HOSTING / THE SERVICE FIELD GUIDE
Hosting Services, Explained
Start with the job you need done. A name, a mailbox, a website and a server are different purchases—even when a single checkout bundles them together.
Each guide covers the service’s purpose, who maintains it, what privacy considerations matter, how consumption is measured, and which questions expose the real limits of a plan.
Web Hosting
Space and software for serving your website to visitors.
Understand the service ↗DIRECT THE TRAFFICDNS Hosting
Publish the records that send browsers and email to the right services.
Understand the service ↗CONTROL A SERVERVPS Hosting
A virtual server with an operating system and a defined resource allocation.
Understand the service ↗RUN YOUR MAILBOXESEmail Hosting
Mailboxes, sending and receiving for addresses on your domain.
Understand the service ↗RESERVE PHYSICAL CAPACITYDedicated Servers & Colocation
Rent a physical server—or place your own hardware in a data center.
Understand the service ↗ASSEMBLE FLEXIBLE RESOURCESCloud Infrastructure
Provision computing, networks and storage as separate services.
Understand the service ↗DEPLOY THE CODEApplication & Serverless Hosting
Run applications without managing every server underneath them.
Understand the service ↗STORE, DELIVER AND RECOVERStorage, CDN & Backup
Three related services that solve different data problems.
Understand the service ↗DECIDE WHO DOES THE WORKManaged Hosting & Support
A defined set of operational tasks added to a hosting service.
Understand the service ↗KEEP CONTROL OF THE NAMEDomains & Registration
Register the name people use; connect hosting through DNS.
Understand the service ↗CONNECT THROUGH A PRIVATE TUNNELVPN Services
Personal subscriptions, remote access and network-to-network connections.
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