Web Hosting

For a business website, hosting plays an important role in helping the business develop its Marketing Online strategy. When building a website, the business needs to learn about Web Hosting services carefully to understand storage space and meet its own usage needs. Web Hosting contains all the data, Database of the website, so that when users type the domain into a browser, the hosting sends all the necessary files from the server to that browser. So what is a Web Hosting service and what role does it play for a business? To answer these questions, let's look at the article below.

What Is Hosting? Everything You Need to Know About Web Hosting 

Hosting hay Web Hosting is a storage space that lets users upload data and put live website or web apps on the Internet. When you sign up for a web hosting service, you are renting a spot on a server – server that holds all the files and data needed to run the website and use Internet services such as FTP, WWW, Domain email,…

A server is like a physical computer that runs without interruption so your website can operate stably. It gives users a smooth experience and easy access to the website. To picture it more easily, if your website is a house and the domain is the address, then hosting is the plot of land the house is built on. So domains and web hosting are considered the two main, mandatory elements for a website to work normally.

The hosting provider is responsible for keeping the server running stably and protecting it against attacks by malware. It also needs to deliver text, images and files from the server to the user's browser quickly

When renting hosting, users can choose the storage capacity they need. To get the best-quality hosting service, you need to know the server's storage capacity. You should also pay attention to the support services that come with the web hosting provider.

To learn more about the web hosting plans at MONA, watch the introduction video about our hosting services and discover the great benefits we bring you!

The most common types of hosting on the market today

Having understood the nature of Hosting – Web Hosting means, you need to understand the common types of hosting so you can choose the web hosting service that suits you best.

1. Dedicated Server

Sign up for the service Dedicated Server Hosting is when a user rents a dedicated hosting server and has full control over it. This type of server suits websites with very high traffic. It also means the cost is usually high and you need a server administrator to manage the hosting.

2. Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Similar to a Dedicated Server, VPS Hosting is a virtual private server created from a physical server. However, VPS Hosting has its own separate resources, divided up to host many different websites.

3. Shared Hosting

Shared Hosting is a type of server divided into many separate web hosting spaces, with accounts that have set limits and permissions such as disk space, bandwidth and databases. Because it is relatively cheap and easy to use, Shared Hosting is widely used for small and medium-sized websites.

How does web hosting work?

Website data uploaded to the hosting is stored and processed by the server. The server keeps every website as files and sends them out when requested. When a visitor opens the website, the server sends the information to the viewer.

Say a customer looking for information clicks on your page. The server sends the page to their browser. When they choose a specific post on the website, the server displays that post on their screen.

If your hosting server has enough capacity and is maintained regularly, the website runs safely and steadily. But if the space is too small, or server errors are not fixed in time, page load times and access to data will be disrupted.

Hosting specs you need to know

The key specs users should look at before buying hosting and keep an eye on while using it:

• Disk Space – Storage is the amount of hosting space for storing data, measured in gigabytes. The more storage, the more information, images and videos you can store…
• Bandwidth – Bandwidth is the total amount of data uploaded and downloaded through the hosting. The more bandwidth, the better the experience for your visitors.
• Parked Domain – Other domain names that share the hosting's resources.
• Addon Domain – A tool that lets users run several websites on the same hosting.
• Subdomain – Subdomains created from the main domain. For example, google.com has subdomains such as docs.google.com, trends.google.com…

What should you look for when buying high-quality web hosting?

1. How many server resources does your website need to run well?

Before buying hosting, work out how many server resources your website needs. To do that, you need to answer the following questions:

• Which source code are you using, and is it heavy or light? This decides the CPU and RAM you need.
• How many visitors does your website get at the same time? This decides how much RAM you need.
• Do you need to store a lot of data? This decides the right storage.
• Is your website's monthly upload/download volume high or low? This decides the bandwidth.
• How many websites do you need to run on the hosting, and do you use Windows or Linux?

2. Where are most of your website's visitors located?

Every website has its "V.I.P" audience that comes first, for example most visitors are in Vietnam, Europe or the US… You need to be clear about this so you can choose hosting located (where the servers sit, the data centers) to give fast load speeds in that region.

For example, if most visitors are in Vietnam, you would prefer hosting located near Vietnam (such as Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong…).

3. Do you have basic knowledge of using hosting?

Most web hosting providers only support you with general issues. If you want to install or manage things directly, you have to learn it yourself or hire someone to do it.

If you don't have much time or technical skill, consider shared hosting because it is easy to use, or a VPS with very good technical support, or services such as Managed Hosting/VPS (usually quite a bit more expensive than normal).

4. Is the data on your website highly sensitive?

In reality, nothing is absolutely safe once data goes onto hosting. If your data needs absolute security, the best option is to buy your own server and keep it wherever you want.

If it is not that critical, you should rent hosting from a reputable provider, because unless it affects national security or relates to major legal cases, the provider will not touch the server drives you rent.

