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Web hosting is fast becoming one
of today's most profitable businesses. Every business and
organization are raring to register with a web hosting
service provider. All this hoopla but still, some are left
in the dark about this new online trend. What is web hosting
and how does it function are only some of the most common
questions asked by people who are unfamiliar with the online
business. Web hosting simply is the storage and maintenance
of data and information of particular websites and making
them available for access through the Internet.
Website-owning individuals and organizations may provide the
content of their pages but making them readily accessible to
Internet users is another story. These content files
including information, video, images and other content
materials, must be stored in a “server” which is a computer
that literally serves or delivers the requested files to
other computers in the network. In other words, if a user
wants to view a particular website, his computer must
connect to the server in order to retrieve and download the
files in storage.
For an ordinary website owner however, it is impractical to
own and maintain a server because of cost implications which
include the purchase and set-up of hardware. Knowledge of
technical information is also needed for maintaining and
monitoring of the system to ensure continuous operations 24
hours a day to accommodate users in different time zones.
It is for this reason that web hosting service came to be. A
web hosting company may own or lease several servers,
install the necessary application software, and set up
routers, firewalls, power supplies and data pipelines
connecting those servers. Its total infrastructure and
system is designed to ensure Internet connectivity at all
times. Such company also rents out spaces in its servers to
website owners for files storage. Because of its many
advantages, availing of web hosting service is now the
obvious choice for individuals and companies wanting to make
their websites accessible through the Internet.
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