If your new to the web hosting environment, and you just don't know what's
the difference between these two operating systems in a web hosting environment.
Read on to get to know basic information about them to help you better
understand the differences and help you better determine which platform best
fits your needs.
Every server must run on a certain operating system, for
example our Affordable windows web hosting plans run on windows server 2003
operating system, of course there is a number of other software's installed on
the server such as the plesk control panel etc... where as our Cheap linux web
hosting plans run on either Linux Red hat enterprise, CentOS or Fedora core 2/3
Linux has a number of distributions and discussing them is beyond the scope of
this article.
So what's the difference you would ask, each side has a number
of pros and cons and have their own supporters and enthusiasts, we will approach
both operating systems from an observer side since we at PremiusHosting choose
to offer our plans on both platforms to give our clients the ability to choose
the OS that best fits their needs.
We will discuss the differences from the
user side of view, both operating systems have a huge differences in their way
of working and is also beyond the scope of this article.
The Linux platform is
and has been the dominating server operating system for years, because of its
reliability and security, Windows based servers became more popular in the last
3 to 4 years especially after the release of its latest versions, we at
PremiusHosting usually recommend on of our Cheap linux web hosting plans for our
clients who are going to host normal html sites or sites that were developed
using PHP and MySQL, the Linux platform would usually be a better choice in that
case, certain control panels only come on certain operating systems so if your
looking to host your site using the cPanel control panel for example you would
have to go with one of the linux platform plans.
The Windows platform is
usually used in the cases of which your website is developed on the ASP. net
technology, in that case we would recommend one of our Affordable windows web
hosting plans, since the linux operating system cant host any asp coded sites,
that also goes if your looking to use MsSQL technology for your database which
is also not available on the linux platform plans, however you can also host PHP
and MySQL sites on our windows platform plans.
We hope that this article has
given you an idea about both platforms and has helped you decide which one is
best suitable for your needs.
