What a shared hosting should be, what to pay attention to when choosing one

Virtual hosting is considered the most basic and economical place to place the data of the site on the server. All settings and quality of its work is provided by the provider. However, shared hosting options and capacity are limited. Therefore, it is important to choose the right provider and service package.

What should be shared hosting

A few indicators that define high quality shared hosting:

• The prospect of expanding the space and capacity for the site if necessary.
• Availability of tariffs with a different set of functionality and the ability to move from one package to another.
• The ability to choose the amount of traffic. It is desirable that it was not limited. However, if there are limits, such a package is cheaper.
• Uptime is the period of time per day that the server is available. It should not drop to less than 99.7%. Thanks to this, the site will always be available, and the downtime will be so insignificant that users will not notice it.
• The provider should competently configure SSL certificates. Otherwise, if there are errors, the search engine will perceive the site with such a certificate as insecure. This will interfere with the display in the issuance and promotion in it.

Technical support and power of the hosting server can be of very high quality. But if it hosts bad neighbors, - other sites with a bad reputation, it can harm the work of the web resource. Therefore, a responsible provider should provide antivirus and resolve problems arising from the bad reputation of other users. Reliable hosting knows how to work with a cryptographic protocol for protection.

What to pay attention to when choosing a shared hosting service

First of all, such factors are taken into account:

• The location of the company's data center. The closer the servers are to the location of the user, the faster will be the data transfer and loading of the site. It is important that in the data center was installed new and powerful equipment, communication with the server was carried out through powerful Internet channels. Need additional protection to increase the fault tolerance of the server. Providers should provide information about such parameters.
• Responsive and professional tech support. How it works, you can only find out in practice. However, you can look for reviews on the Internet from other customers about the quality of service. The mode of operation should be round the clock, it is good if you can contact specialists through several channels: mail, online chat, messenger. It is important that correspondence with tech support is duplicated to email. This will protect from various disputable situations that may occur.
• Information about the load limit for the CPU should be available.
• Will find out how much RAM is available, what are the limitations.

Determine the choice of shared hosting can help reviews about the company. However, it is important to be careful, because on specialized sites on reviews often place texts bought from copywriters. Also negative statements can leave inadequate customers. Therefore, it is better to seek the opinion of users of virtual hosting on various forums and thematic sites. Especially interesting and useful reviews with a detailed description of various cases in detail with the responses of the hosting provider. The way tech support responds in comments shows the level of professionalism and attitude to customers.