As the internet grew and huge mainframes were developed to handle resources and traffic, windows looked like a fore-runner in the race for server operating systems. Since then windows has been used in servers everywhere and the latest Windows Server 2008 OS is being implemented for windows hosting globally and windows hosting in India on a wide scale today.
Sites offering windows hosting in India also realized that beginner web hosts and administrators were more comfortable working on a windows server. The similarities with its desktop OS interface helped amateurs to carry out basic network and server tasks. Also windows hosting provided a platform for using numerous Microsoft applications such as Front-Page, Visual Basic and Access.
The compatibility of the web server with the configuration of the website or web app code helps a website owner to choose between different web hosting platforms available in market.
Two popular web hosting platforms, namely
- Unix-based Hosting &
- Windows-based Hosting
Unix hosting is better at handling high load conditions as compared to Windows hosting and so remains stable during large number of requests. Unix machines also require less number of reboots as compared to Windows servers and so provide high up-time and high availability for the visitors.
Windows-based hosting is better than Unix-based hosting in terms of number of databases a server can support. Windows servers can provide support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS Access and MS SQL Server, on the other hand Unix server usually support for MySQL, PostgreSQL only however, some providers may support for MS Access as well but not in a broader perspective.
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