Difference Between Windows VPS vs. Linux VPS

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Difference Between Windows VPS vs. Linux VPS
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Introduction

• A virtual private server hosting is the best
  choice amid shared hosting service and dedicated
  hosting infrastructure.
• While picking the ideal hosting service, you have
  to choose between the Linux VPS and Windows VPS.
• Now, quickly discuss on VPS hosting and further
  jump into which type of OS has to be selected
  either Linux or windows.

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• VPS is termed as a "virtual machine" that
  operates its own replica on the OS loge in the
  physical computer.
• It runs independently from other virtual spaces
  that present in the same system.
• Most of the business select VPS hosting service
  to upgrade from a shared hosting package and in
  need of unlimited resources to manage their
  website effectively.

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Benefits of VPS hosting

• VPS hosting is one of the affordable solutions
  for beginners as it offers very good performance.
  Look at the benefits of VPS hosting.

Large control over resources

• VPS hosting comes with entire resources unlike
  shared hosting and these resources are provided
  at the reasonable cost.

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Easy scalability option
You can easily upgrade your hosting plan when you
get a huge number of visitors to your website. 

• You can easily upgrade your hosting plan when you
  get a huge number of visitors to your website. 

Root access

• You can choose any of the operating systems and
  you are the boss to keep an entire control over
  the server setup. 

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Privacy and customization

• You can use any kind of applications such as
  website builder, mailing system or content
  management system based on your business
  requirement.

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The windows and Linux OS has its unique core of
advantages.  Let's see

• Performance
• In the performance-wise, the windows server is
  termed as resource hungry and Linux OS works
  faster when compared to Windows. This is because
  Linux works well when you receive more website
  traffic. However, Windows becomes slower when you
  get huge traffic and application changes.

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Costs

• If you are relying on cost then you can prefer
  Linux as its hardware requirements are lower,
  there are no licensing fees and the cost is also
  affordable when compared to windows. Besides,
  windows OS will be picked if your project
  requires the high specification and for more
  advanced features you have to pay higher costs.

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Security

• While considering security aspects, Linux will
  have more vulnerable code, but these issues can
  be easily patch-up as it is the open-source OS.
  On the other hand, windows are the most famous OS
  among enterprise business.

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Flexibility

• Linux is an open-source offer you more freedom
  and has many applications based on your needs you
  can choose from Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS
  etc. Aside, windows provide you with various
  versions like Azure, windows server, windows
  datacenters etc.

Available application

• Application framework available in windows is
  ASP.net and visual basics etc., whereas, in Linux
  server, the available framework is PHP, ruby,
  python etc.

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Stability

• The windows will ask you to restart even after
  small updates. This OS is not stable. In
  contrast, the Linux VPS hosting offers 100
  uptime with all updates, patches and doesn't need
  any reboot.
• SixthStar Technologies in Chennai offers both
  Linux VPS and Windows VPS that guarantees high
  performance at affordable cost. Based on your
  business needs you can select any one. 

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