| Have you designed your website? That means | | | | has the capacity to incorporate all types of |
| you are ready to launch your website. Have you | | | | documentation and is easy to distribute as it is |
| selected the web hosting company whose server | | | | free. So you see most of the hosting companies |
| you are going to use to launch your website? | | | | charge extra money for windows hosting and |
| Yes, the company has been chosen. | | | | UNIX is free. So in that case UNIX is a better |
| Did you thoroughly verify about all the facilities | | | | option. |
| that the company is going to provide in the | | | | UNIX is better as it has more stability and does |
| package and what are the services for which you | | | | not require frequent rebooting like windows so |
| have to pay extra charges? Yes, then now you | | | | there is lesser chance of a crash in UNIX system. |
| can go ahead and launch your website. Wait! Now | | | | Due to this stability it is able to bear the burden |
| what is the problem? It is not a problem but it is | | | | of servers that have high loads. |
| the most crucial decision that you have to take. | | | | So UNIX is able to provide more uptime than |
| Surprised? Yeah, all the important matters have | | | | windows and is more reliable than windows |
| been sorted out then what else remains to be | | | | hosting. The Compatibility factor is greater in UNIX |
| considered? Here is the catch; this is the main | | | | than in the windows. What is the compatibility |
| moment where you have to decide about the | | | | factor? It means that a program designed on the |
| type of web hosting that you are going to | | | | windows can easily run on UNIX but the windows |
| choose. | | | | may not be able to run all the programs designed |
| Type of web hosting, what does that mean? It is | | | | by UNIX. |
| true you are confused as most of the companies | | | | For the small scale web designing which is done |
| offer UNIX or LINUX web hosting system but | | | | offline the windows hosting is better as you will |
| there is one more web hosting platform and that | | | | not need any change in your present system. |
| is windows web hosting. What is the difference | | | | That is you can work on the operating system |
| between UNIX and windows web hosting and | | | | that is already there on your computer. |
| which one is better? | | | | But if you are opening a business website then |
| Difference between UNIX and Windows Web | | | | you have to think about the future as your |
| Hosting | | | | business will expand and then windows will not be |
| Do you know what windows mean? Yes, it is the | | | | able to bear the high load. Another draw back |
| operating system which is fitted in your personal | | | | with windows is that its license has to be |
| computer so you are very familiar with it and to | | | | renewed frequently so it becomes a costly affair |
| operate it you do not need any special knowledge. | | | | in the long run whereas UNIX is free so the web |
| It can be operated with the click of the mouse | | | | hosting company offers discount to the |
| button and all the sites can be accessed with the | | | | customers which makes it cheaper. |
| help of the mouse. | | | | On the whole we can say that UNIX hosting is a |
| UNIX is a open source which means that the | | | | better option than windows hosting. |
| operating system does not include any charges. It | | | | |