How Virtual Private Servers Work

To satisfy the demand for reasonably priced, but reliable hosting services, providers introduced a midway web hosting platform - the VPS hosting. This is a virtual simulation of a server that operates just like a : dedicated server and is much more feature-rich than any shared website hosting account. On the other hand, as numerous accounts are hosted on the same physical hosting server and each user pays for their account, the price for a VPS hosting package is significantly lower than the price for a dedicated server. A basic VPS hosting account is a little more high-priced than the most feature-rich shared web hosting account, but its resources excel decidedly those of the shared web hosting package.

VPS Hosting Virtualization Platforms: OpenVZ and KVM

Each individual account is isolated from all other accounts on the web server, so each Virtual Private Server can run a separate Operating System and be restarted autonomously from the rest. The Virtual Servers are managed via a virtualization panel where users can have a glimpse at all running tasks and stop or restart them, update server-side software applications, keep track of the used up and the free resources, and much more. OpenVZ, KVM, Virtual PC and VMware are only a couple of examples of software platforms utilized for setting up and handling virtual private web server hosting plans. They have diverse requirements in relation to the central processing unit architecture, the Operating Systems they support, etc. For example, KVM can operate on physical machines with x86 or AMD64 processors, can be activated on a web hosting server running both Windows and Linux OSs, and permits both of these OSs to be activated on the actual private virtual web servers.

Managed VPS Hosting Solutions

The virtualization console lends the user the freedom to manage the VPS hosting independently from the web hosting provider, sparing you the time you'd have waited for their support team to restart a specific service or recover a backup. If the user is not competent enough, however, we offer an optional upgrade that incorporates OS and software installation and update operations, VPS hosting backups, as well as dedicated admin support and troubleshooting procedures. We also have a number of virtual private hosting server data center locations to select from: America, England and Australia.

Website Hosting CPs for VPS Hosting

The domains and the content on the VPS are managed through a web hosting Control Panel tool, similar to a traditional shared web hosting account's. The contrast is that with website hosting accounts, clients obtain one specific web hosting Control Panel, while with a VPS hosting package, hosting providers normally provide a number of website hosting Control Panels to select from, and the more competent clients can install and make use of the website hosting Control Panel they like. Certain virtualization systems support installing a web hosting Control Panel through them to make things easier for the customer. Sadly, the majority of the web hosting CPs are paid. Some of these require a monthly fee (cPanel demands $13 USD/month, visit BuycPanel.com), while others demand a license fee (DirectAdmin). There are other web hosting Control Panels that restrict the amount of the hosted domains (Plesk). While we talk about website hosting Control Panel-equipped VPS hosting, it's useful to point out that, by default, all VPS hosting plans distributed by us are provided with the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. The latter includes unmetered hosted domain name quotas. Hepsia comes at no additional licence cost, so the monthly price of the VPS server account picked by the user does not alter. Besides, Hepsia probably has the greatest Domain Manager on the web hosting CP marketplace.

CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu Powered VPS Hosting Plans

The website hosting Control Panel user interface allows clients to manage domain name, files, databases, File Transfer Protocol and email accounts, to see bandwidth and load logs and to watch exhaustive statistics concerning the consumed and the free resources. Comparable with the virtualization consoles, the hosting Control Panels are constructed to operate under a certain Operating System. For instance, cPanel, which is one of the most widespread web hosting Control Panels, works exclusively under Linux CentOS, whereas Enkompass, which is constructed by the very same corporation, runs solely under Windows. Other web hosting CPs such as Plesk and Hepsia support several OSs. Hepsia supports the CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions. The advantage of given web hosting Control Panels over others is that they involve several control levels - administrator, reseller and customer. Each level has access to a different set of specifications controlling the levels beneath, so it is easy to launch a reseller web hosting website and start making money by offering web hosting services to other people. As customers will watch what percentage of the system resources is utilized, but will not be aware of the real numbers, even a low-end VPS server plan will be enough to start a small shared web hosting website hosting enterprise and collect cash.

The VPS Hosting: an Autonomous, Moderately Priced Solution

A VPS hosting is a relatively cheap hosting service, but it is advanced enough to support web pages such as a very popular online store or a large corporate web site. As its administration is simple, it is the preferred choice of both newcomers and knowledgeable customers.