Hosting – What and Why?
You may have run across the term in your browsing and with the many annoying pop-up windows that advertises such services. Hosting is actually a simpler way of getting a web page on the internet without much cost. In the early days of the internet, hosting used to be done by each and every company or user who wanted to put up a web page which entailed quite a lot of investment in the server and the needed hardware (normally a high-end PC that acts as the web server), and the network hardware which connects to the internet.
The requirements for networking would also entail a huge investment for to get a decent presence on t he web you’d need at least a T1 connection for all your needs. Nowadays, it is very much easier with hosting companies who have all the necessary hardware in place with you paying for the resources used by your web page rather than having to put up your own data center for such a purpose.
The concept of the upcoming cloud-computing platform is in a sense hosting in a much bigger scale with big companies who have the necessary hardware in place with companies who would be using the services paying for the so-called bandwidth consumed. With hosting, you get several types of packages that varies from provider to provider but normally has a specified amount of data storage and other freebies includes like database management and others these companies offer. Google has one of the most powerful data centers on the planet with tons of servers and data storage centers all over the US.
Filed under: General, HTML, Information on March 27th, 2009