what is the difference between a unix, windows and linux hosting plan?

January 26th, 2012 Linux Hosting

obviously i appreciate that the operating systems are different, but will choosing one over the other affect basic things like mysql, FTP, e-mails, DNS, php etc?

Chosen Answer:

All websites today currently run on either a Windows web server or a Linux-based server. The vast majority of websites run on a Linux-based platform as Linux has a strong reputation for security and web server performance. With standard (static) HTML-based websites, the web hosting platform doesn’t make much difference. When it does make a difference, however, is when the website uses a dynamic scripting technology such as ASP (A Microsoft based technology), or PHP / PERL (Linux based technologies). A Windows-based hosting solution will run a Microsoft Windows server with IIS (Internet Information Server), and is necessary to run an ASP / ASP.NET scripted website. A Linux-based platform is typically used for PHP, Perl, and most other types of websites. Basically, unless your website uses ASP (pages ending in the .asp extention), Windows hosting is not neccessary.

Useful links:

http://www.goldpuma.com

http://www.threehosts.com

Hope this helps.

by: Dave G
on: 31st October 08

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4 Responses to “what is the difference between a unix, windows and linux hosting plan?”

  1. mwish says:
    October 30, 2008 at 10:38 am

    go to this site:

    http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=581792

    Reply
  2. Maysam says:
    October 30, 2008 at 10:43 am

    Yeah, Linux hosts usually are cheaper because they use free apps.

    Reply
  3. joe s says:
    October 30, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    unix/linux cheaper and more secure then windows no licensing fees to pay

    Reply
  4. Dave G says:
    October 30, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    All websites today currently run on either a Windows web server or a Linux-based server. The vast majority of websites run on a Linux-based platform as Linux has a strong reputation for security and web server performance. With standard (static) HTML-based websites, the web hosting platform doesn’t make much difference. When it does make a difference, however, is when the website uses a dynamic scripting technology such as ASP (A Microsoft based technology), or PHP / PERL (Linux based technologies). A Windows-based hosting solution will run a Microsoft Windows server with IIS (Internet Information Server), and is necessary to run an ASP / ASP.NET scripted website. A Linux-based platform is typically used for PHP, Perl, and most other types of websites. Basically, unless your website uses ASP (pages ending in the .asp extention), Windows hosting is not neccessary.

    Useful links:
    http://www.goldpuma.com
    http://www.threehosts.com

    Hope this helps.

    Reply

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