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by Ray Lam

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.

Another great thing about Linux web hosting platforms is the other fact that it’s completely free with an extremely small cost of distribution. Along with that come completely free applications to help the server you are on run more efficiently and with more stability. Some of these you are no doubt familiar with and probably use very often: FTP, HTTP Server, DNS Server, File Server and more.

A Linux website can easily be converted to a Windows website without much hassle. Also, the website can easily be changed as the requirement of the user grows. Linux web hosting is very economical as Linux is a free operating system. Usually, only the cost of distribution is borne by the host or owner.

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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