Web hosting is a quiet comprehensive subject that requires a bit of expertise or experts advice before making correct judgment when it comes to large scale hosting set-up. There are certain very critical decisions that must only be taken after very strong resolve about the facts Web space, bandwidth and me ail accounts are very basic level decisions that anyone can make with basic idea about his needs and web hosting company's offerings but selection of control panel needs much more understanding. One can choose the best option from the already available control panels in the market. The selection of your control panel is subject to the package, you are availing for you website hosting plan.

There are multiple options available as far as control panels are concerned. The most recommended and highly reliable ones are C-Panel and Plesk..

The cPanel

The Panel is at the top of the list for its multiple usage and combatable application system. Most web designers and developers prefer Panel over the other control panels.

Perl script is used in Panel, so it does not require any further database. Panel is very user5 friendly and easy to operate due to its attractive and well-crafted graphics that makes anyone expert within short span of time. This unique feature is only available in Panel, others are a bit complex.

The sidebar of CPanel displays many useful statistics about the status of the website. These statistics are based upon domain and sub domain names, memory that is used, the monthly bandwidth that is used, the usage of disk space, statistics about the database, the monthly bandwidth used, e mail accounts used and ma nay other relevant information about the current status of the severity also gives information about the number, origin and area from which the visitors are directed to your website.

The Plesk

Another type of control panel has gained immense popularity in Europe especially these days. It's a Plesk control panel which is widely used by Web Masters, Web Designers and Web developers. Despite highly preferred Panel users, a new niche has emerged for Plesk control panel. The last version launched by Plesk has been rated as much more stable, reliable and secure which can be easily used with Linux and UNIX operating system. Plesk is also compatible with other operating system than Linux. Plesk has launched customized versions for both types of operating system, Windows and Linux, so it's much widely applicable to diverse environments.

Plesk is entirely different when it comes to managing the website. Wherever the website is hosted, Shared, VPS or dedicated environment, its performance is different in different environments. After experiencing and critically analyzing the performance of Plesk, experts have suggested it to be an ideal one for dedicated hosting environment. Plesk offer maximum strength and reliability in Windows based environments and it performs at its best.

By comparison and by experience, Panel is much more widely used and recommended type of Control panel. Panel is much more user friendly and a universal control panel which can run on any environment and at small, medium and large scale set-ups. These two control panels have earned respectable market support over the years and have undergone test of time.