What is Hosting?
Hosting is the term used to refer to the housing of various items such as an application, database, web site, email or a domain. There are several types of hosting, including: Co-location Co-location is a type of hosting where the hosting provider stores and maintains the customer’s server. The customer owns the server hardware and software, but houses the equipment in the hosting providers Network Operations Center, NOC, taking advantage of the provider’s facilities. Dedicated Hosting Dedicated or managed hosting allows the customer to take advantage of a hosting provider’s facilities, similar to co-location, however, the customer does not own the server hardware. The hosting provider assumes all the responsibility for the technical support and maintenance of the server. Shared Hosting Dedicated or managed hosting allows the customer to take advantage of a hosting provider’s facilities, similar to co-location, however, the customer does not own the server hardware. The hosting provide
It is the processes, equipment and expertise needed to allow web pages to be viewed over the Internet on the World Wide Web (http) between a Browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.) and a Server (hardware and software). There are many companies called hosts who charge various prices for hosting your site on their servers on a monthly, quarterly or annual cost basis. We can suggest a few that we have found are dependable and should meet your specific needs.
