Unix Or Windows server?

CheeseMan · May 24, 2003

Me and my homie (mastametz) are gonna start our own website/domain thing. Obviously we gotta sign up for web hosting, and we are wondering if we should get a unix or windows server. Neither of our comps are on linux/unix or anything. So....ya

legendary · May 24, 2003

Well if you have signed for web hosting, it sounds like your website it going to be hosted on your webhost's servers. If that's the case, it doesn't matter what OS you have. You'll be using a FTP utility, Dreamweaver or something similar to upload your webpages anyway. I prefer using Unix, but for no particular reason.

DDR-PIII · May 24, 2003

some web hosts offer you either "windows - or - *nix", but I would go with Linux instead of windows

may I suggest " http://www.akmdevelopment.com " very affordable

All hosting boxes are Intel P4 Powered, dual (mirrored) disk with 1G RAM. Thney no more then 35 - 45 Web sites on a box. This depends on the resource usage. They try to spread large and small sites on multiple boxes.

Lines are 5 Gigabit links to Internet through multiple providers plus 2 GigE, 1 OC3 and 1 DS3. VERY well connected!

F4 · May 25, 2003

For running your own I recommend Linux for security reasons. If you're going with someone else, doesn't really matter because if bad things happen, you've got someone else to blame.

su root · May 25, 2003

I would recommend Unix or Linux, if you know it, or want to spend the time to learn it. It can be locked down alot more than windows.

rogerdugans · May 26, 2003

Personally, I prefer Unix or Linux website host servers: they are generally a bit cheaper and more reliable.

One of the few reasons to go with Windows is if you are using the Frontpage Extensions for website functionality, but many Linux hosts can/will run the Frontpage Extensions for Linux- and from what I have heard they run better than the extensions for Windows.......imagine that

CheeseMan · May 26, 2003

Thank you for the help, we got our two domains

www.monkeycheese.com and www.smallsports.com

F4 · May 26, 2003

And the sports one is littered with pop-ups.

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