Web Hosting FAQs – Windows Web Hosting
- What is Windows Server?
- What are the advantages of Windows Server?
- What are the disadvantages of Windows Server?
- What is the difference between Windows Server and UNIX?
Windows Server offers ease of management through its interface. The
Windows Sever web hosting environment supports major Web programming
languages and databases such as .NET Core, ASP.NET, PHP, MySQL and MS
SQL.
Q: What are the advantages of Windows Server?
Microsoft. The company continually provides supports and updates. Users
who are familiar with Windows will find themselves comfortably using
Windows Server. Most people using Windows Server hosting utilize
ASP.NET, a free web framework for building Web sites and Web
applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. This is the main reason why
people are turning to Windows Server hosting. Users can develop web
site using familiar interface of Microsoft tools such as Web Deploy and
Visual Studio. With ASP.NET users can develop a database-driven web site
using Microsoft SQL database. Windows Server can also run PHP and
MySQL, the most popular programming and database. So, the Windows Server
is quite versatile to web hosting users.
Q: What are the disadvantages of Windows Server?
system resources. You need a powerful machine to run Windows Server.
Windows Server does not have a good reputation in term of server
stability. Windows Server needs reboot more frequent than UNIX. If you
are using Windows Server hosting services, you may find yourself
investing a lot of money in the development tools. Most of them are
Microsoft products. The costs of applications that can run on your web
site are usually higher than that of UNIX. For example, you can find a
lot of free scripts to run web board, chat room, web stats, email (and
more) for your UNIX-based web site, but you won’t find many free
applications in Windows Server world.
Q: What is the difference between Windows Server and UNIX?
there are many varieties, or flavors, including Linux, AIX, Solaris and
more) are computer operating systems. Both Windows Server and quality
UNIX implementations are enterprise application servers that can be used
for a variety of critical purposes, including, but not limited to, Web,
email, and database hosting. Windows Server was developed by Microsoft
and is, in many ways, the flagship of their software solutions.UNIX’s development roots begin about thirty years ago –
jointly at Berkeley University and AT&T Bell Labs. UNIX is often
referred to as an “open system”, which means that its source code is
publicly available. This has both its advantages and disadvantages.
While it has allowed many thousands of developers from all over the
world working for different companies to contribute to its development,
it is also more complex and less coordinated.
The popular cPanel control panel only runs on UNIX. It’s
the most widely used control panel due to its low price and ease of use.
You will usually find a low-cost hosting package on cPanel/Linux
platform. The web hosting control panel is the web-based tool that
allows users to manage domain, hosting account, FTP, email, database and
all other features. The choice for the control panel is quite limited
for Windows Server. Parallels Plesk is the most widely used control
panel for Windows Server.
Both of these operating systems make excellent platforms
for mission-critical Web hosting, and they function well. The bottom
line is that for many web sites the operating system on which the Web
server is housed is largely inconsequential. The real question is, “Are
you using a specific web site or database technology that is more
appropriately hosted on Windows Server instead of UNIX (or vice versa)?”
If your web site does not require special features offered by UNIX or
Windows Server, you can choose either Windows Server or UNIX to serve
your web site. It doesn’t matter!