Posts Tagged ‘virtual private servers’

What are VPS

March 29th, 2010

Virtual Private Servers are also known as Virtual dedicated servers - VPS or VDS.

Virtual Private Servers fills the gap between shared hosting and dedicated servers providing small to medium sized businesses and websites with the reliability and control of dedicated hosting but with a cheaper cost per month.

They display a form of virtualization that split a single physical server into multiple virtual servers. This practice of dividing a single virtual server to make it appear as multiple virtual servers has been commonly observed in mainframe computers.

Virtual Servers - Filling the Gap

In the Internet hosting service industry, VPS hosting fill the gap between shared web hosting service and dedicated hosting service and are fast becoming the foundation of many hosting companies. They allow grass root-level access to individual clients without requiring the actual hassle of physically dedicated servers. They are popularly used by businesses and individuals that need a customized solution that cannot be done in a shared hosting environment.

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What is Virtual Web Hosting?

September 20th, 2009

Servers are directly connected to the Internet backbone on fast communication links (much like phone lines, only these lines are bigger, and carry digital data, instead of voices). Your Web site will reside on one of servers at a web host’s facility, yet you can view it and work on it from your own PC. This is virtually like having a computer of your own, hence the term Virtual Web Hosting. A web hosting provider hosts your Web site by placing it on this “server” (since it “serve” content up to Web surfers) which are designed specifically to host Web sites.
Often, virtual private servers (VPS) are just like a dedicated server only that it is part of it. Each VPS has its own operation system and log in credentioals. host-ed.net virtual private server plans are suitable for everybody, who has a higher ranking websites that needs more server resources. The difference between web hosting shared plans and virtual private server plans is that on the VPS the resources (disk space, traffic, CPU, Ram, etc) are guaranteed where as on the shared hosting these resources depend on how loaded the shared server is. The other advantage of the our VPS packages is that they are fully upgradable and if you need more disk space and less traffic for your site you can only ungrade your disk space with out having to pay for expencive predefined VPS or even dedicated server plans. For more information on our VPS packages do not hesitate to contact us