VPS Hosting Definition

To satisfy the need for affordable, but reliable hosting solutions, distributors launched a midway website hosting platform - the VPS. This is a virtual simulation of a web server that works precisely like a : dedicated web server and is much more feature-rich than any shared web hosting package. At the same time, as plenty of accounts are set up on the same physical web hosting server and each user pays for their account, the cost of a VPS package is considerably lower than the cost of a dedicated server. A small-scale VPS plan is slightly more expensive than a hi-end shared web hosting plan, but its system resources excel by far those of the shared plan.

VPS Virtualization Consoles: OpenVZ and KVM

Each single account is insulated from the remaining accounts on the web hosting server, so each Virtual Private Server can run its own OS and be rebooted independently from the rest. The Virtual Servers are administered through a virtualization console where customers can take a glimpse at all running processes and stop or reboot them, update server-side applications, watch the used up and the free resources, and much more. OpenVZ, KVM, Virtual PC and VMware are only a couple of examples of virtualization panels utilized for creating and administering private virtual hosting server accounts. They have various requirements regarding the CPU architecture, the OSs they are compatible with, and so on. For instance, KVM can function on physical machines with x86 or AMD64 processors, can be installed on a server running both Windows and Linux Operating Systems, and allows both of these Operating Systems to be activated on the concrete private virtual servers.

Managed VPS Solutions

The virtualization platform offers the customer the freedom to administer the VPS independently from the web hosting provider, saving you the time you'd have waited for their client support staff to restart a service or restore a backup. If the customer is not tech-savvy, though, we have an optional upgrade that involves Operating System and software installation and update procedures, VPS backups, as well as dedicated admin support and troubleshooting procedures. We also have a handful of virtual web server datacenter facility locations to select from: North America, Britain and Australia.

Web Hosting Control Panels for VPS

The domains and the web content on the private virtual server are managed through a web hosting CP interface, similar to a traditional shared web hosting account's. The contrast is that with web hosting plans, customers receive one specific website hosting Control Panel, while with a VPS plan, web hosting providers commonly present a number of web hosting Control Panels to choose from, and the more proficient customers can install and make use of the Control Panel they desire. Certain virtualization consoles support installing a website hosting Control Panel through them to make things easier for the user. Unluckily, the majority of the web hosting CPs are not charge-free. Some of them require a monthly fee (cPanel asks for $13/month, check out BuycPanel.com), while others require a licence tax (DirectAdmin). There are other Control Panels that limit the amount of the hosted domains (Plesk). While we talk about web hosting CP-supplied VPS, it's worthwhile to point out that, by default, all VPS accounts provided by us are furnished with the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It includes unmetered hosted domain quotas. Hepsia is offered at no extra licence cost, so the monthly price of the Virtual Private Server hosting package chosen by the client does not change. Last, but not least, Hepsia probably sports the best Domain Manager on the web hosting Control Panel market.

CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu Driven VPS Packages

The Control Panel GUI enables customers to administer domain name, files, databases, FTP and mail accounts, to keep track of bandwidth and load logs and to watch exhaustive stats regarding the utilized and the remaining system resources. