There are few options for you or your company to upgrade the shared hosting plan a Dedicated
server which gives you entire server machine to yourself or a Virtual Private
server or VPS which gives you an entire server machine but you have to share it
with few more folks. Now who wants to share. Everyone
wants a machine for himself, but the key is the price. While some of the cheapest
dedicated servers come at a price around 100$ and the pro packages come at 300$ you can find high quality VPS hosting for 20$
for the basic packages and up to 80$ for the pro packages.
What is VPS hosting?
VPS are part of
physical machine which is given to your needs. A virtual server acts like a
dedicated server you are guaranteed the resources of a virtual machine and you
are the only one who uses them. Of course the resources of the physical server
are shared between other VPS users. The
key advantage of VPS is the freedom it gives you to interact with your server:
This allows you to
run more complicated scripts and sites on the VPS server which is the main
reason for buying dedicated servers. Also the VPS provides an extra level of
security by the ability to install your own antivirus programs, firewall and
SSL certificates.The traffic that a
VPS hosting can maintain is much more than Shared hosting plan and allows more
complicated actions to be performed in less time and by more users.The
last advantage is the price, as mentioned above VPS is times cheaper than the
dedicated server and provides excellent performance.
When you get a VPS hosting you can install your own software and applications on the server such as:
When you get a VPS hosting you can install your own software and applications on the server such as:
- big table databases,
- additional firewalls and antivirus,
- additional ftp and http,
- your own mail servers
- additional software as Glassfish, JBoss,
- frameworks and modules as ruby on rails
You can use the
servers custom web admin panel or install your own.Also you can reboot your
server any time. VPS is just like having dedicated server at lower costs.
Types of VPS hosting.
Windows based VPS hosting servers - a
VPS hosting server system that operates on Windows. It will allows the installation of
software apps which require Windows to operate without a problem. If you
install software that doesn’t work in windows you might expect some troubles.
This is the reason they are not used as much as Linux based VPS.
Linux based VPS hosting servers - a VPS hosting
server system that operates with Linux. This is the more popular option you can
find, because it is more affordable to establish and handle and hence it is
more wanted. Linux VPS hosting plans often provide the LAMP plan (LAMP is an acronym for
Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP).
Depending
on the management of the server there are two types of VPS hosting:
Unmanaged VPS hosting -
the VPS provider provides just the server without any software and is up to the
customer to install his own software. This is suitable for web masters with
very good knowledge and provides freedom to use any software but usually the
provider isn't responsible for the applications and does not provide tech
support.
Managed VPS hosting - the VPS provider provides the server with
installed software and is responsible for both. This is the most common plan because
this way the provider provides full tech support on the physical server and on
the software used.
Choosing a VPS hosting plan
Once you‘ve decided
to upgrade the things to check are:
- Dedicated CPU
- Dedicated RAM
- The monthly traffic allotment
- Bandwidth (also known as the port speed)
- The price of the plan.
Few years ago the
only solutions for high demanding websites was to rent a dedicated servers. Now
with the advancement of technology and the software applications improvement
the VPS hosting provided alternative to dedicated servers which quickly became
popular. VPS hosting is the most widely used hosting platform for websites with
high or medium traffic and provides great performance at very reasonable price.
