You need login into the shell of your machine/server and type:

root@mybox [~]# cd /etc/rc.d/init.d
root@mybox [/etc/rc.d/init.d]# ./nscd restart

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The competitions of web hosting companies are increasing day-by-day. As a result many companies are trying to reduce their hosting packages in the form of discount, some extra services like more space at the same price, more email services than earlier one etc. But you should be careful about all of these as cheap is always not good. These companies may have some hidden charges and you may have to pay for this once you host your website. This may be against your budget.

If you have a website and want to get more businesses through online then you need a reliable web hosting company who can provide dedicated hosting service with impeccable customer service and technical support on a 24×7x365 basis. These companies always have a technical team who are working dedicatedly to provide good hosting services to the customers. These companies are reliable because they don’t put any hidden charges for the services.

Web hosting companies usually take some extra charges if you want to access database like Ms SQL, MS Access etc. Because they need to provide some additional services for this. If you want to get reduced your hosting price, you can do it by taking shared hosting service provided by the companies. With this service you will not lose any benefit from the web hosting company, just you can share the server maintenance cost with other website owner, so you need to pay less amount of money for the server maintenance.

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Shared web hosting service
Here your web site is hosted on the same server where many other sites are their, ranging from a few to hundreds or more. Usually, all domains may share a common pool of server resources, such as RAM and the CPU.

Reseller web hosting
Reseller can be a web host by selling shared web hosting packages to its clients. Resellers can function as personal domain, by any combination of these listed types of hosting, depending on who they are affiliated with as a supplier. Resellers’ accounts may vary tremendously in size as they may have their own virtual dedicated server to a co-located server.

Virtual Dedicated Server
A virtual private server is a method of dividing a physical server computer into multiple servers that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine. The practice of slicing up a single server so that it appears as multiple servers has been common practice in computers, but has seen reappearance lately with the development of virtualization software and technologies for other architectures.

Dedicated hosting service
In Fully Managed hosting client gets his own web server and gains full control over it; however, the user typically does not own the server. Where in Self-Managed or Unmanaged hosting the user has complete administrative access to the server, that means the customer is accountable for the security and safeguarding of his own dedicated server.

Managed hosting service
The client gets his own web server on lease but is not allowed full control over it; though they are allowed to control their data via FTP or other remote management tools. The client is not allowed full control so that the provider can assure quality of service by means of not allowing the user to change the server or potentially create configuration problems.

Co-location web hosting service
It is more or less similar to the dedicated web hosting service, here the user has his colo server; the hosting company provides physical space that the server takes up and concern about the server. This is the most dominant and expensive type of the web hosting service. In the majority cases, the co-location provider may provide little or indirect support for customers machine by providing only the electrical, Internet access, and storage facilities for the server.

Clustered hosting
Clustered hosting is nothing but having multiple servers hosting the same content for better resource utilization. It eliminates the problems inbuilt with typical shared hosting infrastructures. It provides clients with a “clustered” handling of security, load balancing, and necessary website resources. A clustered hosting platform is data-driven (no human interaction is needed to condition a new account to the platform).

File hosting service
In file hosting files are hosted in place of web pages. Online file storage service is an Internet hosting service planned to host static content, typically large files that are not web pages through web and FTP access. File hosting service can be optimized for serving many users or optimized for single-user storage. Some file hosting services are video sharing, virtual storage and remote backup.

Image hosting service
It allow individual to upload images to an image host website. The uploaded image then stored onto image host server and shows the individual codes, which allow others to view that image. With the popularity of blogs, forums, auctions, and other interactive pages, image hosting services have become extremely popular among end users.

Video hosting service
It is also called as a video sharing which allows persons to upload video clips to a video host website, where it gets stored with the individual different types of code to allow others to view that video. Some examples of video hosts are Yahoo! Video, YouYube, Myspace etc.

Blog hosting service
Many weblog applications are accessible for users to download and install on their own systems. A extensive list of licenses are used by consumer hosted weblog software. Some of these are open-source software that can be used, modified, and redistributed freely, with no usage restrictions. Others are proprietary software that may be licensed for a fee or have versions available free of charge.

One-click hosting
Web service which allows internet users to easily upload one or more files from their hard drives onto the one-click host’s server free of charge. Mostly such services simply return a URL which can be given to other people, who can then fetch the file later on. Some internet forums exist in order to share such links; this type of file sharing has to a degree taken over from P2P filesharing services.

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Check List which should be considered when choosing a hosting company

Verified Physical address

Make sure that the hosting company you chose should have physical address that is listed on their website and also included in Whois information.

Hosting Platform & Compatibility

Make sure that the hosting company you chose meet all your software and application requirements. Select appropriate hosting plan for your website.

Uptime and Servers

This is probably the most important factor to look into good host. Make sure they offer 99% or more uptime guarantee and also their servers are monitored 24×7. Choose a hosting company that does not overload servers.

Bandwidth

Check the web host’s policy on your monthly bandwidth usage.

Website Hosting Features

When choosing a hosting package, be sure to check that it supports the features you will require to run your site properly. Features such as:

CGI,PHP ,MySQl,FTP Access

Customer Service

Regardless of whether or not you are technically-minded, sooner or later you will probably need to contact your web host. Before signing up, it’s worth sending them a test email to see how quickly they reply.

Domain Name

Some hosting companies will charge extra to transfer domain names to and from their servers so this is always worth checking before you sign up.

Pricing – The last consideration

Some deals look good at first sight but if one feature that is important to your needs is missing, then that deal is no longer so good.

Using the guidelines on this page will help you to find an affordable, efficient and dependable hosting company for your business or personal website.

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