5. How much is your hosting budget?

Cost is the top concern for users choosing hosting today. Since most websites are run to make money or do business, the amount each person pays for hosting every month varies.

For the same service quality, if you take the time to research, you will find some places charge much less than others. Sometimes you also have to give up a few things (slower support, a less well-known brand, slightly fewer resources…) to get a web hosting service that is stable and comes at a reasonable price.

How does web hosting affect SEO?

1. Server Downtime

Server downtime is the time a website is not working because of the web hosting. With hosting, this happens to some extent.

However, if downtime is too long, your website's ranking on Google will drop significantly. So the best way to reduce downtime is to find a reputable, professional provider.

2. Page load time

"Google has officially confirmed that page speed is one of many important factors when ranking websites on the search results page"

You can improve your web hosting's page load time by:

• • Making sure the hosting works well with the technology used to run the website;
  • Adding storage or improving bandwidth quality to avoid hurting the website's performance, stability and uptime;

• Choosing a web hosting plan that matches the location of your target users (domestic or overseas hosting);
• Securing your domain with SSL certificate;

Comparing 3 types of web hosting: Shared hosting, VPS hosting, Dedicated server hosting

To help you easily choose hosting that fits your real needs while saving as much as possible, let's compare the hosting types: Shared hosting, VPS hosting, Dedicated server hosting across the main aspects:

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Why register hosting in Vietnam instead of abroad?

Why does a website need a hosting provider? Because the provider's job is to keep the website connected to the server system, stop hackers from breaking into the server, and deliver data from the hosting to the website's visitors. Whether this goes smoothly depends entirely on the quality of the hosting.

So what makes a good hosting provider?

1. Advantages and benefits of hosting from a Vietnamese provider

Clearly, the more perks a provider offers, the easier it is to win you over. Some common perks providers offer:

• Free domain with web hosting
• Cheap hosting, only xx,000 VND/month
• 3-day free trial
• Refund if the hosting has problems
• Safe and secure
• Lifetime warranty

2. Fast, stable transfer speeds in the region

When you buy hosting, the seller usually looks at your website before recommending a plan. That is because they need to estimate how much capacity you will use. Only when the capacity matches the website do you get great transfer speeds. If your website has lots of graphics, many modules and heavy traffic… like an e-commerce site or an online design site, you will need a lot of capacity. On the other hand, a company profile website or a blog… does not need much.

By trying the hosting first, you can test-run your website to see whether the plan suits it

3. Upgrades, warranty and on-the-spot troubleshooting

Geographic distance can make it hard for a hosting provider to serve you closely and attentively. This is especially true for small and medium-sized businesses with no in-house IT team: if something goes wrong, they may have to pause operations and stop selling until the partner fixes it. So if you can, choose a domestic hosting provider to get timely support and keep your website running steadily.

MONA offers many flexible hosting plans to fit your needs. You can choose from budget shared hosting for personal websites to high-speed business hosting that serves a large number of users.

Don't miss this chance! Buy web hosting at MONA now and start building a great website of your own!

Buy high-quality, high-speed web hosting at MONA Media

MONA Media is known as a website design company for businesses and custom software development company with a strong reputation, among the top in southern Vietnam, and it is no "exaggeration" to call it one of the leading companies in Vietnam.

• Our team is made up of talented people with deep experience in technology in general and web hosting services in particular, who have delivered hundreds of projects large and small, in Vietnam and abroad.
• At MONA Media, clients get attentive advice on our web hosting plans with DDoS protection along with many offers, matched to your type of business and requirements.
• And if you already have a website on another hosting, MONA's specialists will help you move the whole website system, including Source Code and Database from your old hosting to MONA's hosting system as quickly as possible.
• All of MONA's hosting plans come with no limits on bandwidth, storage or access speed, products, plus many other features.

MONA Media's premium, high-speed, hack-protected hosting comes in many plans depending on your business's needs: from 550,000 VND to over 1,000,000 VND/month. What sets it apart is the all-in-one package covering website, domain, hosting and free advice on other online marketing services for website clients, with support that stays with you for good.

Choose MONA Media for dedicated advice on high-speed web hosting rental/purchase, with security as a priority and support available 24/7

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If you have any questions about the service, please contact MONA using the details below:

• • Address: 1073/23 Cach Mang Thang 8, Ward 7, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Hotline: 1900 636 648

• Email: info@themona.global

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Cloud Hosting is one of the premium cloud hosting solutions MONA has provided to more than 300,000 businesses. When you rent Cloud Hosting, you get attractive bundled offers and a technical team ready to support you 24/7 with any issue. To meet different needs, MONA offers a range of plans below for you to choose from.

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E-commerce web hosting is a web hosting service configured for websites that need heavy resources, such as e-commerce sites. When you rent E-commerce hosting at MONA, you get 24/7 support, and the e-commerce hosting plans are configured with large resources so your business website runs smoothly. MONA's hosting service also includes security features such as a firewall, DDoS protection…

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Which hosting suits your website?

