Linux Web Hosting
When you first decide that you want to build or design a web site, you will also be deciding on what web hosting company to choose and amongst them there are various platforms they provide. One of these, and potentially one of the most popular is Linux web hosting.
A Windows platform does not necessarily require a Linux environment to host a website. That said, Linux is considered to be safe, reliable, and economical and it is preferred for demanding website environments.
The Linux operating system is also very stable, so you can expect high uptime from a Linux web hosting service. Linux supports most scripting languages and types of web files, and you can use files with all the following extensions: .html, .htm, .pl, .php, .shtml, .asp, .xml and others. The biggest disadvantage of a Linux based web hosting solution is that it is not compatible with Microsoft technologies, like ASP scripts.
On the other side of the coin is Windows based hosting, which is generally more expensive, but it does support ASP and, usually for an extra fee, can support Cold Fusion, Access databases and SQL Server databases.
Perhaps one of the most advantageous reasons that Linux web hosting is that it’s simple and easy in regards to scalability. A Linux based web host can host virtually any sized web site, small or large, and do so with the same stability and reliability as if it were hosting a site on the exact opposite spectrum.
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