One of the main requirements for your web application is that it works well, offering your customers a service of quality so they will be willing to use it again and again. And the first thing that ensures your application’s successful operation, besides the quality of the applications itself, is the quality of the hosting it’s running on. Today we are going to look at what aspects of your application’s operations are heavily influenced by your hosting and how to choose the right solution for your business. Let’s jump in!
Why is the right hosting is important for your application?
Your hosting, be it a virtual private server or USA dedicated servers is the technical basis for your application’s operation, as it provides it with the necessary capacities: CPU computing power, disk space, and RAM. Besides that the specificity of your hosting plan and the reliability of your provider play a huge role in the quality of your application’s performance, as they determine such aspects as uptime, page load speed, and the quality of hardware together with accompanying solutions like virtualization in the case of VPS.
Let’s have a bit more detailed look at what good hosting actually contributes to.
Speed
The quality of hosting is one of the aspects that determine how fast your applications operate. Of course, the general performance of your website is greatly influenced by how well it is made: whether there are no bugs that slow it down, whether the website, the contents and applications on it are optimized. The point is, however, that without proper hosting all the effort invested in the websites optimization will be futile, as the website in your visitors’ browsers won’t be able to exceed the limitations posed by the server performance and the quality of connection, while frequent downtimes cause the complete unavailability of the website from time to time.
Security
Security is a crucial aspect determining a good and reliable website is, and it is indeed in many ways determined by your hosting. First, the type of hosting you choose determines how many resources you have at your disposal and how they are delivered to you. Shared hosting won’t be a very secure solution as there is no proper colocation of resources, which makes the performance sometimes unstable and there are less opportunities on implementing proper security measures. Moreover, a breach in security of any user on one shared hosting server can result in the security of all the rest being compromised.
On the other hand, dedicated hosting and VPS hosting provide you with a constant number of resources that you can directly specify and change upon request. This means not only a stable performance but also excludes any negative impact from the side of your neighbors.
Besides the type of hosting, there are many additional subtler aspects influenced by your hosting provider.
SSL certificates are cryptographic protocols that provide for the secure transmission of your data. When looking for a hosting provider, make sure to check whether they offer SSL certificates and on which conditions.
Providers can also offer you a variety of further security measures. For instance, servers that are tailored for the protection against DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks can cause significant harm to your website, killing its performance at most responsible moments. Taking proactive steps to avoid and mitigate them can be of great advantage for the successful work of your applications.
It’s important to mention that besides the safety of your and your customer’s data and seamless operation of your website, a high level of the website’s security can have a solid positive effect on your SEO optimization since search engines are tailored to providing the customers with websites that work well and are secure.
Support
Nothing guarantees that your applications will always work seamlessly even if hosted on the best hardware and fully optimized. Therefore, just in case, there must be always somebody capable of having you covered, namely, there must be a support team available for the majority of the time. For this reason, you have to look for a provider that can give you 24/7 support. To find out whether it really works well, you can check reviews on the hoster on various third-party resources.
Location
Location is another aspect contributing to your web app’s performance. The physical distance between your servers and your visitors determines how fast the data is delivered to their PCs. This can have a considerable effect on their user’s experience and hence on their decision whether to use your services or not. Moreover, the connection speed determined by the location is also considered by search engines, which also tend to provide internet users with results that are locally more relevant. Summing up, when looking for a host make sure they offer locations as close as possible to your expected target audience as well as further locations for places you’d like to expand.
Conclusion
As you can see, the right hosting contributes to nearly all aspects of your web app's performance – the technical side, security, and promotion. By choosing the right hosting, you almost exclude troubles in operation that are out of your control and can fully focus on developing your product. Thank you for reading!
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