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Having your own personal online portal is compulsory these days. The introduction of the Internet in our daily lives suggests that, in order for somebody to become noticed, or to get his voice heard, one has to create a web site and take it online. In order to fulfill that, you in fact require 2 things - a website and a hosting service. Prior to creating a web site, though, it's necessary to understand that there are separate types of website hosting services and that not all websites can operate with a randomly chosen shared web hosting. In order to clarify this better, let us start with the primary point:

What is Hosting?

Hosting, or otherwise famous as 'web hosting', is a term that relates to the actual web server, or the host that manages the server. A server is a computer that's connected to the World Wide Web and that's set up to support PHP, MySQL, Perl, and so on, which enables the users to upload their web files on the hosting server and to have them published on the Internet. There are 2 principal kinds of hosting servers, based on the Operating System of the hosting server - Windows and Linux. The two Operating Systems are very different and, in the majority of instances, not at all consistent with one another. This is the reason why, prior to picking the appropriate solution, one should first verify what type of hosting server is needed for their web portal.

If you haven't devised the web site yet, then let's take a more comprehensive glimpse at the distinction between the two varieties and at what their pluses are.

What service should you go with - Windows or Linux?

As stated, there are frameworks, which are solely consistent with a certain Operating System. For instance, JAVA scripts, .ASP pages, .NET Framework, Adobe ColdFusion are all based on Windows and will not function on a Linux hosting server. So, if you are looking to set up your site using any of the above, you should be seeking a Windows solution. Windows, however, is not open source-based, which implies that it offers limited choices in terms of server safety and privacy. For this reason, Linux is used by web server admins around the world and most hosting suppliers use it on their hosting servers. Utilizing Linux, the administrator can configure the hosting server in a completely customizable manner, and if the server is appropriately set up, it can provide thorough security against computer hackers and malicious software. Additionally, the customizability of Linux allows for better software optimization, which leads to better website performance. So, if you want ultimate protection and web server operation, then you should devise your website in such a way that it performs with a Linux-driven server. This is not a troublesome thing to do, since the most commonly used Content Management Systems, also famous as CMSs, such as Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, and so on, are completely compatible with Linux web servers and are popular all around the world for being one of the best platforms for designing and administering web sites. Surely, this doesn't imply that each and every company that's using Linux will have administrators who are able to correctly administer a Linux hosting server. Selecting the appropriate company is quite problematic today, because most of them do not possess the capacity to engage a professional, practiced administrator. A Linux web server that hasn't been appropriately set up can be quite risky to your site and personal details. Therefore, when picking a web host, it's always advisable to select a well-established hosting corporation that's been in business for at least a couple of years.

How to spot the right hosting firm for my website?

These hosting service providers are easily identifiable by the manner in which they are distributing their hosting services. Practiced web hosting suppliers offer custom-built functionality, various free PHP-driven scripts or web application frameworks. The most practiced, however, possess even their very own custom-created CPs created particularly for their system. A web hosting CP is a web-based graphical user interface, via which the client handles the whole web hosting account. Smaller-sized web hosting providers avail of ready-to-use website hosting Control Panels like cPanel or DirectAdmin. In order, though, to guarantee ultimate protection and performance for their web hosting services, the leading web hosting corporations provide their customers with their very own personal custom-developed hosting Control Panels made by their own admins. We, at 'Simmetry Communications', don't merely offer our very own personal custom-built Control Panel, but have also set up a free-of-cost PHP-based script software package, which permits our clients to easily install any of the abovementioned CMS scripts. Features like these indicate that we have the capacity, the means and the experience to be entrusted with maintaining your personal information private and your website - live on the World Wide Web.