Web Hosting Value

 

Web hosting is space rented on a computer, connected to the internet, to store website pages, so that they can be viewed by anyone who wants to look.

Top quality web hosting will have all of the following provided with the computer space, and be included in the cost:

Software LiteSpeed CloudLinux
  PHP Softaculous
Storage NVMe SSD Storage MySQL Databases
Security Lets Encrypt SSL DDoS Protection
Environment 100% renewable energy power supply Convection cooling by water and air

The following available options will determine the most suitable hosting plan for you, and the annual web hosting cost.

1) Which control panel?
  DirectAdmin is easier to use, particularly for beginners, and is less expensive. The main alternative, cPanel, has more features and may be preferred if PHP programming is intended.

2) How much disk space?
     1 Gigabyte = 1024 Megabytes
  Current Sites MB   Contains
  impavid.net 95   3 websites installed;
several graphics and MP3
  newsteadecho.org 726   1 installation of PyroCMS;
over 19 years pdf editions
  enviroed4all.com.au 900   3 installations of WordPress;
many pdf and graphics files

3) What type of email storage?
  POP3   IMAP
  Not stored on web hosting;
downloaded and stored on your computer.		   Stored on web hosting, viewed on your computer; requires more hosting space.
Storage Space Value
Hosting Plan GB Cost pa Cost/GB
Plan 1  1 $34.00 $34.00
Plan 2 5 $68.00 $13.60

It might be tempting to select Plan 2 based on cost per GB.

 

However, 1GB was sufficient for the sites at the left initially, which is true for most simple sites. Selection based on Cost/GB is false economy because $34 per year would be wasted, for 4GB of space not likely to be used for a long time, if ever.

 

In general, select the smallest space plan available, that has the number of email accounts required. If you later require more space it is possible to upgrade the web hosting to a larger plan.