Some companies have their own data centers, which might or might not include
a web server. For small companies, hosting is best acquired through a third party. The cost
of offsite website hosting has become a deal almost too good to be true; for a paltry
monthly fee, any company can get gigs of space and bandwidth they??™ll probably never use.
When choosing a host, consider several metrics:
First, make sure the host is compatible with your publishing platform. If the sites
are constructed with static HTML or authored in Flash, this is not a concern, but
any CMS will have a minimum set of requirements the host needs to meet. An
ASP.NET application will need a Windows server, while the PHP-based WordPress
and Textpattern installations work best on Apache with MySQL databases.
Get the most bang for your buck. Compare prices and features, and absolutely do
not accept any advertisements on your site placed there by the host.
Go with a respected name in hosting. Media Temple, Rackspace, Go Daddy, and
DreamHost have all been in the game a long time, possess large customer bases,
and boast good support. Too many small hosts have unreliable uptime and questionable
customer service.
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