Showing posts with label Linux Dedicated Hosting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linux Dedicated Hosting. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Dedicated hosting is the most powerful type of web hosting and comes with a plethora of features that makes it an ideal choice for businesses that look for optimum performance with maximum uptime, high availability and top level security. Dedicated hosting is a type of web hosting where an entire server is taken on lease by one single customer and that customer gets complete control to the server and other resources that come with it. Customers looking for dedicated hosting have a choice of Linux or Windows server. Windows dedicated hosting is ideal for those businesses that run on the Windows technologies of ASP, .NET and MSSQL, MySQL databases.  Customers using Linux servers can migrate to the Windows platform without many hassles.


Businesses opting for the Windows dedicated hosting can experience many benefits like
 
  • Free rebooting and administrative control of the server.
  • highest level of   security to the infrastructure
  • Flexibility to add new applications and a compatible operating system to suit the website requirements.
  • complete control and sole access to the resources like processors, RAM, bandwidth, hard disk and more
  • easy to use Parallel Plesk control panel
  • Backing of the brand name and support of Microsoft professionals to ensure smooth performance of network and speed.

Linux is an open source platform and all the products and applications are free. Linux dedicated hosting is normally preferred by organizations that run on PHP, Python, Peri scripting languages and MySQL database. Linux is the cheaper of the two.  Windows is owned by the technical giant Microsoft and all their products carry a license fee which makes it more expensive than the Linux platform.

Windows dedicated hosting packages come with many attractive features like Microsoft FrontPage web designer tool, ASP designer framework, Windows Streaming Media and MSSQL database and many more.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

If you are just starting off with your hosting plan, shared plans are your best bets. Although, several hosting company specialists will advice you against, unless your needs and requirements are highly specialized, you can well do with a Linux shared hosting plan. Some of the advantages of a shared hosting plan have been discussed here.


The Benefits of a Linux Shared Hosting Plan

Some advantages of a shared hosting plan include:

1.    It’s Cheap: Shared plans are ideal for starters because they are cheap. When you are beginning with hosting, you would not be entirely sure of its benefits. Therefore, spending a very big amount may not be possible. This is why a shared hosting plan proves to be ideal for starters.

2.    It’s Convenient: If you do not have any idea about hosting, you need to understand that managing a hosting platform could be difficult. In fact, a virtual private hosting platform or a private and dedicated server could be difficult to manage. Considering that you may not have the specialized skills for managing a hosting platform, a shared hosting plan that does not need any form of specialized management can help. All management tasks will be undertaken by the hosting company alone. All you need to do for hosting is to latch on to a server platform and start hosting your data.

3.    It Enough: In most cases, the resources offered by a shared hosting platform would be enough. Most companies find it adequate. In cases of specialized usage, you can resort to a VPS hosting plan or a shared hosting plan for hosting purposes.

When you go for a Linux shared hosting plan, consider planning your choice of hosting provider well. There are several options available online. You need to carry out a comparison of sorts before making a choice.
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