Many web hosting companies offers unlimited resources in their shared hosting plans. Some of the popular web hosting companies that offer unlimited resources include Hostgator, JustHost, DreamHost and etc.
Before they offered unlimited resources, the resources in their web hosting plans had limits. For example, before Hostgator offered unlimited resources in their shared hosting plan, only 5 GB was allotted in the shared hosting plan. When people shop for web hosting services, they are always looking for the one with unlimited resources or largest resources. Later, web hosting companies realize that people are looking for a hosting plan with large resource so they upgraded their system and put “unlimited resources” in their shared hosting plan.
Unlimited resources do not mean that there is no limit in the hard disk space and data transfer. Since webmasters that sign up for shared hosting has to share a single server, there is limitation on the hard space and data transfer. Each server unit used for shared hosting can be shared by more than 1 million webmasters. The “unlimited resources” feature is used because the web hosting companies are offering a larger space for the customer but that does not mean there is no hard disk space or bandwidth limit.
If your site is receiving a few hundreds visitors, you can use the shared hosting plan. Shared hosting plan is also suitable for people who want to host small websites that get very little visits per week.
If your site is being visited by millions of visitors per month, you can sign up for the dedicated hosting plan. Dedicated hosting plan allows you to have your own IP address. You will have control over every aspect of your website and server. You can host unlimited websites. Dedicated hosting offers unlimited data space and bandwidth for user.
You should not use shared hosting plan with unlimited resources to host large websites. Though it offers unlimited resources, it cannot support websites that use a high bandwidth. If you use shared hosting to host a popular websites, you will reach your bandwidth limit in a short amount of time. Since millions of people will be accessing the site, it will use up a lot of bandwidth.
The web hosting companies have a specific limit of bandwidth. If your site exceeds this bandwidth limit, it won’t display properly to the visitor. Sometimes, the message “bandwidth limit exceeded” or “account suspended” will display on the URL of the site. To prevent this problem, you should sign up for a dedicated hosting plan if you want to host a website that consumes a high bandwidth.
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