The time has come: you want to finally launch your own website, blog or online store to the world. And the million dollar question is: what do I need? What is the best web hosting I can hire? First, let’s look at what is meant by web hosting.
A web host is basically the place where you can, as the name suggests, host your website (or blog or shop). And by that, we mean all the information, images, videos, etc. Thanks to this hosting, other people will be able to see it online. Otherwise, it would stay on your computer and that’s it.
Even so, not everything is as simple as it seems, because to do this hosting your website, you can choose between several types of hosting, and at first, it can be confusing. How do you know which one is right for you? We explain it to you.
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What types of web hosting are there?
Depending on your needs, you can choose between the different types of hosting that we discuss below. If there are any terms that are a bit difficult to understand, don’t worry, because we are going to explain them all in this article.
In shared hosting, your website will be hosted on a server together with other clients, sharing resources such as RAM or CPU.
In the case of Innovadeluxe, this type of hosting includes SSD hard disks, whose access times are up to five times faster than conventional hard disks. So in that sense, you are not affected by sharing resources with others.
In addition, it is a scalable hosting, that’s whyInnovadeluxe recommends it if you are just starting out. If at some point your website grows, you can expand the hosting capacity without any problem.
VPS (Virtual Private Server)
If you use a VPS, although the physical server will also have hosted the websites (or ecommerce) of several clients, within the server “zones” have been established, to which resources have been assigned. In this way, even if all the websites are on the same server, each client will only use the resources that correspond to their “zone”.
Innovadeluxe has, if not the best VPS in Spain, almost, as it is based on solid state disks with SSD technology, which, as before, optimize the performance and access to your website, making everything run smoothly.
In addition, thanks to these SSD disks, each Virtual Server runs under its own Operating System and can be rebooted independently, which increases its security and stability.
This is the type of hosting we recommend at Innovadeluxe for medium to large projects. In addition, like shared hosting, it is also scalable.
Cloud server
Although at first glance it could be confused with the VPS (which is also virtual), at the operational level there are several differences.
The VPS is a single physical machine. The cloud is a virtual server, which is supported by a set of physical servers. That is, the virtual is above the physical, as if to say.
It has more possibility of flexibility and scalability, if your business grows in a huge way.
Dedicated web hosting
It is the most expensive, and only pays off if, once again, you have an incredibly large business, which consumes a lot of resources, since all the resources of the physical server are going to be for you.
As you can see, it’s not so much a question of one web host being better than another, it depends on your needs.
For an online business or a WordPress where you have (or expect to have) a good number of visitors, we think it is best to hire a VPS web hosting, which will offer you all the guarantees and features you need.
What is the difference between web hosting and domain?
This question, although it may not seem like it, is asked by many people, so here we leave you the answer. In addition, at Innovadeluxe we offer the DNS change service, and we want you to understand what we mean by this.
The name that you assign to your blog or online store, is what we call domain. For example, miszapatitos.com. After this name, there is a series of numbers, which we call IP.
DNS (Domain Name System)servers relate domain names (miszapatitos.com) with their associated IP addresses. So when someone types your domain name into their computer or mobile or tablet, it contacts their DNS server and asks what IP address is associated with that name. The computer connects to the IP address and retrieves the requested web page. That is, yours.
Therefore, the domain is the name of your website, and the web hosting is the hosting that will provide the means for the user to reach your website, thanks to the DNS.
Why did we tell you before that the DNS change was important? Let’s imagine you have bought a new domain or you want to bring it from another web hosting service. Even if you already have your domain active on Innovadeluxe, by default it may not be pointing to the DNS of your new hosting (us). This means that you won’t be able to see the website from the domain name, nor will your email work, or anything else.
Well, don’t worry: at Innovadeluxe we will make the DNS change for you so that all this doesn’t happen. One headache less. Good!
Characteristics of a good web hosting
Although we want to explain in detail what must have a good hosting, first we will leave you a short list of what you have to look at before hiring a hosting, and that we will explain in a more technical way throughout our post.
Disk space
We are aware that, especially in the case of online stores that have a large catalog, it will be necessary to have plenty of space for all the images that will be needed.
Monthly transfer
Thanks to our CDN servers with IP Anycast, your bandwidth consumption is reduced, so you don’t have to worry about your monthly data transfer, it will be very well used.
Scalability
With both shared hosting and VPS from Innovadeluxe, you will be able to grow without any problem, because both hosts are scalable according to your needs.
Security
You have it assured, both for the customer, thanks to our SSL certificate (which is free for VPS hosting with dedicated IP) and in general for your online store or WordPress blog, thanks to the SSD disks, the reverse proxy, and our CPD. It all adds up!
You must make a backup
At Innovadeluxe we make a daily backup. And also a monthly backup. But you can also make them whenever you want.
Easy access to the control panel
Our hosting panels are very intuitive, so you don’t have to worry about that. Specifically, we have DirectAdmin, Plesk and VestaCP panels.
Upload speed
All our infrastructure is oriented to this point, thanks to our SSD RAID10 hard disks and our cache configurations, like the Reverse Proxy, but also caches for MySql and PHP. We also use the PHP7 version, which is the fastest.
