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Saturday 19 July 2014

Glimpse of Windows Shared hosting

Shared web hosting can be termed as a server configuration, where numerous websites share a single server and its associated resources such as disk space, RAM and processing power. It is a comparatively economical hosting platform as the cost of server acquisition and maintenance is shared among all website owners on that server.

The web hosting services can be easily operated on Linux and Windows operating systems. A customer can avail either Linux shared hosting or Windows shared hosting as per the hosting need and the budget constraint.

Windows is the most sought after operating system in the world. Windows shared hosting has a great demand across the globe. It is compatible with both dedicated server and shared server hosting. Windows shared hosting is a user friendly operating system that is highly economical, reliable and feature rich. Websites that are created with numerous Microsoft applications can be hosted on Windows servers.

It is the best hosting platform for small and mid-sized organizations, that do not have much business needs. However, for large enterprises dedicated servers will be the best hosting service. Scripts such as SQL and ASP can easily be operated on both dedicated shared server with the help of Windows.

Windows hosting is ideal for websites that use Microsoft features. It facilitates the websites to use e-commerce functions. Unlike Linux, Windows is an easy to understand and learn operating system. It is highly beneficial for websites that use various databases. Microsoft server also provides an easy integration with the robust SQL database.

However, Windows hosting involves a license fee cost that makes it quite expensive in comparison to Linux shared hosting. Moreover, the websites created on Windows server can face difficulty in conversion to be operated on Linux platform.

So, it is advisable to make a comprehensive research before making a choice between Windows shared hosting and Linux hosting.

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