 Virtual Private Servers (VPS) offer the same capabilities and features of dedicated servers including SSH (root) access and dedicated IP addresses, but at a very low price. However, the customer shares the server space with a small number of other customers. But because each VPS is effectively isolated from other accounts on the dedicated server, the user has full control over the server space and resources.
Virtual Private Servers are the most advanced step in server virtualization technology. With a VPS, it is possible to migrate Web sites from one virtual server to another or even to a complete dedicated server without any problem and/or downtime! Your hosting environment is dynamically expandable.
VPS has four main benefits over shared hosting:
- Control:
A VPS gives you complete access, including root access, to the system. This allows you to modify server settings, install and/or modify applications of your preference. In a shared environment you have to rely on server settings that are 'best fit' for all clients and this may not suit your needs.
- Security:
A VPS ensures full privacy and security. Unlike a shared environment, your file system is not accessible or viewable by any other VPS owner.
- Isolation:
With a VPS you have complete resource isolation, no matter what another VPS user does it will not affect your server. In a shared hosting environment you are 'held hostage' to the actions of others, if another shared account runs a script that crashes the server then your site goes down too.
- Performance:
In a VPS environment you are guaranteed a set of resources to ensure your server runs smoothly and performs at full speed. In a shared environment resources goes to the site 'that shouts the loudest', in other words a big site can drain all resources and leave yours performing badly.
Security
Unlike other companies in the industry, ServerTune provides the best-in-class firewall, application security, and intrusion prevention capabilities FREE of charge. Our network is protected by a sophisticated hardware firewall that can detect and negate intrusion attempts. Your server(s) are protected against the following attacks: DoS/DDoS, UDP Flooding, Intrusion Detection, TCP SYN Flooding, and Ping Flooding. |