As you can see, we put a lot of emphasis on this point, because it is a very important factor for a good customer experience, and also for the SEO positioning of your ecommerce or blog. The faster it is, the better the positioning.
Quality support
At Innovadeluxe you will have 100% professional support, with a team of more than 12 years of experience that will help you with whatever you need.
Essential hosting services
Everything on this list looks great on paper. But we, as specialists inPrestaShop and WordPress hosting, want you to know in more detail what’s behind each of these must-have features.
This way, whether you choose our web hosting service or not, everything they sell you won’t sound like Greek to you, and you’ll be able to make a more informed decision, don’t you think? So let’s go with the hosting glossary!
1. Dedicated IP addresses
As we said before, domains are made up of numbers, which are called IP. For example: 173.194.66.105. But you tell me who is going to remember all that when you want to visit a website or online store, so we assign them a domain name, such as miszapatitos.com.
When we talk about IP, we are not only talking about your online store.The server where your store or WordPress is hosted also has an IP. If it’s a shared IP, it means that several websites are using it (your PrestaShop store, someone else’s WordPress, etc)
What does this mean? That the access to your website, sometime, could be a bit slower (something that Google doesn’t like) But also that if any of the websites that are under that IP is penalized by Google, it can affect yours (and therefore, its SEO)
It is not something that happens often, but if you are a store with a lot of traffic, it is likely that you do not want to get a bounce penalty that can lower your search engine rankings.
Also, a dedicated IP is the one that is usually used for online shops so that they can install an SSL certificate, but sometimes it is necessary for many other things as your website grows.
2. What is an SSL Certificate?
Well, since we were talking about this, we’ll tell you. An SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificateis a way for your customers to know without a doubt that they can trust the site they are visiting and enter their personal data, because SSL ensures that the transmission of data between the server and the web user is totally encrypted thanks to mathematical algorithms and a key system, making it easier for your users to buy from your store. That is why it is essential to have it in an ecommerce.
Remember that at Innovadeluxe we include an SSL certificate free of charge on our VPS servers with dedicated IP.
3. CDN servers with IP Anycast
The CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a set of locations around the world, which redistribute locally the content of the servers . In addition, following a set of rules that tell them when, they store the files that do not need to be continuously updated in a cache.
Therefore, a CDN allows the web host to optimize the performance of any website that is requested anywhere in the world: better loading of pages, better response times and user experience, as well as reducing bandwidth consumption in each of the countries.
Needless to say, all this, in turn, improves the positioning of websites. Therefore, for a store or blog that has international customers and users, it is the perfect solution.
4. RAID10 SSD hard drives
The first thing we need to know here, is what SSD hard drives are.
An SSD (Solid State Drive) is a device that stores data through an integrated circuit assembly thatserves as memory, and whose electronic interfaces are compatible with traditional block input/output (I/O) hard disk drives.
That is, it ‘s like a hard drive, but without moving mechanical components, which is one of the advantages of SSD drives, because this generally makes them less susceptible to physical impacts, as well as giving them reduced access time and latency: with SSD drives we will achieve up to 100 times faster read/write speeds than with the fastest traditional hard drives.
The second thing we need to know is what it means to be RAID10 SSD hard drives, which are the ones we use at Innovadeluxe.
A RAID is a set of independent physical disks thatoffers high performance, thanks to the increase in the number of units used to store data and then access them simultaneously.
This means that the data of your online shop or WordPress will travel quickly. But in addition, by accessing multiple disks simultaneously, it also improves availability and fault tolerance. Fewer failures– good!
5. Data Centers (DPCs)
A Data Processing Center (DPC) is the location where the computer equipment that any hosting needs for the processing of a company’s information is located. They can be of enormous sizes, as is the case of Google or Amazon, can you imagine the amount of data they have to store and transmit? That’s why they have CPDs of thousands of square meters and many electrical generators. This way, they make sure that they “don’t shut down”.
But a good data center is not only to guarantee the continuity of the service, it is mostly used to manage confidential or security data, so its optimal installation and maintenance is essential to ensure good information management.
For all this, at Innovadeluxe we take very seriously the location and quality of our Data Processing Center, located in one of the safest and most efficient technological centers in Spain.
6. Reverse Proxy
A proxy server is a computer that acts as an intermediary between computers on a local area network and the Internet. And a reverse proxy is the one that, instead of allowing Internet access to internal users, allows Internet users (when you and I browse) to indirectly access certain internal servers.
By being able to establish the connection of a URL with several servers, it is possible to distribute the incoming requests to several of these servers. This avoids overloading the systems and if a server is unavailable because it is experiencing a failure, the load balancer module of the proxy redistributes the incoming requests to the rest of the servers. And nothing happens.
This way, we have the web server protected fromdirect external attacks, which makes it stronger and more secure. In addition, the cache function of a reverse proxy can decrease the server’s workload, so it also works as a server accelerator.
Conclusion
As you have seen, in order to seriously consider any company offering you “the best web hosting”, it is important that you know at least a little bit of what’s behind it. Especially if you are going to put your business in their hands. We hope this article has helped you understand a little better what is “behind” hosting.
If you still have doubts about what kind of web hosting you need for your PrestaShop or WordPress store, please contact us, and we will be happy to help you. We look forward to hearing from you!
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