Web Hosting Vs. Windows Hosting
Web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own website accessible through the World Wide Web. The requirements of the application are used to decide which type of hosting is to be employed. The factors which are considered include database server software, scripting software, and operating systems. The use of Linux-based web hosting offers a wide range of different softwares. A typical configuration for a Linux server is the LAMP platform: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python.
The webhosting clients can also have other services, such as an email for their business domain, databases or multi-media services. There is also the option available to choose Windows as a hosting platform. The clients can choose from PHP, Perl, and Python and may also use ASP .net or Classic ASP. The web hosting services include personal control panel for easy administration and dedicated IP address. It extends support to PHP, MySQL, SSH Access and CGI-Bin. There is POP, SMTP, IMAP and Webmail Email service availability. Anonymous FTP connections are provided for the web hosting. There are Front Page Extensions as well as Protected Directories to create as many password protected areas as required without the need for any programming.
Windows Hosting provides complete reliability, scalability and back-end support required for today’s demanding web sites. Windows hosting supports all the popular windows-specific web development technologies, empowering an individual to create a website or web application in the language of ones preference. In windows hosting using the control panel one can make up to hundred DSNs (Database Source Names) for connecting to Microsoft Access, Excel, SQL Server or MySQL. There can be deployed unlimited number of Microsoft Access Databases within a windows hosting. The support is offered for all the .net technologies. The data can be uploaded and files can be transferred to and from the server using FTP Based Clients, Drumbeat and Macromedia DreamWeaver.
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My website is a peer to peer advice forum. I cant decide between Linex and Windows Hosting. Help?
I have my domain and set up most of my hosting stuff last night. I thought I bought Linex hosting but it keeps asking me if I want Windows or Linex. I found that with Windows extra software is generally expensive which is not something I would look forward to. If my website is a forum would I easily beable to run the Linex hosting? Any advice would help tremendously. I can add details if need be.
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March 10th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
My website is hosted by Microsoft on Windows servers, but having administered many servers (Novell NetWare, OS/2, Unix, Windows NT4 thru Server 2003, Linux), Windows would be my last choice for most server functions.
Management likes Windows servers because they think that the graphical user interface will lower the cost of administrators, but total cost of ownership is greater for Windows servers (greater hardware requirements, less MTTF).
I had heavily used NetWare servers that would run without rebooting for 11 months, yet Windows NT4 nd 2000 servers that were less lightly loaded needed to be rebooted every week or two, or their processes would die or slow due to memory leaks. NetWare and Unix servers, though tricky to set up and tune, would run and run without attention.
Unix servers can execute PHP, which is a powerful server side scripting language. Windows web servers can't run PHP.
March 10th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Linux is a lot better.
It's faster, more secure, and a lot better supported since majority of websites use it, and pretty much all web hosting companies offer it.
I recommend one of these http://www.webhostingtable.com
Fatcow has the best offer right now.
Their standard price is $88/year
but they have the 50% sale right now.
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They're one of the oldest hosting companies, founded 1998, they're also one of the largest, currently hosting about 500,000 websites.
Their hosting plan includes a web builder, so you can create your site just by drag and drop (without any programming), or you could install Wordpress (easy, one click install from their control panel), choose a theme that you like, and start adding content.