VPS Virtual Private Server - What It Does And When To Use It
Shared web hosting is a viable means of hosting for a majority of webmasters, but lacks some benefits of a Virtual Private Server (VPS). Instead of sharing a server with thousands of other sites sharing the servers resources, you can use a Virtual Private Server give you the performance you require.
A VPS is a physical server that runs software that divides it into several virtual servers. Each acts as an individual machine and isn’t impacted by the other virtual servers running on the same system. Each VPS can be configured separately, with different operating systems running on each individual private server.
With each VPS, you get root level administrator access to the server where you can install and delete software, set permissions, or create special accounts.
A VPS is also safer than shared hosting, since if another VPS on the same machine gets hacked into, it will not affect your VPS. On shared hosting, if someone else on your server gets hacked, it will affect you as well.
One drawback of a VPS is that you control your own server and if you do not know how to manage your own server, you may run into problems. You can accidentally delete files, change permissions or fail to update security issues which could lead to negative results.
If you’re currently using shared hosting and are looking to upgrade to a VPS, make sure to find out how the resources are divided and how many virtual servers are on each of the physical servers. Also find out how easy it is to upgrade from your shared hosting and verify which operating systems are available.