Windows Web Hosting – Disadvantages
Windows Web Hosting – Disadvantages
If you want to start your business over the internet, there are two points that are of extreme importance. First point is that you will need is a website which is designed and developed in a very professional manner and is simple yet very attractive. It should not only have the potential to attract the online visitors but also make them stay on your website for a longer time, and of course, they should return to your website again and again. The next important point is that you will need is getting a top class web hosting service to host your website. There are many different types of web hosting services. Some of the major web hosting services are the dedicated web hosting services, the shared web hosting services, the virtual private web hosting service, co-location web hosting service, dedicated web hosting services, and many others. Also, there are different web hosting platforms on which you can host your website. However, the two very famous and widely used web hosting platforms are the Windows web hosting platform and Linux web hosting platform.
This article focuses on the disadvantages of making use of a Windows web hosting service. There are several pro’s and con’s of using the Windows web hosting. However, compared to the Linux web hosting, the Windows hosting limits your website’s development in a small way as there are not many applications or web tools that are compatible with the Windows web hosting. Some of these disadvantages of Windows hosting are:
Windows web hosting is very expensive when compared to the UNIX, Linux, or any other web hosting platforms. If you are going to use a Windows hosting service, purchasing a license is a must. Also, there are not many software programs which are freely available and which are completely compatible with the Windows hosting platform. Also, you may not be able to use some of the very important web scripts like the CGI or the PERL. If you already have developed an application which contains all these special codes, then there is no way out other than changing your platform which can use these codes effectively and without giving out any errors, or the other option would be changing the entire set of codes and rewrite them in a script which is compatible with the Windows platform. Also, opting for a Windows web hosting platform further increases the spending budget that is required to host your website on the internet.
The Windows web hosting platform is not as fast when compared to the Linux or any other web hosting platforms. The Unix and the Linux web hosting servers are much more faster when compared to the Windows based web hosting servers. It is not as reliable and flexible as compared to the Linux or the Unix based web hosting services. Stability can also be a major issue in case of the Windows based web hosting services.
A Windows system or the content that is present on a Windows based platform can easily get corrupted as compared to any other type of web hosting platforms. Also, sometimes the entire system may get crashed, due to which you may have to restart the entire system and the entire process costs your website the time to stay online and many opportunities can be lost due to the downtime. Frequent downtimes will not only make your site inaccessible, but you will also lose a lot of visitors and hence the business will suffer immensely. In case of Windows hosting services, many more system resources are required. Your will require a lot of memory, disk space, bandwidth which again adds to the operational costs.
Many other features like the Telnet or SSH may not work properly on the Windows hosting services as some of these are basically UNIX-based, and are non-compatible with a Windows hosting service. So, before you choose any particular platform in order to host your website, you need to carefully study your website’s requirements first, and then make a decision on the type of platform that suits your website the most. Make sure that you do some thorough research on the internet and also ask the web hosts which platform will be suitable for your website before you finally select any particular type of web hosting platform and the services associated with it.
