| Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting provides most | | | | Better website performance as loading times |
| of the advantages of dedicated website hosting at a | | | | should be faster and consistent, due to having |
| significantly lower cost. As a result it is a good option | | | | guaranteed system resources (no competition for |
| for anyone (especially businesses) who needs greater | | | | resources as with shared hosting). |
| flexibility, authority and security than shared hosting | | | | Hosting companies will offer different control |
| can provide but cannot justify the cost of dedicated | | | | panels (an individual company may offer a choice) so |
| server hosting. | | | | you can balance ease of use with technical ability. |
| Modern virtualization software makes it possible to | | | | Compared to shared hosting a user of VPS hosting |
| make a single physical server behave like multiple | | | | will typically have greater technical expertise. Shared |
| servers which appear to a user to be physical | | | | hosting is made as easy as possible and users are |
| servers. When you sign-up for VPS Hosting you can | | | | given limited access to the server and the hosting |
| specify the system resources you require (and the | | | | company manages it (applies updates, patches etc.). |
| cost varies accordingly) and subsequent upgrades are | | | | VPS hosting, on the other hand, usually offers you |
| quick and easy. Although you specify the resources | | | | root access which gives you a lot more control and |
| you require, sometimes you are allowed to exceed | | | | flexibility but also more responsibility. Whilst the |
| these limits in short "bursts". | | | | hosting company will still be responsible for managing |
| Whilst the details of VPS hosting plans are variable | | | | the physical server and virtualization environment you |
| the general advantages of VPS hosting are: | | | | will be responsible for the management of the virtual |
| Similar service to dedicated website hosting but | | | | server. If you have software problems it will be up |
| at a significantly reduced price. | | | | to you to resolve them. If this might be a problem it |
| Can match system resources to requirements by | | | | may be that you can trade some of your control for |
| easily upgrading as and when required. | | | | greater support from the hosting company. |
| Security is much better than with shared hosting. | | | | Given the benefits of VOS hosting you may wonder |
| As each user effectively has their own discrete | | | | what are the additional benefits of dedicated server |
| server the actions of other users can have no | | | | hosting. With VPS hosting you cannot totally avoid |
| impact. | | | | the fact that you are still sharing physical hardware |
| Linux users get root access to the virtual server | | | | even though you have guaranteed resources (CPU, |
| which means that any software required can be | | | | RAM, disk space). This means that dedicated server |
| installed and the server configured as required. | | | | hosting is still the way to deliver optimal performance |
| (Windows hosting customers will get full | | | | of your website. |
| administrative access). | | | | |