Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Drupal Hosting is Packed with Goodies

By Margery Lubbers


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 the beginners, selecting this as a host is not only cheap but also favorable for running a collection of low visitor websites. On one hand where cheap web hosting is reliable and trustworthy, on the other hand disk space and bandwidth have to be compromised to more professional hosting packages.

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 that are to be kept in mind when deciding on a web package include:

1. Cost - You should go for a cheap Drupal hosting. A fee of US$5 each month is 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.

3. Limit of domains - another important factor is the number of domains the package allows per account. If you intend to host websites on your account, you will be requiring a package with unlimited domains.

4. Limit of databases - it is better to have many domains with a similar amount of databases. Many websites that run in this platform have more than one database per installation.

Traffic limit- The growth of website should decide on the proper setup of the package. This is slightly costlier than the earlier mentioned cheap application.

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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  1. There are numerous hosting solutions available in the market but few are acquiescent for development environment in comparasion to Drupal hosting. Drupal hosting had humble origins and started out as a message board but due to its ease of use and user friendly features it garnered the attention of developers community.

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