What is there to know about ASP Web Hosting?

In the realm of the World Wide Web, the term ASP means Active Server pages. These are pages that allow view modifications depending on the input of the user. Thus a dynamic page generated by a database will be viewed. This allows interaction with Java or Active X components.
Having all things said about ASP, we can now define ASP Web Hosting as providing a platform for the ASP to operate.
- How is this done?
To allow modifications, ASP codes are embedded on the web pages to link it to a database. This database is used to process some information about the user. Users may have to log in to upload their personal settings.
ASP tags are used in place of the ordinary html tags to tell the server that it has to execute a command as an ASP.
- What is the difference between an ordinary html page and an ASP page?
It works this way: when a user types a URL address, or clicks a hyperlink, it causes the web server to send a particular file. In the case of ordinary html pages, the page viewed by the user would have no difference with the file stored in the web server.
In the case of an ASP, however, the page that the user will view will be somewhat different because of the presence of a database. The web server will run the html code. The ASP code will run afterwards. Certain information will be needed by the database to generate the interactive page.
- What are the things that we need to know when looking for an ASP web host?
Here are some of the things you need to check in choosing a web server.
- A Windows 2000 server
Get a server who has the capacity to host your site on a Windows 2000 server. This is an important requirement since Windows provide greater stability for ASP pages. Also, ASP works well with Window’s Internet Information Services.
- Database
Be sure to check with your prospective web host if they support the database that you are using. You will waste, time, effort, and money in investing in an ASP web host which are not capable to process your information.
ASP web hosts vary in their capacity to handle ASP codes. Some companies only allow simple ASP codes.
It will also have to depend on your expected viewers.
MySQL or Access database will do the job for small sites.
However, if you expect tons of site visitors, it is recommended to use MSSQL. It has the reputation to control high site traffic, and it has indexing issues covered up.
- Bandwidth
This refers to the amount of information allowed to be sent to viewers each month.The thing to check here is the kind of files you offer. Texts and small images eat up only a fraction of the bandwidth. However, you need a higher bandwidth if you are dealing with multimedia files.
- Storage
This refers to the amount of space that the web hosting company allows for storing html as well as ASP files. This will not only help you in deciding the stuffs that you can store, but it can also help you in optimizing contents for ease in uploading.
With all the facts you have read in this article, you have the basics of ASP. You are on the right track in choosing an ASP web host.