Is Shared Hosting for You?
Many hosting providers offer the economical option of shared hosting. This is where numerous hosting accounts each sit on their own partition of the same web server. Choosing shared hosting means you could be using the same server as hundreds or even thousands of other clients.Each client is limited to a certain amount of storage space, allowed e-mail accounts and allowed bandwidth per month, but the same server and physical memory are shared. This is the most affordable option for web hosting, since many customers care for the overall cost of server maintenance.
The shared hosting provider manages the server for you, so you can expect things like installing server software, security updates, technical support and other aspects of service to be handled for you. Shared hosting often uses a web-based control panel system, with many larger hosting companies using their own custom-developed control panel.
In most cases shared web hosting allows for greater flexibility than dedicated hosting – if you start off small, you have the option of later upgrading your hosting plan to meet your changing needs.
Shared hosting is available from a variety of providers with both Windows and Linux plans. To know which of these will fit your needs, please see the article Windows or Linux Hosting – Which Should You Choose?