Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting compared to shared hosting
Have you considered a Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting for your internet marketing needs?Most internet marketing websites nowadays are hosted on a shared hosting server account. A dedicated server is the best form of hosting on the market but it is still expensive for the average internet marketer -price starts around $40/month. A much cheaper alternative to dedicated server is a virtual private server -VPS. A dedicated server is more dear because all the cost of the hardware is only shared by one person compared with VPS where there can be 10 or more customers sharing the resources.VPS is in fact a mix between a dedicated server and a shared hosting account. With a Virtual Private Server you still share system resources like the CPU and memory with other users. VPS acts like a dedicated server because the file system is setup in such a way that users cannot tell that the system is being shared. Each VPS performs and executes exactly like a dedicated server for its users and applications as it can be rebooted independently. It has it’s own root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries and configuration files.
Virtual private server is much more powerful than the traditional shared system. VPS is much more secure – with shared server, one can actually figure whose site is hosted on the server. With a virtual private server no one can tell you are on the system and you cannot tell anyone else is on the system.
The major drawback of shared hosting is that, if one of the website goes down because of a bug in the system, there is a very big chance that all other websites hosted will also go down. This will not happen on a Virtual Private Server since each websites are independent of each other.
There are limitations to having shared hosting services and the biggest one is you cannot usually compile or install any script or software. Many shared hosting company nowadays put limitations on number and frequency of cron jobs running. Such limitations does not exist with VPS and dedicated servers – the users are in total control Nowadays you can even find VPS hosting cheaper than shared hosting.
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We transferred at the end of summer to a VPS – our hosting company stated how WONDERful it would be..I think they are a fantastic idea, but the company we are with..leaves a bit to be desired in the customer support factor. I agree with you totally! Next move, is away from them, rhymes with Cherio! I also have found that if there has ever been an issue with spam within that Virtual Private Server, you can get labeled as well, and have hokey things happen. We still have not gotten the bugs worked out and every week or so, we need to call them to reset the server. Ask alot of questions! Thanks for the post!