How can the shared hosting server provide unlimited physical subdomains as opposed to unlimited virtual subdomains?
- by xport
Some hosting companies offer unlimited subdomains. There are two kind of subdomains: physical subdomains and virtual subdomains.
A physical subdomains has its own site directory rather than being nested inside the site directory of its parent domain.
A virtual subdomain site directory, on the other hand, is nested inside the site directory of its parent domain.
I wonder how can the shared hosting company provide unlimited (theoritically) physical subdomains? In my understanding, each physical subdomain represents a new site (rather than a new application or virtual directory) in IIS.
Please correct me if my mental model is wrong.