Sunday, April 18, 2010

Why do we need web hosting




To make your website available to the internet community, the website files need to be hosted on a web server. A web server is a powerful computer, which can accomodate thousands of requests for your website pages. A web server has to be connected to the internet all day and night so that users can access it anytime. A web hosting provider is a company that sells space on these web servers to website owners like you. They provide a full-time, high-bandwidth connection to the internet, so that visitors can access your site easily.

· Reasons for not hosting a website on your home computer:

· Server and server software (web server, mail server, firewall, virus protection etc.) can be expensive.

· The server needs a 24/7 high speed connection to the internet, which is relatively costly.

· Setting up all the configurations including mail server, FTP server and DNS server can be complicated.

· Server maintenance requires 24 hour support, special skills and knowledge.


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