When choosing a "house" for a website or an Internet project, it is important to remember a few simple recommendations so that later it would not be "excruciatingly painful" for the lost time and money. Our advice will help you build a clear algorithm for choosing a paid hosting for hosting a site based on various paid and free management systems.
Council the first. Choosing a company carefully
There are hundreds of hosting providers in Runet alone for every taste and budget. In all the variety, you can get confused and confused. Therefore, it is important to remember that you can only trust your project to a proven market player.
The first page of the search results for the query "hosting" will give the desired result, and there it will already be possible to proceed to the nuances of choosing from 10-15 companies. In no case do not "get fooled" by advertising and promises of "superhosting" for 10 rubles a month from unknown companies that are full of various advertisements. Some of them may be scammers!
A company from the top of the search results also needs to be checked. It is unlikely that some kind of one-day trip will get there, but as the saying goes, "trust, but verify." First of all, the company must have a long history (we check the domain using the who is service). It is also important that she has a free multi-channel number, preferably round-the-clock support, by which you can clarify all the nuances of choosing a tariff plan that interests you. At a minimum, there should be an online consultant who promptly answers questions. For example, at Rusonyx we strive to resolve user issues within the first few hours of contact. In simple scenarios, we are talking about minutes.
Is it worth talking about such “little things” that any self-respecting hosting company should have its own website!? It is also important to understand where the host company's servers are geographically located, and where the potential audience of your site is located. If your site is for residents of Russia, then it does not make much sense to order "foreign" hosting. If you want to "conquer" the "bourgeois", then perhaps it makes sense to look at foreign hosting companies. Only in this case it is important to adequately assess your ability to interact with the foreign hosting support service in English or another language.
Tip two. We determine the technical characteristics of your Internet project
At this stage, you must clearly understand what kind of traffic your site will have, for what number of requests it is “sharpened”. Is it a personal page with more than 10 visits per day or a global online store with a thousand visitors per day? Depending on this, we choose virtual hosting, virtual dedicated server, dedicated server or cloud hosting.
We will not go into the details of each type. All these types of hosting differ in their readiness to receive visitors to your site. Virtual hosting is prepared for the minimum “influx” of guests, and cloud hosting, respectively, for the maximum.
Also, the choice of hosting type depends on the characteristics of your CMS system. More specifically, you can choose an option on specialized forums dedicated to your content management system (WordPress, Bitrix, Joomla, etc.).
Among the technical characteristics, the space allocated for your site is also important. For most modern projects, 1-2 GB is enough. Most hosting companies provide support for the PHP language and MySQL databases. But perhaps your project just doesn't need as much space or database support, then other, simpler characteristics will suit you. Specify them in the support service.
Many are wondering, Linux or Windows hosting to prefer? If you do not understand the details, then for most Internet projects, the Linux platform is suitable as the most secure and fast. If there are no special instructions from the site developer or CMS manufacturer, then you can stop at Linux.
Tip three. We test, test and test again, and most importantly for free
Most hosting companies offer free testing of your projects (usually on a third-level domain). Well, if it is possible to stay for free for a period of one week. Optimal - a month. During this time, you can understand how smoothly the site works, how quickly the support service answers all questions, solves problems that arise. If you liked the service, and your site “does not complain” about technical problems, then you can put a plus in the karma of this hosting company and already look at the contents of your wallet in order to buy paid hosting.
Council the fourth. Carefully choose the tariff, do not forget about growth!
We decided on the technical characteristics, checked the operation of the site, now we select tariff plans for your requirements. Currently, the optimal tariff based on offers on the market is 150 rubles per month with 1 GB of space, 10 sites, php and MySQL support. So to speak, "the average temperature in the hospital."
However, here it is important to compare tariff offers from different companies, choosing the best one for the price and according to your technical requests. Perhaps the price offer of another company suits you, then it makes sense to transfer the site files to it and test the project again.
When choosing one or another tariff plan, do not forget that, perhaps, your project will grow after some time, and in the existing technical framework it will simply be “crowded”. Check with the support service about the potential possibility of switching to more advanced tariff plans with minimal costs and time. It is important that there is such a possibility of transition!
Tip five. Don't skimp on security
When choosing a hosting company, tariff plan and its technical characteristics, it is important to keep the issue of security in focus. Any Internet projects are exposed to hacker attacks and hacking - from ordinary pages to cryptocurrency exchanges and even the website of the US White House! Be careful and always pay attention to the offers of hosting providers to enhance the security of sites with specific protection tools, installing security certificates, and so on. In any case, do not forget to make backup copies of your site's files and data so that in case of a "fall" they can be easily restored.
So, the hosting is selected, the files are uploaded, the site is tested and working - good luck, "passing" traffic to you!
Source: habr.com