A quick brief on Windows hosting
Posted in Basic Webmastering on Feb 12th, 2010 |
Generally there are two popular platforms that anyone can pick from for web hosting – Windows or Linux.
There are some key criteria which one has to take into consideration whether to opt for Windows or Linux. While choosing the right choice of web hosting service for yourself, it is important for you to identify the key requirements of the website above all. Different purpose and objective of the website along with its main deliveries will definitely require different type of platform for it to work optimally.
For now, we will be focusing on Windows Hosting and what are the key benefits around it which makes it a popular demand today.
Windows – A well support operating system
Windows hosting refers to websites that are well supported by Microsoft Windows Server, NT series, or 2000 IIS (Internet information server). It has been a popular choice for many users since its existence in the market mainly because it is easy to use because of its flexibility and ease of using.
Windows hosting has been regarded as a powerful tool integrating many of the businesses with the Internet which is why it is so popular today.The key advantages of Windows hosting is its high feasibility to integrate with any Microsoft products because lots of users out there are using Microsoft products. Windows enables the integration of cross-browser scripts libraries across Java Script and ASP easily. The benefit of integrating all these powerful Microsoft propriety software and tools into one single hosting environment facilitates the process of code implementation, trouble-shooting potential gaps and bugs in the hosting environment and a lot more. These well integrated interfaces of applications and tools with the Windows NT server effectively reduces the server processing time for many web hosting company. No wonder many people had turned to Windows NT hosting lately because of the benefits that only windows hosting users can enjoy.
There are certain features which works well with Microsoft Windows hosting only and not with UNIX, such as ODBC database connectivity and ColdFusion, also Microsoft Access database is served only by Windows Hosting. Windows may seem to be more expensive for the initial setup due to its proprietary software and Windows servers. However with the robustness of Microsoft applications, there is hardly any additional cost which one need to spend to install extra features or options. The initial setup cost is worth the money spend which will definitely be bringing lots of profits to the web hosting owners over the next 3-4 years.
A little more about Windows NT
As Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Home Server, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 are based on Windows NT (although they are not branded as Windows NT), here’s a little more about Windows NT.
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was originally designed to be a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement consumer versions of Windows that were based on MS-DOS. NT was the first fully 32-bit version of Windows, whereas its consumer-oriented counterparts, Windows 3.1x and Windows 9x, were 16-bit/32-bit hybrids.
Windows NT platform is very reliable and at the same time very much cost-effective because of the multiple features and goodness that they are available and offer to their clients. However, the web host needs to ensure that consistent maintenance of its Window hosting is taken care of periodically without fail. Windows NT server is well capable to work for both types of solutions, namely for simple accounting applications and also on more sophisticated applications in other areas such as manufacturing, Outbound, Revenue accounting, Return Management and many more. You can see that it is highly flexible to support different types of applications and software while at the same time it is compatible with many other non-Microsoft Windows applications as well.
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