Linux : A Better Hosting Platform

Linux Based Personal Website Hosting

If you are planning to setup your own personal website and wish to get a quick online presence, you need to decide a reliable web host and a hosting environment. Usually, web hosting companies offers two different choices with every package – Linux and Windows Hosting. You need to choose a platform that better fit to your requirements.

There are certain things which need to be consider while choosing a hosting platform. If you ask me, in terms of security which platform is the best? I would recommend you to go with a linux based hosting package.

When a Cheap VPS Hosting provider offers you a Linux-Unix based hosting, it generally means that your site will be hosted on a linux-unix operating system platform. This operating system makes it much compatible with the system that you may be using on your own computer.

Linux and Unix are not a different platforms, they are the same. There was time when linux operating system was used only by the professsionals, but now developers have implemented many things to make it simple and user-friendly, so that a new user is also able to understand and operate the programs quite easily. Because of the Shell structure a well experienced person will have much benefit and control over their website.

Linux PlatformIn reliability, Linux is known as one of the most reliable operating system, as the system itself don’t have any bugs and hence, secures your website. Most of the linux based hosting providers prefer cPanel as their web hosting control panel which has Friendly User Interface.

Due to its capacity of handling multiple processes at the same time, you can expect more output from your server. Preferring linux as your operating system you can have an advantage of scripting languages such as C, C+, Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Servlet/JSP Tomcat and many more!

MySQL is the database to which linux support. Before going with any web hosting provider just make sure they provide a full database support for MySQL.

As the linux operating system is being improved by many specialists around the globe, most of its versions are free of cost. Due to this condition, the linux based hosting has become much cheaper and reliable than any other hosting.

There are many linux based web hosting packages available in the web hosting industry that offers great features, fast and secure servers such as Personal Hosting Package, which is an ideal solution for setting up a personal websites.

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This post was written by admin on November 11, 2009

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Can I use a Personal Hosting for my Small Business?

Important Characteristics of Personal Hosting

Today, web hosting has become a basic need for every website who wants to get an online success. Due to high demand of hosting, numerous website hosting companies are offering cheap shared web hosting solutions. But, how can you be sure that these cheap website hosting will provide you best support and service in future too.

There are various web hosting packages available for small business, but it totally depends on your business requirements. A simple personal hosting package is also an ideal solution for a small business. The first thing you should know is that “Quality never comes Cheaper”, so going for a cheap solution, you cannot expect it to be of good quality. For example: if you compare two web hosting providers, more than a shared web hosting you will always find that a personal hosting is much reliable and flexible.

On other hand if you look at the features and service they both offer, in terms of diskspace, bandwidth and tools, you will notice that they offer the same thing, but the only thing that makes much difference is the uptime and technical support they offer you. A cheap shared hosting plan may save you a handful of bucks, but you cannot compare it with the loss of business which you will face after going with a cheap shared hosting provider. It is far better to opt for a personal website hosting so that you will always be relaxed about the 24×7 tech support and service and focus on your small business.

Many people gets confused while choosing a web hosting provider for their small business. To make it easier, following points should be consider to get a quality service.

Going for a cheap website hosting is not always favorable, and nor I would recommend you to opt for an expensive hosting solution as well. It is you, who need to list the requirements and do a research about the hosting providers to see what suits your budget and hosting requirements. After all, your whole business depends on the exceptional service that your web host provides.

Comparing all of the important characteristics like bandwith and disk space, features, control panel and technical support always helps you to choose an affordable hosting plan. While starting your small business you may not require much bandwidth and web space, but as your website pages increases you will need to expand your webhosting needs. It is better to go with such web hosting provider who will let you to upgrade your existing hosting plan for more bandwidth and space.

You should also consider and compare the features like tech support they offer, whether they have auto responders, whether they provide cPanel free with the hosting package or have to pay extra charges for it. Whether they offer a full support for PHP and MySQL databases. And, most importantly a shopping cart and SSL certificate which are the most important things for an online business.

Before going with any web hosting provider, remember that your investment will be for a long term, and if you expect a hosting that offers you advanced features and a good uptime, Personal Hosting is always an ideal solution for you.

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