Standard websites, online business

Shared Hosting is the best choice if you have no special needs and just need web hosting for a basic online store, a company profile website or a personal blog… with low to medium traffic, no advanced features, and not many resources needed for storage and operation.

• Low cost, possibly under 100,000 VND/month
• Easy to use with cPanel
• Backed by a team that manages and runs the servers

Limitations of Shared Hosting

• Cannot handle too many visits at once; if your website regularly has more than 100 users, shared hosting is not a good choice
• Higher risk of attack because the host is shared with other websites
• Slower speed if another website on the same host gets heavy traffic
• Negatively affected if another website on the same host violates Google's community rules

High-traffic websites, professional business

VPS Hosting is the best fit for mid-sized websites that use some advanced features to support online business or run systems (online learning websites, flight booking websites, China order websites…)

• Each VPS Hosting is its own system
• Runs steadily even when concurrent visitors spike
• High security because it uses a separate server and you have full control over your own virtual server
• Not affected by anything outside the server

Limitations of VPS Hosting

• You need the knowledge to manage a server
• Fairly high cost, so it is wasteful if you don't make full use of it
• Upgrades take a lot of money and time

Websites with complex operations and high demands

Dedicated Server Hosting is the most complete and powerful hosting solution, able to handle any website need, including heavy systems such as web-app, game online, e-commerce marketplace websites, website 3D,… giving you everything you need from hosting

• Very fast, stable page loads 24/7
• Modern, tight security technology to keep data safe
• Unlimited bandwidth needs
• Full control over the physical server

Limitations of Dedicated Server Hosting:

• Requires an administrator with expertise
• Very high cost

New websites that are not yet stable and still growing

Cloud Hosting is the best solution for growing websites or websites that need to store large amounts of media, such as news or entertainment websites… For these reasons:

• You only pay for the resources you use
• No worries about hacking or data loss with Cloud Hosting technology
• You can add resources quickly and easily whenever you need
• Automatic backups in case something goes wrong while developing the website

Limitations of Cloud Hosting:

• Fairly high cost because it includes management fees
• Hard to run a large system steadily
• No way to access it without the Internet

With strong features such as fast access speed, unlimited bandwidth and 24/7 technical support, when you buy hosting at MONA we stay with you through every technical challenge. You get a fast, stable and secure hosting environment to build your own website, blog or online store.

Frequently asked questions from clients signing up for web hosting

1. I registered my domain with another provider. Can I switch to MONA Media's hosting service now?

Absolutely. Just contact MONA Media to sign up for hosting. A specialist will get in touch to advise you and move your website from your old provider to MONA Media's Web Hosting for free, without losing data or affecting traffic. The website is only interrupted for about 10–15 minutes during setup. Please contact MONA Media directly for more specific advice.

2. Can web hosting be upgraded?

Of course. MONA Media supports clients with long-term warranty and after-sales service when you use web hosting service from MONA. We upgrade hosting within 5 minutes without affecting the website's operation. And the unused balance of your previous hosting plan is credited to the newly upgraded plan.

3. How many websites can one web hosting hold?

It depends on the website size and server hardware, but Dedicated Server hosting can hold more websites than VPS.

4. What are the most important criteria for judging quality web hosting?

Here are 4 criteria commonly used to judge a quality hosting service:

• Bandwidth speed
• Server management
• Storage
• Security

5. What is an FTP password?

An FTP password is used to upload website data to an internet server.

6. Should you use free web hosting?

Free web hosting services let you use hosting at no cost

Pros: The upside is that you can quickly create and launch your own website without paying a monthly hosting fee.

Cons: On the other hand, free web hosting has more drawbacks than advantages:

• You usually have to use a domain ending in the provider's name
• Very low resources and bandwidth
• Load speed is much slower than normal
• Weak security, easy to attack and hack
• The hosting provider's ads appear on your website
• The hosting configuration is very outdated, making it hard to build and run a website with complex features, new themes and plugins
• Free hosting has quite a few drawbacks, which is why people often say "you get what you pay for".

7. Why sign up for Vietnamese web hosting?

There are many reasons to buy hosting in Vietnam rather than abroad. Here are 3 main ones:

• More perks when using web hosting from a Vietnamese provider
• Fast, stable transfer speeds in the region
• Upgrades, warranty and on-the-spot troubleshooting

8. Which web hosting should small and medium-sized businesses with limited budgets use?

For small and medium-sized businesses that don't yet have the budget for their own high-quality web hosting, you can use Shared hosting to split the cost with other users while still getting enough website space, a good configuration and fast load speeds.

9. How much storage does hosting need?

Before signing up for web hosting, estimate the storage you need for all website data, including the full website source code and accompanying data.

Heavy storage is also one reason websites load slowly, so choose a plan with spare capacity so new data does not fill up the space. For example: if your website takes 150MB in total, use a hosting plan with at least 300MB for comfortable, stable use.