*Managed Hosting*Dedicated Hosting*Cloud Hosting*Shared Hosting
(1)Managed Hosting.
A more advanced type of dedicated server hosting, with extended support and management delivering system-level administration and support, comprehensive Internet infrastructure and extensive services that relieve IT departments of many critical, but expensive responsibilities.
In a managed hosting environment, the provider owns the data centers, the network, the server and other devices, and is responsible for deploying, maintaining and monitoring them. The customer retains full control of their operating systems and applications. This balance of responsibilities allows for levels of security, up time that far exceed basic dedicated hosting and other hosting options.
(2) Dedicated hosting
This form of hosting allows customers to lease pre-configured, dedicated equipment and connectivity from the provider. Dedicated hosting provides greater flexibility than shared hosting (and entails less responsibility than colocation hosting), since the customer generally retains control over the hosting environment and choice of operating system. The provider, however, remains responsible for hardware and network administration.
(3) Cloud Hosting
The Cloud is a type of hosting architecture that allows computing resources to be consumed as a service via the Internet. Typically, cloud environments are able to add or remove resources like CPU cycles and memory and network storage as needed. Even Infrastructure services like load balancing and traffic shaping, security, intelligent caching along with dedicated computing platforms for performance analysis, monitoring and reporting scale with the environment.
The bottom line is that cloud architectures can scale to suit user demand and traffic spikes quickly. Developers don't have to constantly re-engineer their environment and cost structures to handle peak loads. Businesses don't have to wrestle with the underlying infrastructure and core technologies or the day-to-day operational, performance and scalability issues of their platform. Instead, they can truly focus their resources on developing their applications and sites.
(4) Shared Hosting
This is the most basic and the most inexpensive of hosting alternatives. With shared hosting, numerous customers host their websites or applications on the same server, sharing the cost of an Internet connection that's generally faster and more secure than dial-up connections. Because the resource is shared, server performance is impacted and security is easier to compromise.
(5) Colocation Hosting
For companies that need complete control over their servers, colocation hosting is a popular option over hosting their servers in-house. The colocation provider usually only offers space for devices on a rack, along with low-performance bandwidth. The customer is responsible for everything else—purchasing, configuring, deploying, and maintaining the physical hardware (servers, firewalls, etc.), software, and operating system.
For companies that need complete control over their servers, colocation hosting is a popular option over hosting their servers in-house. The colocation provider usually only offers space for devices on a rack, along with low-performance bandwidth. The customer is responsible for everything else—purchasing, configuring, deploying, and maintaining the physical hardware (servers, firewalls, etc.), software, and operating system.