Web Hosting: What Is It and Why Do I Need It? 5 Naive Questions

When you decide to run your online project you have to clarify a lot of questions. To make your research easier we gathered 5 FAQs. Read them to understand what to start from.

1. What is web hosting?

Web Hosting is a special service that makes your website available for users all over the world via Internet. Unless you have web hosting your web resource is a number of texts, graphics and other files. To make it work you should choose a web hosting provider and get a space on the server in the data center. As usual, web hosters provide three main types of service: shared web hosting, VPS and dedicated servers.

2. What is the difference between shared web hosting, VPS and dedicated servers?

1. Shared web hosting is the best choice for newbies. This service has a loyal price and reasonable opportunities to host the website. The principle of the shared web hosting is that several websites are located on one server. Choosing a plan, you may get a lot of unlimited resources, but be careful and cooperate only with a reliable web hoster like Unihost. This company works with the worlds` best equipment (Cisco, Arbor, Tilera) so you may be sure in your websites` uptime.

2. Virtual private server (VPS) is the service for more huge projects that are growing rapidly. This servers are more powerful and they are divided into pieces by a special virtualization system. The website owner may use each virtual server independently, he gets a root access to it and wider range of opportunities compared with the shared web hosting.

3. Rent of the dedicated servers is a top-quality service when the webaster is provided with a separated physical server. He may choose a servers` configuration and location that will meet his needs.

3. How to manage my web hosting account?

There are different control panel that are used for a website management. For example, Unihost provides cPanel, an easy and user-friendly tool that is popular among the webmasters all over the world.

4. Can I build a website if I`m not a programmer?

Website building becomes more and more popular not only among professional programmers. A lot of people who start dreaming about their own projects use website builders that allow to create a web resource using templates. Unihost provides this Website Builder for free with every web hosting plan. You may also use a Content Management System (CMS) available for the clients, too. WordPress and Joomla are the most popular, Drupal, Magento, phpBB, 1C Bitrix are also available for Unihost clients.

5. How to protect my website from viruses, hackers and DdoS attacks?

Companies that really care about their clients` projects provide a reliable protection. Unihost offers the antivirus check for the websites hosted on the shared web hosting. This company is also well known for the anti-DdoS protection. To secure your website from hackers you may use an SSL certificate for encrypted connection