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While hosting a website, the owner has to decide whether he wants to host his website on the Windows platform or the Linux platform. While Windows web hosting seems to be a natural choice, Linux is catching on fast all over the world.

The most important reason it’s good to choose a Red Hat Linux web hosting plan is the proven fact that it’s extremely stable and it’s massively robust. Because of this, your website experiences amazing uptime and reliability. Many, many webmaster will claim an uptime rate of 99.9%. As a webmaster, new or old, that’s something that is extremely important to the success of your site.

Generally, the choice of the operating system to host your website depends upon the scripting language that is used in your website. If languages like PHP, MySQL, or Perl are used in your website, Linux is preferred. Added to this is the very high uptime rate for Linux-based servers. These servers have the reputation of maintaining a high uptime of 99.9%. No wonder Linux-based web hosting is the most widely used web host in the world!

On the other side of the coin is Windows based hosting, which is generally more expensive, but it does support ASP and, usually for an extra fee, can support Cold Fusion, Access databases and SQL Server databases.

However, a Linux environment is not without its kinks. It your website has interactive facilities like chat or searchable database, Linux may not be the best choice. Also, a Linux-based web server is not fully compliant with Windows technologies. If you are using any Windows-centric technologies such VB, it’s better to go for Windows-based servers.

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