| Linux
or Windows
Hosting - Which is right for me?
Deciding which plan-type is
right for you is often a difficult decision. We hope
this explanation can help you in choosing the
correct hosting platform for your website.
We offer a choice between Windows-based and
Linux-based web hosting platforms. While both are
very reliable and widely used platforms, each has
their own quirks.
Windows hosting is often mistaken as a "must
pick" only because the operating system you are
running may be Windows. In fact, the
majority of all websites on the Internet are hosted
on the Linux platform, so most websites you have
been visiting are likely to be hosted on Linux
servers.
If you have Windows on your machine, you can still
manage a website hosted on a Linux server and also
browse any website hosted on a Linux server.
You only need
Windows-based hosting if you need Microsoft-specific
applications, such as ASP, ASP.Net, MS SQL Server or
MS Access databases.
If you do not need any of these Microsoft-specific
applications - or if you don't even know what they
are, then the better choice will always be to host
your website a Linux
server.
Linux servers host the majority of all
websites on the Internet and will provide you with
highly reliable hosting services. For more details,
please view our
Hosting Plans.
If you are absolutely certain that your
website requires Microsoft-specific applications,
such as ASP, ASP.Net, MS SQL Server or MS Access -
please view our Windows
Hosting Plans.
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