Pros and Cons of shared hosting

[alemcherry]

hi,
I m looking for a shared web hosting plan for my newly built website. What are the Pros and Cons of shared hosting.

[starsearch]

In my opinion

Pros
• Low cost
• Good server administration
• Multiply e-mail, MySQL, PHP support
• You don't need some unique knowledge in web site and server administration

Cons
• Low security level
• Resource limitation -everybody uses the same memory, CPU and HardDrive.
• You can use only the software which is provided with your hosting company, and correspondingly you can't install your own.
• Some available ports and connections can be limited because of security policy).

[biatche]

Shared hosting is in first-time webmasters' great demand, 'cause it can provide reliable web presence without having special technical skills.

[getpfunky]

The main feature of shared hosting is that you don't need to worry about about possible server problems. Your hosting company's support service is to fix all troubles. So, when choosing shared hosting you must carefully look at company support's quality, the better quality of support - the better conditions for your site.

[stevon]

Shared Hosting provides such necessary features, as multiply e-mail, MySQl, PHP are supported. You may use it if you want to host small business web site, intermediate or large professional site but don't need the whole server's space.Using shared hosting you get a good possibility to host your site on a powerful, well administrated server at a low monthly cost.