Website hosting is renting space and resources to store your website and deliver it to the public via the internet. Like land rental, hosting is the land, and your house is the website. All the files, data, images, code and content that form your website are stored in the space provided on the hosting server. When someone accesses your website from a browser, the hosting server retrieves, configures and delivers these files, allowing your audience to view your website.
Website hosting is one type of hosting. Email hosting stores and delivers email messages. File hosting stores and delivers files. Domain hosting stores and delivers domain information.Traditionally, the computer used to host something is called a “server”. Each type of hosting places different demands on the server, and servers need to be built to meet these specific demands. Therefore, it is not advisable to use one server for websites, email, and files.
Continuing the land rental analogy, your rental payment includes the land and ensures your home has electricity, access to the street, gas, and is free of bugs. However, unlike property rental, hosting does not include the home. The house you place on the land is yours and you are responsible for its maintenance and decoration. Many hosting companies will outright refuse to assist with the website. Their scope only includes the hosting space. Our team of trained website developers will assist, we simply charge for the time.
You can host multiple websites on one private server. In this case, the customer rents the entire server and must be capable of managing the advanced technology.
Managed hosting reimagines the concept of hosting. Built on the traditional hosting model, managed hosting often adds useful features like accessible backup, staging for testing, regular updates, monitoring, security and more. Each hosting provider will offer different inclusions. Most will still not include complex work on the website. This is still a separate service at added cost.