What is VPS hosting?

To satisfy the demand for cut-price, but reliable hosting solutions, suppliers initiated a transitional website hosting environment - the VPS. This is a virtual imitation of a web hosting server that performs quite like a : dedicated server and is much more feature-rich than any shared website hosting account. On the other hand, as plenty of accounts are created on the same physical server and each person pays for their account, the cost of a VPS package is much lower than the price for a dedicated server. A low-end VPS package is slightly more expensive than the most feature-rich shared web hosting account, but its system resources exceed by far those of the shared web hosting package.

VPS Virtualization Platforms: OpenVZ and KVM

Each specific account is isolated from the remaining accounts on the hosting server, so each Virtual Private Server can run a different OS and be rebooted autonomously from the remaining ones. The Virtual Servers are administered via a virtualization panel where customers can observe all running tasks and stop or restart them, update server-side software, take a glimpse at the utilized and the available resources, and much more. OpenVZ, KVM, Virtual PC and VMware are just a few instances of software platforms utilized for creating and managing private virtual web server hosting plans. They have different requirements regarding the central processing unit architecture, the OSs they support, etc. For instance, KVM can work on machines with x86 or AMD64 processors, can be activated on a web server running both Windows and Linux Operating Systems, and allows both of these OSs to be installed on the actual virtual web hosting servers.

Managed VPS Services

The virtualization platform gives the customer the power to administer the VPS autonomously from the provider, sparing you the time you'd have waited for their support team to restart a particular service or restore a backup. If the user is not skilled enough, however, we provide an optional upgrade that incorporates OS and software application installation and update procedures, VPS backups, as well as dedicated administrator support and troubleshooting procedures. We also have a handful of virtual private web server data center locations to select from: the US, Britain and Australia.

Hosting CPs for VPS

The domain names and the content on the virtual web hosting server are handled via a web hosting Control Panel tool, similar to a conventional shared web hosting plan's. The distinction is that with web hosting accounts, users obtain one specific CP, while with a VPS package, hosting providers typically present a handful of web hosting CPs to select from, and the more competent customers can install and avail of the web hosting CP they want. Certain virtualization systems support installing a web hosting CP through them to render things simpler for the customer. Sadly, the majority of the hosting Control Panels are not free of charge. Some of these demand a monthly tax (cPanel requires 13 dollars/month, take a look at BuycPanel.com), while others request a licence fee (DirectAdmin). There are other web hosting Control Panels that limit the amount of the hosted domains (Plesk). While we talk about web hosting Control Panel-equipped VPS, it's worthwhile to state that, by default, all VPS accounts distributed by us comprise the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. The latter offers unmetered hosted domain quotas. Hepsia is available at no further licence cost, thus the monthly cost of the Virtual Private Server web hosting plan picked by the user does not fluctuate. Furthermore, Hepsia perhaps sports the finest Domain Manager on the Control Panel market.

CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu Based VPS Packages

The website hosting Control Panel interface allows users to handle domain name, files, databases, File Transfer Protocol and e-mail address accounts, to monitor bandwidth and load logs and to see thorough statistics about the consumed and the available resources. Similar to the virtualization consoles, the web hosting Control Panels are developed to work under a particular OS. For example, cPanel, which is one of the most popular web hosting Control Panels, operates only under Linux CentOS, while Enkompass, which is created by the very same company, operates only under Windows. Other web hosting Control Panels such as Plesk and Hepsia are compatible with several platforms. Hepsia supports the CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions. The advantage of certain Control Panels over others is that they have several levels of control - administrator, reseller and customer. Each level can access a separate set of specs governing the levels underneath, so it is easy to build a reseller web hosting website and commence making money by offering web hosting solutions to other persons. As customers will keep track of what amount of the system resources is consumed, but will not be able to see the actual numbers, even a low-end private virtual web server account will be enough to establish a small-size shared website hosting web hosting firm and gain money.

The VPS: an Autonomous, Affordable Solution

A VPS is a comparatively cheap hosting service, but it is powerful enough to support sites such as a highly visited web store or a huge company portal. As its management is easy, it is the favored pick of both inexperienced clients and experienced users.