Windows hosting or Linux Hosting, which is the right platform?

When it comes to web hosting, there are only two options, either windows or Linux. The battle of windows vs. Linux has been for a long time and still there is no clear winner amongst them. The need of your business is reflected from your hosting platform. Back in the days before windows, Linux was the ace of the web hosting world. Linux hosting platform is still the most famous, but its use has been decreased greatly because of the new kid on the bloc, Windows. Linux has several benefits over windows hosting. As Linux is a free platform, it is a lot cheaper than windows and hence, Linux web hosting costs less than windows.  Many people get confused and think that they need windows hosting platform just because they are using windows in their desktop computer.

A windows server is miles ahead and different that windows desktop and most of your interaction with the web server is done with a web interface or FTP. The biggest advantage and the reason, as to why many people prefer windows as their hosting platform, are because of the support of classic languages like ASP and .NET scripts. These languages are getting more and more popular and that is the main reason of the rise of windows as a hosting platform and overtaking Linux in the web hosting fight. Back in the early days, windows as a hosting platform were highly unstable. But now times have changed and windows have developed a long way and both the platform share the same stability. In both the hosting platforms the interaction with your web hosting system is done with a FTP or server’s control panel, so that rules out the help GUI offered, by both the systems. When it comes to security Linux was always the stable and the most secured one and windows platform has done a lot of catch up in the hosting criteria and now windows as a hosting platform is also the most secure and stable platform you will ever find.

So what make one platform stand out or be ahead of the other? It is all up to you and the way you look at it. If you are going to use ASP or .NET a lot, then windows is your choice without any doubts at all. But, if you are looking for a cheaper alternative and do not need the use of ASP or .NET then Linux your answer for the choice of your web hosting platform. Cloud hosting is well handled in both the platforms. You can also customize the server according to processor’s power, location and operating system too. This way it allows the server to present the data in the best possible way in less time. With the help of cloud hosting your content is safe as the server data is distributed across redundant servers and the information that is hosted in the clouds, is well protected against malware and hardware failure.