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Unix and Linux (Open
Source) are two extremely popular OS for web hosting. Linux is
considered to be extremely stable and feature rich, and unlike
Windows, is free.
Tips
on choosing a virtual host
Virtual
hosting is a broad term that refers to hosting in which you share
a computer with other users- in other words, non dedicated
hosting. For sites just starting off or small to medium sites,
virtual hosting is the best route to go, as it allows you to keep
your cost down while recieving full support from the host. Here
are a few tips when choosing a virtual host:
- Before you select a host,
email their support department just to see how fast their
response time is. While most virtual hosts offer free support,
the qauality of this support is the issue here.
- Estimate how popular your site
will become in the next few months, and
choose a hosting plan
with bandwidth allotments that can meet that demand. 10 gigs
of monthly bandwidth should accomodate any site with up to 500
visitors a day.
- Choose a host that offers a
control panel such as CPanel
or Ensim if you're new to web
hosting. A control panel offers an intuitive, graphical
interface to setting up common features such as email, web
stats, mySQL etc.
- Avoid hosts that offer
unlimited monthly bandwidth. It is logically impossible, and
any host offering it is being dishonest and even devious.
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