Difference between Windows hosting and Linux hosting?

Windows Hosting and Linux Hosting

Choosing windows hosting or Linux hosting is a very common confusion by lots of customers when they are selecting a web hosting service for their website. In our previous blog, we had already mentioned that web hosting is the main key to success for your website. We had come across so many clients who actually want a web hosting service but don't know which one is compactable for their website. We have already given a brief discussion about how to choose a smart hosting server, but this article will help you to understand the difference between these two Web Hosting and also choosing a right hosting type for your website.

Well, in hosting world, there are different types of hosting option available for the user, but windows and Linux are the most popular. In the below table some difference has been given between the two web hosting.

Windows Web Hosting	Linux Web Hosting
It runs only on windows operating system only.	It runs only on Linux operating system only.
It is a Little bit hard to install.	It is Fair easy to install.
Windows hosting giving admin or control panel in very rare cases.	In this hosting you can get an easy to access and user-friendly admin panel.
It is not an open source operating system so it costs more than other.	It is an open source operating system so costs less.
Supported by popular language like ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, PERL, HTML	Supported by languages like CGI, PERL, PHP, HTML, Wordpress
Supported by MySQL database	Supported by MySQL and MS SQL Database
It is less secure than Linux, but all the secure level depend on your service provider.	It is the most advanced secure versions in the web hosting world.
Windows server end name files with *.htm	Linux server end name files with *.html
In window web hosting file and directories are not so sensitive.	In this case file and directories are so sensitive, a small change can lead you to 404 error page.
Windows hosting is running smoothly compare to Linux.	Linux web hosting is run fast compare to Windows.
It is expensive	It is low price
Less reliability	More reliability
Windows hosting has a good interface, but is relatively less user-friendly control panel.	Linux web hosting has a more user-friendly interface and a good control panel.
Windows can operate by only by GUI interface.	Linux can be operated by command as well as GUI interface.

In the upper table, we tried to figure out the most difference between the two hosting. In actual if you compare then you will find both are having almost same featured but windows is more expensive than Linux. Choosing a service provider matters a lot, in terms of security, reliability, update time, control panel and etc. As we discussed in the above table few languages are supported by windows only and few are by Linux so also it matters in which platform your website has been developed. However, in the race of web hosting Linux is the winner in terms of price, reliability and  flexibility.

I believe I have covered almost all the different point between Linux and windows if I am missing something, please evaluate by giving a comment below.

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Useful tips to buy web hosting service for your business

Web hosting will be the soul of your websites. If you want to publish a website for your business worldwide than a principal Web Hosting is the most essential requirement. Web hosting not only helps to make a live presence of your website activity but also gives you the flexibility to edit, upload and update your websites. In order to get a website live you need few more elements like domain registration, website building tool and few more things. Companies provide all the services in a package to the customer to go digital. If you have an E-commerce business, then you need few more think like a shopping cart and SSL certification.

Here is an article, especially for new businessman and investor who are looking for hosting service.

Before that, I am going to explain about hosting tips, want to clear a confusion about Windows Web Hosting and Linux Web Hosting.

• Big difference between these two servers is OS(Operating System), both are accessible on different operating system.
• You have to choose a web hosting server depending on your website building platform or language.
• One more reason you should convert your mind is Windows hosting is more expensive than Linux hosting.

Useful tips for a perfect web hosting plan:

1. Before you buy a hosting plan check your server geographically location and your targeting traffic region.
2. Choose a plan which will fulfill all your digital requirements, like: web space, good bandwidth, email service, SSL and advanced security.
3. Choose service provider who will give you the flexibility to upgrade and degrade your hosting plan as per your requirement.
4. Make sure that your hoster providing a good update time : minimum is 99.9% guaranteed uptime.
5. Check the infrastructure of your future hosting providers and if possible then get full information about hardware and location.
6. Always check that your service provider appears with a feature of add-ons, so that you can be able to build a more featured website for your user.
7. Technical support is mainly focusing subject in this world. So take broad inquiry about your web hosters before you sign-up.
8. If you are purchasing a web hosting plan, then you will get a control panel(user interface), which will allow you to control all the activity of your website as well as file uploading and managing can be done by the control panel. So choose a control panel which should be very easy to control.
9. Email hosting is another feature you should look forward from your service provider, by which you can have a personalized email address for your business.
10. Price is considering and deciding factor of any web hosting services. Choose a service provider who will really provide a good service and beat for your website. Don't think that an expensive hosting service will give you a good service, sometimes a cheap service provider can also provide a really good service.
11. It is always a smart act, if you search reviews and online reputation of a company before you purchase a service. Try to find the comment, feedback and opinion of existing customer of a company, which will give you an idea about company service strength.
12. Agreement or policy is very crucial things for any business bond. So read carefully and understand the company terms and conditions in a better way, so that it will not become an obstacle for your future business.

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Importance of VPS (Virtual Private Servers) for medium and big company

What is a virtual private server and are they related to private networks?

Why virtual server is different from a physical server?

If you are recently planning for a medium sized business or want to expand the business later then you must have heard about VPS server. Also, this is an important question, especially when you are planning to host a server.

An Introduction to Virtual Private Server.

Before we learn about virtual private server let us know the meaning of virtual machine: It is a source of a physical machine including RAM, CPU, disk space but runs on the basis of software. In a normal language, VPS is an OS(Operating Software) which is created virtually with the help of a physical machine to save money, power, cooling and maintenance. The multiple VM machines can create a single computer and a single VM machine can host multiple websites.

This VM can be used to host your website as it becomes VPS- Virtual Private Server. When you built a physical server it needs some space, expensive hardware which needs a very powerful source of electricity as well as to make it cool. But VPS doesn't need such sourced so it gets popular in web hosting industries.

The excellence of using VPS Server:

As I discussed in upper VPS Server has a lot of good reasons to use it for web hosting. But dedicated server and shared server are the competitors of Virtual private server. If you take a quick comparison, then dedicated server is more powerful, more expensive hosting service, but shared hosting service is less strong and less chief compare to VPS. As VPS is coming into the average and you can host multiple websites, So it is always famous traditionally in the hosting industries.

If you are a business owner looking for a hosting service, then this article is strongly recommended for your VPS hosting. So here are some flexibility tips which makes you choose a VPS hosting server.

• VPS server can be accessible to your computer through remote computer connection and you can manage your VPS server from your computer.
• Sandbox security is another advantage of VPS hosting. Suppose something is wrong that happen in your virtual server then it will never harm your physical server. But in the dedicated server, you can face a permanent damage in your server. In such critical condition, you can reinstall or reboot your VPS server again.
• Here is an another advantage of a user who can access and manage their server, but on any physical server, it is not possible.
• In VPS hosting multiple users can access the same server from different locations.

There are plenty of benefits you can get from virtual hosting.

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