Web Server: Key Component of Web Hosting

 Web hosting is incomplete without a web server. A web server is an integral part of the service of web hosting. Intrigued? Let us elaborate on web server and web hosting. Especially if you are interested in availing web hosting, then the information contained here is going to prove to be very useful for you. Let us begin without any further ado.

Website Hosting

Website hosting is the service that is offered by web hosting service providers, that are also known as web hosts. This service is offered through various plans and is meant to make websites accessible online. In web hosting, server space along with all the technologies and services are provided, which are needed to render a website accessible online. Most of the reputed web hosts provide 24*7 technical support to ensure that the sites hosted by them remain up and running seamlessly.

Hosting can be of many types. The different types of hosting services and plans cater to different hosting requirements and budgets. The main types of web hosting services include shared hosting, dedicated hosting, VPS (Virtual Private Server), reseller hosting, cloud hosting and WordPress hosting. All these types of web hosting services fulfil the same function of making a site accessible online and keeping it accessible seamlessly.

Now let us discuss web servers next, which are the most essential component in the service of web hosting.

Web Server

Web servers are a type of server that are used by web hosting service providers. A web hosting company provides space on its web servers to website owners that avail service from the company. The availed service is known as web hosting. We have already discussed web hosting in brief. Now let us understand more about a web server, as it is one of the most essential components of web hosting.

A server stores, sends and receives data and a web server is also a type of a server. Hence, essentially it serves the same function. Web servers can be hardware-based or software-based or a combination of both. As mentioned previously, these are used by the companies that provide the service of web hosting. Every web server connects to the Internet and serves as a storage for web server software as well as for the component files of websites. It carries out data exchange with devices of Internet users that are connected to the Internet.

What do we mean when we say that a web server is a key component of web hosting? Let us touch on it. A web server that is provided by a web hosting company, through its web hosting plan, stores the content of website/websites that have availed the service of web hosting. This web content is in the form of HTML documents, fonts, images, videos, and JavaScript files, etc. A web server not only stores, processes and delivers web pages to the visitors of websites but also stores web server software. How are these stored web pages made accessible? Let us shed light on it.

When a user looks for a certain web content on the internet, a request is generated for the content and sent by the user’s browser to the web server that is storing that content. This is the same browser that had been availed through a web hosting plan from a website hosting company to host the files of the website. The web server receives the request over the Internet and instantly responds to it. Next, the server looks for the content in its storage and processes it, based on the requirement. Post that, this content is sent to the same browser, which had requested for it and the web content becomes accessible to the site visitor, who is using that browser. This entire process is part of web hosting. Now it is obvious that how a web server is used for storing, processing and delivering the content of website/websites. Without a web server, it won’t be possible to provide the service of web hosting. That is why a web server is considered to be a key component of web hosting.

Web servers can be of different types, such as shared, dedicated or VPS. Shared servers are used in a type of web hosting service known as shared hosting. In shared hosting, a single server is used for hosting multiple websites. Hence, the files of many sites, that have availed shared hosting, are stored on a single server. The shared server environment results in sharing of server space and server resources among the sites that are hosted on the same server. Availing a shared server presents one of the most economical solutions for hosting websites. Shared server space lowers the price for availing individual space on the same server. A shared server can be availed through an appropriate Linux Shared Hosting plan or a Windows Shared Hosting plan. It needs to be mentioned here that you should always opt for a shared server from a reliable and professional service provider, such as HTS Hosting, that prioritizes delivering fast speed and powerful security. Otherwise, you might encounter the usual problems that are faced in shared hosting, which are slow speed, limited resource availability and security related issues. HTS Hosting, renowned globally as the Best Website Hosting Company, has been successfully delivering high uptime, lightning-fast speed and robust security in all its shared hosting plans, and that too at prices as low as Rs.31/month. Additionally, we provide free SSL certificates on all our shared hosting services.

Next, there are servers that are known as Dedicated Servers. As is indicated by the name itself, a dedicated server and its entire resources cater to the requirements of a single site. A dedicated server is used to host a single site and stores the files of only that site. Enhanced security, site speed and performance are the direct result of availing a dedicated server, as the resources of the server cater exclusively to the requirements of a single site. Additionally, you get a dedicated IP in it and have the flexibility to customize your server based on your specific needs. Such exclusivity in a dedicated server, with regard to server resource availability, definitely comes at a higher price than that which you have to pay to avail server space on a shared server. However, the dedicated servers offered by HTS Hosting, are available at highly discounted prices and are powerfully configured to deliver an exceptional level of performance that is unrivalled.

VPS, the abbreviation for a Virtual Private Server, is another type of a web server. This type of a server uses Virtualization Technology for the purpose of ensuring the segmentation of a single server into multiple, separate, virtual servers. This ensures that a single server gains the capability to function as multiple, separate, virtual, private servers. A Virtual Private Server is known to emulate a dedicated server’s environment on a single shared server. A user of a VPS can install his software and operating system because the files of the users are maintained separately on the OS level in a Virtual Private Server. VPS, which can be either a Managed VPS or a Self-managed VPS, significantly boosts site speed, security and performance by providing dedicated resources in a shared server environment.

These are the major types of web servers that are highly sought-after for availing server space, in order to store the content of website/websites. Server space is availed through various web hosting services and plans that are provided by different web hosting service providers. Every web hosting service and plan fulfils its main objective of rendering websites accessible through web servers, which host the files of websites. That is why web servers are indispensable to web hosting.

Before concluding, it needs to be mentioned that whenever you avail a server, always opt for a reliable, professional and reputed service provider, such as HTS Hosting, that excels at delivering excellent performance, high uptime, fast speed, secure service, round-the-clock technical support and much more at very affordable prices.

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