Dedicated Server Hosting

Linux and Windows Dedicated Server Hosting platform both have their merits and demerits. Following are few important points which are to be kept in mind before choosing your hosting platform.

Security :

Most webmaster have misunderstanding that windows servers are more vulnerable than Linux servers but this is not true. Security issues are responsibility of administrator rather than OS. Even Linux server can be hacked if not handled properly.

If you have latest updated security patches and software for your server and is monitored round the clock by your administrator then there should not be any issue for your server so for security issues look for your server management staff rather them OS.

Access :

Both Linux and Windows Dedicated Servers Hosting plans offer you server access via FTP. Linux offers you SSH and telnet access whereas Windows hosting supports telnet and RPD for accessing server.

Databases :

Microsoft owned databases such as MS Access, MSSQL 2000, MSSQL 2005 etc are supported on Windows Hosting Plans where as MySQL is suited for Linux Hosting, although MySQL can be used with Windows Hosting too.

Cost :

Comparatively cost of Linux Dedicated Server hosting is cheaper then Windows Dedicated Server hosting. As Linux is open source and is free thus overall cost for Linux hosting gets reduced so it’s most preferred hosting platform. There was a time where operating systems made a big difference. Currently, most platforms are supported on both Linux and Windows.

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It is very hard to choose a web hosting provider and further to choose a web hosting plan which will suit your requirements. Before purchasing a package it is very important for a customer to know each and every feature of the hosting package and also how it works. Shared hosting is for those who are new in business. Two of the best options available for the medium and small size businesses are Dedicated and VPS (Virtual Private Server). Which of them is better hosting package lets see:

Virtual Private Hosting

It can be understood as a hybrid plan of Shared and Dedicated Hosting. Dedicated hosting is costly and is not affordable by most of the small business. Shared hosting is cheap, not only in price but also in quality. That’s where VPS comes into action. VPS shares qualities from both shared and dedicated. It looks like shared since the server is shared by multiple users. Also VPS is like dedicated hosting as you can enjoy all the features and advantages of a dedicated server. A software divides a dedicated server into many small parts, each part acts like a dedicated server. This whole process is called virtualization. In simple words VPS hosting is like using dedicated hosting with less resources on a lower price.

Dedicated Server Hosting

Dedicated Server can be called as king of all the servers. A host provides you with one of the server placed in their data center. Two most dedicated hosting available in market are managed and unmanaged dedicated hosting, the first being more famous. If you choose to go for managed dedicated hosting, then hosting company will take care of all the maintenance and look after of your servers. However if you choose the unmanaged one then you will have to maintain your server on your own. Although unmanaged is a bit cheaper then managed dedicated hosting but mostly people prefer managed. Dedicated servers are most suitable for the website which expects huge traffic and do not want to compromise with the quality. All the resources like disk space and  bandwidth are in very huge on a dedicated server and all the resources are completely dedicated to your site, you don’t have to share it anyone. Uptime guarantee on dedicated server is 100%. To make it more secure each dedicated server have the feature of customized firewall which makes it secure from all type of malicious activities on internet.

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