Sunday, February 6, 2011

Drupal Hosting is Packed with Goodies

By Mathew Dimery


Drupal is a content management system which is becoming widely popular all round the world. It has large varieties of plugins and templates which help in development and distribution of powerful web applications easily.

For those webmasters who are testing this platform for the first time, or who need to run a collection of low visitor websites, it would be a great choice to select a cheap host. Though they come with more restrictions on disk space and bandwidth when compared to professional hosting packages, cheaper web hosting today tends to have good reliability.

The right choice of web hosting is of paramount importance. After the web application is prepared, changing hosts is a very long task and consumes a lot of time. For heavy media websites, the transfer of files is essential from old server to new server. This process of transferring files is time consuming. Changing web hosts leads to breaking. However, people who want to make money related websites are strictly advised to avoid Drupal application.

The factors which are important while deciding on a web page are:

Cost- A low price tag is often desirable. A price of US$5 per month can be considered cheap

Disk Space- Does your website handle large traffic? Will it be sufficient for your website? It is advisable to go for a storage space worth 1,000 GB of files.

Limit of domains- What is the package per account that your domain allows? For the purpose of hosting websites on your account, you probably would require a package with unlimited domains.

Limit of databases- For multiple domains, you require similar amount of databases. Many websites which run on this host have multiple databases per installation.

Traffic limit- Room for growing reader numbers must be made while choosing a package. But, this comes at a price higher than your initial budget limit.

Multiple numbers of sites can be run from a single coded base from the multisite option of this host. This is preferable for those people who run several websites from a single hosting account. The special feature of this platform is that every web site running on the single code base will be updated once a particular plug-in is updated. Maintenance is very easy and can be carried out in minimal time. The low-budget packages also allow the smooth functioning of multiple websites from a single account.

The l application configures the hosting on shared servers. The web servers which can be shared helps in the running of multiple accounts from a single computer. Your package can easily sit with other websites by the resource sharing feature of the host application. This is quite affordable and can fit in your budget. The visitor's actions must be carefully monitored as it has a direct influence on your account. It can support up to 1,000 unique visitors in a single day. But, if the traffic is too large, it is a better option to choose dedicated or VPS hosting.




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