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Web hosting business offers individuals and companies to make the website easily accessible over the internet. Clients get space on the virtual server which is solely used and owned by their staff, without the intervention of a web hosting company. The companies are only responsible for providing space on their servers, hence, other activities are managed by the client and its team.

The hardware type, security, connectivity, and physical hardware requirements are important to serve web & email content in a highly secure data center equipped with backups for uninterrupted power supply. According to requirements, clients rent out space on the servers, managed by web hosting business.

Types of web hosting business:

There are many types of web hosting business, which are as follows:

Shared hosting:

Shared web hosting refers to the type where multiple websites are allowed to share resources and space on the same server. This is an affordable option for businesses because the overall costs of server maintenance and configuration can be shared between many customers.

Dedicated hosting:

In web hosting business, dedicated server hosting is reserved for single customers only. The server, internet connection, and space can be rented out by one customer and he will have complete control over the operating system, server, and other hardware.

Reseller hosting:

Reseller hosting is similar to shared hosting with the availability of additional tools that helps resell hosting space easily. Additional perks include free templates for websites, 24/7 technical support issues, and private name servers.

'''Cloud-based hosting: ''' Cloud-Based hosting involves a new technology that allows multiple individual servers to work together, and it looks like one giant server. So whenever the business needs to grow, hosting providers add multiple commodity hardware to create a larger cloud for storing more user data. Cloud hosting can simply accommodate the large traffic volume rather than slowing or shutting down a website.

Virtual Private Server (VPS):

Virtual private server hosting involves only one server, but it acts like various separate servers. VPS is considered as the stepping stone between dedicated hosting and shared hosting solutions.

'''Colocation web hosting: ''' In colocation web hosting, clients rent out the rack space from data centers. Clients bring in the private server hardware; and power, security, cooling, and the internet is offered by colocation data centers. The client would be responsible for their server software, backup properties, and data storage.

'''Self-hosting: ''' Self-hosting can be managed by a person itself. The client can buy the server, configure and download the software, and make sure the machine rooms are equipped with enough power, cooling, bandwidth, data integrity and much more.

Managed WordPress hosting:

With managed word press hosting, the web hosting provider tends to keep the WordPress installation updated, which would further protect the website from all kinds of viruses and threats.