For a quick and easy access of a website to online users and browsers, it needs to have a dependable web host. In the current time, there are various web servers with different specification in the web hosting market. These various web servers offer different quality of services to its clients. Thus, one must ensure in which company to avail web hosting from.
According to Netcraft, a company devoted to keeping a statistic of web servers and platforms in the Internet, the most popular platforms and web servers are Window NT running on Internet Information Server (IIS) and UNIX and Linux that runs in the Apache server.
Other web servers on the Netcraft listings include iPlanet, WebLogic, Sun ONE and many more. The first two that was mentioned a while ago, Apache has the widespread popularity of almost 60 % of the market share and Microsoft ISS has 30 %. Therefore, there is a high possibility to find either one of these platforms are supported by many of the web host providers.
The operating system is a major program in a computer that needs to be installed before it can function. Some of the most popular operating systems of today are the Microsoft Windows operating systems such as the Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Similarly, web servers need an operating system for them to function. Different web servers run in different types of operating systems or platforms. The most common platform is UNIX that comes in different kinds that are usually used by web servers. This includes FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux and OpenBSD. Other platforms that have also gained the confidence of web host providers are Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000.
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