Sunday, August 1, 2010

Explanation of Web Hosting Operating Systems

Earlier there were disagreements between opinions on the internet concerning which is an ideal operating system for web hosting. There is presence of people who hate windows, and there are no lesser people who prefer FreeBSD and numerously others.

But in the real sense suiting of the best system depends on user’s work. The servers and the software, all run on the field of program named operating system. There is definitely sure chances that users personal computer will possess windows ME, XP, NT or something etc similar to them. One can call this program the operating system. It is the requirement of any hosting server also to function on an operating system.

There are 3 different versions as given below:

The first version is Windows which is powered by Microsoft. So, Microsoft too manufactures a system which is designed for servers. Microsoft products are capable of trill integrate in this operating systems. It not only provides the facilities for web sites to run Active Server Pages but also allow the integration of SQL databases. The only drawback of the Microsoft web hosting servers is there high range of expensiveness. It is nothing a matter to amaze if the user fined one that costs several thousands of dollars.

The second version for web hosting servers is said to be Linux which was created and developed by some individuals who wrote the chief part of the Linux operating system. Induction of some other parts happened to customize the operating system for the specialized use of any user later on. There are several companies prevailing which are in the profession of marketing Linux, for e.g. Red Hat, Debian etc. It’s well-suiting with PHP is the prime advantage. But its stability and security add plus points to its volubility. The finest thing about it is that Linux is free.

UNIX is the third version of operating system for web hosting servers. It is approximately similar to Linux. On concentrating more one will find more similarities than differences between the two programs. If one talks about the difference, the primary one is there entrance to the world. So let’s make it transparent. Linux is somewhat like a cousin of UNIX. There are two main Unix-based operating systems one is FreeBSD and the other one is OpenBSD. The highlighting thing about these systems is that they seem to be very steady once the user manages to install them. But the things do not end here only as they are very hard to install. OpenBSD is globally respected as it most secures operating system. But it cost with scarification of some of the features. Again the highlighting thing about these systems is that both of them are free.

The best depends on what actually the user is going to make use of it. The user should prefer OpenBSd if security is his/her top priority. If compatibility with all the windows products, then he/she should choose Windows. And if they are looking for compatibility with PHP programming language preference must be given to Linux. The fact is that one cannot come to a conclusion which system is best, but employing and using it via his/her needs.

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