Linux or Windows Shared Hosting

 Shared Hosting is a type of web hosting mainly taken by individuals or small website owners, requires very less web space and bandwidth to run their website on www. 

There are mainly two types of shared hosting provided by web hosting companies on the basis of operating system used - Linux and Windows Shared Hosting. Both Operating system has their specific features in terms of programming language support, cost, security etc. Choose one out if them is all depends on the development language used for your website.

When it is about language support, windows is more preferred then Linux as Windows support many languages like HTML, POP3, MSSQL, ASP, .NET and MYSQL. Linux uses a MySQL database. 

As Linux is a open source operating system, you can be offered many applications such as forums, blogs and more by your web hosting provider and in Windows you need to pay for all that applications.

Apart from that, Linux is considered as more stable and secure system, provide higher uptime as compared to windows as it can handle many process at the same time. It is also easy to use over windows if you are not a technical person.

If it comes to cost Linux is more cheaper then Windows as it is open source system but in case of windows you need to pay to get its licensed version.

These all are the differences between Linux and Windows that can help you to choose one best Linux Shared Hosting or Windows Shared Hosting as per your website needs or requirements.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Shared Web Hosting

Web hosting companies offer many types of web hosting option. Shared hosting is one of them, suitable for personnel website and small businesses. 

In Shared hosting, one server is shared by hundreds of website or users. As all the resources applied to machine like internet, physical equipments like CPU, RAM, Disk space etc. are shared by all the users on that machine, this hosting costs very less. It is considered as a very economical option for hosting, as all the expenditure on server is covered by many users. Almost all the web hosting companies are providing very cheap web hosting packages in case of shared server.  Mainly two types of shared hosting are offered by web hosting companies - Windows and Linux Shared Hosting.

Apart from affordability, other main advantages of shared hosting is that you do not require technical skills or to hire any technical person to perform tasks like server maintenance, hardware configuration, taking backups etc. This saves your time and keeps you away from headaches as your web hosting provider is taking care of your server. 

Most of the shared hosting companies offers their services with a very much user friendly control panel so it makes easy to them to edit and upload their website. User can create email accounts and data base. 

When it comes to disadvantages the main issue with the shared hosting is of limited resources. In case if any of the website is getting higher traffic and utilizing all the provided  resources them then it creates load on that server, server performance goes down and ultimately harm to other website on that server. 

In shared hosting you are not allowed to install programs in according to your website need. It is maintained by web host to satisfy needs of average users or websites. 

These all are pros and cons of shared hosting, that can help you to decide  whether it is enough for your website or not.