Selecting Web Hosting

One must make sure to have a CD/RW drive. A floppy disk drive is not required, but it is recommendable for making system restore disk. The CD/RW drive is required, as at any time one may need some type of removable storage device. No one knows when there emerges a need to install a driver from a different location like Ethernet driver. In case one is having multiple machines then an external CD/RW drive is considered a best option.

Carefully selection of the operating system :-One should carefully select the operating system. He/she must select the vendor, which is most comfortable for him/her. It is not advisable to select a MAC if one has never used a MAC earlier. Even if anybody is recommending then too it is not at all advisable to select it, as the requirement is different. Here one is trying to get a web server online and not to re-learn a whole new system. One should stay focused and grounded. If one is comfortable with Microsoft then he/she should go with Microsoft, even if anyone else is claiming Microsoft products to be unsecured, Linux or Unix more secured and better for a web server. If one has never used Linux or specifically Unix then he/she will be in for a ride of his/her life. One’s web server experience will turn into a nightmare if anyone has wasted thousands of dollars on equipment. One should opt for what he/she is considering good for him/her and should not just rely on anyone’s advise as like with anything else in this world, here too there are both pros and cons: Among all other, Microsoft is the most user-friendly; In terms of web/graphic development, Mac is the best one; Linux is considered as the open-source/developers paradise of all; in terms if security, Unix is the most secure one. Thus each of them can be twist in the way desired to provide a solid, quality platform and so it is best to select the one, which one considers best as per his/her own opinion.

One should install on his/her system all the web services like Apache, IIS, etc., applications like backup device software, RAID (Array) Manager), scripting languages like PHP, Perl, etc., CGI, Database like MySQL, Microsoft SQL, etc., and a web log analyzer such as: weblog expert, nihuo, etc. It is also advisable to perform system updates, security patches, and firewall installations and configurations. Not only that t is also sometimes considered best to leave the security installs and configurations for future i.e. after one are having the system functioning properly to avoid any uncalculated problems afterwards. In this way when one will install the firewall and something stops working properly like connecting to one’s website from outside his/her network, then one can troubleshoot assuming that it is the firewall, therefore one should begin by opening port 80 on the firewall. This method will not only save much precious time, but also sometimes be considered as the unsecured method, especially if is not having a hardware firewall already in place.