it - anywhere up to 350 or more. This has a number of down sides, such as being slower, less secure, as well as giving you less access to edit things on the server, such as installing & updating the system software. One the plus side however, it is much cheaper then going for a dedicated server, as well as being easier to administer.