There are a number of hosting companies and different kind of hosting services are offered by them. Some of the hosting services are Shared hosting, dedicating hosting, ecommerce hosting, Linux hosting, Reseller hosting, co-location hosting, Database hosting, Enterprise hosting, Managed web hosting, Budget web hosting, etc. are some of them. Servers are playing the major role in the web hosting business. Performance and different features of the web hosting companies totally depends on the technology they use to host a web site. There are many webhosting software such as Linux, Unix, Windows, etc. Selection of hosting companies should be taken only after conducting a review of different hosts with regard to their performance, support, scalability, services, pricing, security features, etc. Technology is playing an important role in the performance a hosting company, thereby ensuring their clients are satisfied. While talking about technology, it covers their hardware and software procurement, update and security of them. While discussing about the server software, obviously there will be reference to Apache web server software, or it is called Apache HTTP server, which was one of the first web server software used and even it played a vital role in the development of internet. It was one of the first servers introduced virtual hosting means running multiple web sites from a single server, that too with different IP addresses for each web site. There are many advantages for this software; mainly it can be configures on a folder by folder basis using .htaccess file or distributed configuration file which provides a way to make configuration changes on a per directory basis, allowing you to have many custom error pages and securing it by providing password protection and protect your images from displaying on unauthorized sites, etc. Also, it is an open source server and allow find and fix the bugs. Another advantage is that it is a flexible and powerful web server software option with compliant to HTTP/1.1 protocol and also it is highly regarded as configurable software.
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