“But the most favored reason that most webmasters choose the UNIX platform is because of its uptime.”
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“But the most favored reason that most webmasters choose the UNIX platform is because of its uptime.”

Most providers will offer you a choice of hosting on the UNIX or NT
platforms. What is the difference between hosting on these operating
systems?

NT servers are designed to accommodate advanced Microsoft applications.
NT servers therefore integrate back office offerings such as FrontPage,
Access and MS SQL with basic Web services. NT servers also offer specific
programming environments such as Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual Basic
Scripts, MS Index Server and Cold Fusion, which mainly link database
applications to the Web.

NT servers do not provide an interactive shell, but are accessible
through GUI-based remote administration packages such as PCAnywhere. Such
packages allow you to log into the server’s desktop as chief administrator
as long as you have full control over your server.

We only recommend NT hosting if you intend to run your own dedicated
server. The quality of hosting degrades rapidly if the Web host attempts
to run an NT server as a shared hosting system.

Since NT servers provide unparalleled levels of support, security and
integration for the Microsoft family of products, we recommend that you
only select NT if you need to link a Microsoft-based service to your
Internet hosting requirements.

NT is rather complex and labor-intensive and should only be selected if
the webmaster has extensive experience in maintaining Windows systems
remotely and requires product/Web integration.

The majority of adult Web hosting, on the other hand, is provided on
the UNIX platform. This is because the UNIX platform is specifically
designed to accommodate heavy Web traffic and server load. UNIX servers
are robust and are recognized for their ability to host multiple sites and
serve out gigabytes of traffic.

This platform is also preferred by most adult webmasters due to their
technical requirements. Most webmasters outsource their e-commerce
solutions, and therefore don’t need to configure complex database systems
on their pay Web sites.

UNIX servers also provide a wider degree of
flexibility due to their shell environment. Shell environments are
interactive, text-based systems that allow webmasters to interact and
customize their services in real-time from any computer system worldwide.
Unlike NT systems, UNIX is not limited to special remote administration
programs. A typical UNIX system can be accessed from any computer
connected to the Internet without special or expensive software.

But the most favored reason that most webmasters choose the UNIX
platform is because of its uptime. Most UNIX systems with heavy traffic
can provide \’\’ per cent uptime. NT servers with heavy traffic usually
cannot make this same claim, unless specially configured. For this reason,
average adult webmasters should select UNIX as their OS.

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