What is a Virtual Private Server?
Total isolation
Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are the new evolution in the hosting industry. VPS's use fair-sharing technology, which makes it possible to divide one physical server into multiple isolated servers, and each one performing as an independent, stand alone-dedicated server.
Virtual private servers are multiple operating systems and complete hosting enviroments running independantly of each other on the same physical hardware, giving you complete and total control over your web hosting enviroment to run any application you like in any configuration you choose.
Resource Management
Each VPS gives you the security, stability and flexibility of a true dedicated server (root access, re bootable, DNS management, own Web and mail server, install your own applications…and more). Most important, each VPS offers complete isolation from others and a guarantee of your own resources (RAM, CPU, processes). In turn, others that would use too many server resources will NOT affect your VPS. (This excludes disk input/output usage which is still shared equally on all VPS machines)
Is a VPS is for Any Hosting Need?
No, a VPS is ideal for starters, developers and programmers who would like to take full control of the capabilities of a dedicated server but at a fraction of the cost and performance. Equipped with an easy-to-use Cpanel control panel and Web host manager, it will give you access to control all the management of your virtual private server. Many companies will tell you that a VPS is an ideal upgrade from shared web hosting, but this is totally dependant on what you want to do with it and your web site(s) needs.
How does this work?
The hardware and resources of a VPS is shared by multiple customers, who each enjoy full root access with guaranteed resources and complete privacy.
Multiple instances of the same service can be supported on a single server with complete isolation between each Virtual Private Server, giving you total control over your web hosting enviromant and setup, perfect for developers building applications, developing web sites constantly or those who just want to learn how a server works, without the expense of an actual server.
