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What is web hosting?

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A web hosting plan is a package that includes a range of essential elements for putting a website online. The hosting provider delivers a storage space connected to the internet, and you can assign a domain name of your choice to it. The plan generally includes databases for storing your website information, an email solution for managing your communications, and a backup system. Shared hosting services are the most affordable plans, and generally require very little technical knowledge.

Question 2

What types of web hosting services are there?

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Cloud hosting plans vary in price, structure and power. Shared hosting solutions offer a good balance between features and price. You can launch your website with a cheap hosting plan, then adapt it to suit your website’s performance needs. They are perfect for hosting a medium-sized website with high traffic forecasts. By definition, you share the physical server’s resources with other users also hosted on it. However, each person’s data and content are completely isolated, so nobody else can access them. A virtual private server (VPS) is a virtual storage space with guaranteed resources. Virtualisation technology is used to divide up a physical server’s resources. Portions of the resources are then allocated to users as virtual machines. This means that users get their own hosting space, which they can make full use of. It is worth keeping in mind that since you get root access to the VPS, you will need to manage it yourself. Otherwise, you can employ a systems administration specialist to manage it for you. A dedicated server gives you the highest degree of freedom and performance. You get your own bare-metal server, hosted in our datacentres, which you can use to put complex web applications online, get started with AI projects, or host a website fleet. Our dedicated servers are optimised to meet the needs of even the most ambitious projects.

Question 3

Web hosting, VPS or dedicated servers: which option is best for my needs?

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To find out what kind of hosting to choose, you will need to draw up your web strategy first. Depending on the size of your business, the scale of your online activity, and your IT infrastructure, your hosting requirements may vary. For example, a coffee roaster who simply wants to have a WordPress blog about making the perfect coffee could opt for a shared hosting package. However, if they would like to host an online store with high traffic, we offer more powerful solutions, like our Performance plan. Activity involving big data, AI and machine learning will require solutions with higher capacities, such as a high-performance dedicated server from our Bare Metal range.
The important thing is to be able to assess your IT needs. If you choose a solution that limits your flexibility, you risk losing visibility and relevance on search engines (outages, slow loading times, etc.). OVHcloud gives you greater flexibility when you choose between different solutions to support your web activity.

Question 4

How do I get started with a web hosting solution?

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Once you have chosen a hosting plan that fits your project, all you need to do is deploy it on the server. You can easily set up your project via the Custom Control Panel. If you have not created your website yet, you can install a 1-click CMS module to create it, so you can start designing it straight away.If you already have a website, simply move its files to your hosting plan using our Custom Control Panel with FTP Explorer, via an FTP client or in SSH.You can then start creating your databases, as well as the email accounts linked to your domain name.

Question 5

Which web hosting package is best for an online store?

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E-commerce websites are particular and require more resources than other types of website. Additional elements are needed, such as order channels, information windows for banking settings, customer and product databases – all of which are features that require substantial hosting resources. Our Performance range is particularly recommended for this type of use. You also get more resources than our other shared web hosting plans, while still getting a competitive price. You can link more than 1,000 email accounts to it, and you’ll have an additional SQL queries limit.

Question 6

What is the difference between website hosting and domain name hosting?

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A web hosting plan is a service that securely stores a website’s content, data and applications on a server that is permanently connected to the internet and accessible from anywhere in the world. It is managed by an internet provider.

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