WEBDEV Concepts

Part 8: HostingWEBDEV sites 229 Dedicated server and shared server Hosting companies propose two types of servers for installing your WEBDEV sites: • shared server : server whose resources are shared by several clients (client = hosted company). Web server Common part - WEBDEV application server - Operating system - Registry - Web and FTP server Disk space Client 1 Disk space Client 2 Disk space Client 3 Disk space Client 4 Characteristics : The hosting company provides a server to several clients. The hosting company: • configures the FTP server (required only for FTP deployments). • defines the maximum number of connections for all the dynamic sites belonging to the same client (via the WEBDEV account manager). The setup and updates of a dynamic or static site can be performed by FTP.