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Choosing between Unix and Windows Web Hosting Service
Web Hosting Platform - Unix vs Windows
It is perfectly fine, and in fact quite common, to host your web site on our Unix web hosting service while using a Windows or Macintosh computer to design and publish it.
Features |
Unix Hosting |
Windows Hosting |
| Operating System |
FreeBSD |
Microsoft Windows Server |
| Web Server |
Apache |
Internet Information Server (IIS) |
| Server side processing |
Unix web hosting is Ideal for PHP, Perl or Python powered web sites. Runs PHP in either mod_php or CGI mode, runs CGI through suExec. |
Windows web hosting is ideal for ASP or ASP.NET powered web sites. Also support PHP and Perl in CGI Mode. |
| Database Support |
MySQL, PostgreSQL |
Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL |
| Account Access |
FTP, Multiple Sub-FTP Accounts, Virtual FTP, ssh*, scp*, sftp*, rsync, WebShell (Web-based File Manager) |
FTP, Multiple Sub-FTP Accounts, FrontPage, WebShell (Web-based file manager) |
| FrontPage Support |
Not available |
Fully supported |
| Software Support |
Standard unix tools, NetPBM, ImageMagick, Perl Modules, etc. |
COM Objects, .NET Framework, ISAPI DLLs. |
| Email System |
There is no difference in email features. Email services are served by a separate server running on unix (FreeBSD) for greatest reliability and flexibility. |
| Packages |
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If you know which platform to use, please proceed using the links below:
 Unix Hosting
We provide a rich collection of utilities and modules that supports a wide range of PHP, Perl and Python scripts on our Unix hosting service. read more
 Windows Hosting
Our Windows hosting service is based on Microsoft Windows 2003 server operating system with Internet Information Server (IIS) as its web server. read more
See detailed feature by feature comparison of Windows hosting and Unix hosting
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Benefits of Our Web Hosting Service
- Fast Australian Servers
- Feature packed!
- Multi Domain Hosting (Big savings!)
- FREE Virus Protection
- Free Spam Tagging
- Full E-Commerce Support
- Very knowledgeable technical team
- Pre-Payment Discounts of up to 15%
- The choice of Unix or Windows Hosting
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