Types of Hosting Services

What is Web Hosting
All of us must have heard this term. But, do we actually know the meaning, uses, advantages and disadvantages of web hosting and their hosting servers. When a company or anyone of us, make a website, we have to publish it to make it visible on internet. For doing this, we have to hire a web hosting company that will help us to publish our website. These services help the users by storing their files in web servers (high powered computers) that are connected to a very fast network.  When anyone on the internet will type your address, the web server will transfer the files to the user’s computer. With the help of these hosting servers we can see and surf the things on these websites.
Functions of Hosting Servers
Anything that is related to software, speed, security, bandwidth and support is the job of these hosting servers. A hosting server is basically a machine that is dedicated for providing hosting services. These hosting services are working on various operating systems like Linux, windows and IIS web server. The main function of hosting server is to provide a platform for you website to reach the people.
Types of Hosting Service
1.  Free Web Hosting Services - This type of hosting service is provide by many companies with limited features and services, accompanied by advertisements.
2.  Shared Web Hosting Service - One website is being placed with other websites on the same serve with same features. There are hundred to thousand sites on the same server depending upon the capacity if the hosting servers to provide speed, security and other important features.
3.  Virtual Dedicated Server VDS - It is sometimes also called virtual private server (VPS). This server helps in dividing a same server for different users providing them with all necessary features with full security.
3. Dedicated Hosting Servers- The user will get a server and full control over it. Dedicated hosting services are very expensive, so people with large businesses can afford it. But, these services are considered to be the best, as the user has full control over complete server.
4. Cloud Hosting- It is basically a place between shared hosting service and dedicated hosting service. Same physical servers are being shared by users of cloud servers, but they are being partitioned by special virtualization techniques.
These hosting services are provided by different companies to the users to launch their websites, they also help them to make their sites as much visible as possible. A company that is buying a plan will have a complete knowledge about the services that are being given to them. These services are given according to the above mentioned types of service selected. It is necessary for a company to have a hosting service in order to have the benefits of their website; it will help the website to be as visible as possible to the customers.