Windows 2008 minus Windows 2003 Equals 5 Reasons Windows 2008 is Better for VPS Hosting

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In comparing Windows VPS hosting systems, look first at the similarities. Both Windows 2003 VPS and Windows 2008 VPS provide unmatched web development technology through a competent operating system that you know and respect. The basic framework between the two is nearly identical. Both include ASP, ASP.NET, and .NET. The availability of application software is also nearly identical. Both packages provide integrated support for Silverlight, Java, Microsoft Access, SharePoint Services, and Remote Desktop functions. For an additional price, both support a range of Microsoft SQL 2008 products. The over hosting and services pricing is also comparable.

The Makings of a Better Windows VPS Hosting Package

Windows Server 2008 R2 is the premium successor to Windows Server 2003. Differences between the two platforms include a revamped hardware control system in Windows 2008 that enables radical, remote changes to security policies. Another primary area of improvement revolves around Live Migration Virtualization and Cluster Shared Volumes. Windows Server 2008 R2 also incorporates new web tools, enhanced scalability, better management utilities, superior VPN services, and tops it off with an increase in the number of processor cores.

On a note of complaint: Microsoft has never released an upgrade that did not demand additional hardware resources. Look to find Windows 2008 hogging out on RAM, using a GB or more over and above Windows 2003 VPS.

Yet even with complaints, the Windows 2008 VPS system stands as a better VPS choice. The improvements are many. Here are five expounded examples:

1. Windows 2008 R2 provides better performance benefits for both the web hosting provider and the customer. Improvements on the Web Application side include better troubleshooting routines, improved file-transfer services, easier administration of web-focused applications.
2. Windows 2008 R2, on the OS-level, provides a user-friendlier virtualization package, including terminal services that promote remote desktop applications to enable greater flexibility so that application execution and application control need not come from the same source.
3. Windows 2008 R2 utilizes an improved Internet information Services (IIS 7.5) with includes several advantages over IIS 6.
4. Windows 2008 R2 is optimized for Windows 7 based, client computers. By utilizing the DirectAccess feature that is common between the two systems, users can establish an intranet-based connection that avoids the complexity of VPN connections.
5. Windows 2008 R2 also provides greater fault tolerance and control over the connectivity issues associated with VPN. The Agile VPN component of the system expands a VPN to include multiple network connection paths. This enables an automated path switch, which serves to prevent interruption of connectivity in the event of device outages.