Hosting โ 30% of site success. 8 criteria.
Uptime
99.9% min.
Location
Local โ low latency.
Resources
RAM, CPU, disk, bandwidth. "Unlimited" is a lie.
Disk
SSD required. NVMe โ 5x faster.
Backup
Daily, 7-30 day retention.
Support
24/7.
Panel
cPanel, Plesk.