Linux is an Operating System, that isn't that commonly used for desktop machines, but is amongst the most frequently used OSs for servers. It's free of charge, so you won't need to pay any license fees as part of your hosting payments. Linux is furthermore regarded as the most risk-free Operating System available and because of the permissions that files have as well as the file types that can be run, virus files which may infect an average computer system shall simply not be executed on a Linux-based web server. Additionally, the OS is 100 % free, so it can be customized without any constraints, so that it will meet the needs of the web hosting company and their clients. This also means that unwanted software packages may be removed to make the OS lighter and much faster, that may directly contribute to far better server performance. A large number of Linux machines have the Apache web server set up on them, because this piece of software is also absolutely free, fast and reliable. It's the most commonly used web server around and is part of the LAMP bundle that many script apps, including Joomla™ and WordPress, need. LAMP is an abbreviation for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
Stable Linux with Apache in Cloud Website Hosting
If you buy a cloud website hosting plan from us, your new account shall be created on our top-notch cloud platform where all of the web servers run Linux. However, the OS has been personalized in order to satisfy our requirements, in order to get the most of our clustered platform. The files, e-mail messages, stats, databases, etcetera., are handled by independent groups of web servers and this contributes to the more effective performance of the platform, as one machine deals with only one type of process running on it, contrary to what many other companies do. All web requests are handled by Apache, because we've seen first-hand that that ismost likely the lightest and most effective web server these days. Through a shared account on our cloud platform, you shall be able to enjoy a quick, stable and secure service and to use nearly every web programming language – HTML, Perl, Python, JavaScript, and so forth.
Stable Linux with Apache in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you get a semi-dedicated server account for your Internet sites, you'll be able to take advantage of a protected and reliable website hosting service on our impressive hosting platform. Linux-powered clusters of web servers will give you the system resources and the uptime that you desire, since this OS meets our requirements and permits us to alter the software environment to get the most out of the platform, whose architecture contributes to the speed and reliability of the service even more, due to the fact that your files, databases, e-mails, stats, etcetera., will have their own group to handle them. To enhance the functionality of your Internet sites more, we use the Apache web server, as our practical experience reveals that it is the perfect one for our custom platform because it's powerful, yet light and speedy.