Why VPS?
Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a method of sharing a server resources more effectively.
If your website has outgrown shared hosting, VPS offers an affordable alternative to dedicated hosting.
You need to have the knowledge and skills to administer a web server.
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Virtual Private Server (VPS) web hosting
Shared hosting allows to host websites at a very reasonable cost. However, since hundreds of websites can be hosted on a single server, its resources such as RAM, CPU, disk space, and bandwidth have to be shared among all these sites.
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Small to medium sized websites can rely on shared resources without any problems. The drawback is the lack of control over system level software - http servers, mail servers etc. You cannot choose an operating system and you cannot compile programs or do administrative tasks such as setting up Spam filters or firewalls.
Many people would say "So what? I don't want to do that anyway!" Yes, the majority of website owners have no interest or ability to handle this kind of work and are happy to let the hosting company do it.
If you need more control over your server environment or wish to experiment with new software, however, you get this level of management with a Virtual Private Server.
A virtual private server (VPS) is a physical server divided (using software) into several virtual machines. Each of these machines acts as an independent dedicated server. All physical resources such as memory, CPU and disk space are still shared, but each VPS acts independently of the others and can have different operating system and configuration.
Each VPS administrator has access to the root level of his virtual server which allows them to install and delete software, set permissions, create accounts, and do everything that the administrator of a "real" server can do.
Besides giving you more control over your hosting environment, a VPS is more secure than shared hosting. Websites on a shared server all have the same operating system. Hacker attacks of the server could be harmful to all websites hosted on that server.
A VPS, on the other hand, is divided in such a way that there is no way to access the others. Each VPS is invisible to the others and there is no root level access from one VPS to another.
Virtual Private Servers can be set up in various ways so be sure to understand how the hosting company has allocated resources. The most common configuration is to divide all the physical resources evenly by the number of accounts.
The disadvantages of VPS are almost the same as the advantages. The control that a VPS account provides can be dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. You can delete files, set permissions improperly, and do all kinds of things incorrectly.
If you don't know or do not want to learn how to administer a server, VPS is not for you.