Linux Web Hosting vs. Windows Web Hosting
I have one final post regarding web hosting and it's based on the platform that you choose for setting up your web hosting. There are two basic platforms for web hosting: Windows & Linux. There is another platform or two but these are the two that you will see offered on majority of the web hosting websites that you search.
A common misconception is that you need to setup your website on a Windows server because you're website is built on a computer that runs Windows. This isn't true and you would base your server on the type of programming language that you use. The only real reason that you'd need to have a Windows machine would be if your site was using ASP or you needed a SQL database. These are proprietary to Microsoft so you'd need to use a Windows machine but other than that I personally see no reason for using a Windows server.
I manage quite a few websites and I only have one of them on a Windows server and that's because it's an online shopping cart based on ASP & SQL. Every other website that I manage is on a Linux machine so you by no means need to choose a Windows hosting plan.
Both of these servers will support your basic HTML files that make up your website. Again, mySQL is generally found on Linux machines and SQL is found on Windows machines but you could actually run mySQL on a Windows machine as well. Both have their security vulnerabilities but many people will argue that Windows servers have more vulnerabilities than Linux servers
The bottom line is that the differences aren't that big between Windows Web Hosting & Linux Web Hosting so just be sure that you know which programming language that you plan on use such as PHP, ASP, if any. If you're just starting out and you plan on building a website based on basic HTML, it won't make a difference at all which you choose. I would simply select a web hosting company that offers the options that you're looking for and go from there.
That's all I'm really going to get into in regards to web hosting for now, I'm sure that I'll revisit web hosting in the future but I just wanted to give you the basics for now. Next I think I'll get into some of the basics in regards to writing HTML code. Be sure to comment or contact me with any questions that you may have.
I welcome any comments on some other differences that I haven't included.
Best regards,
David Lalumendre
www.WebsiteSpot.com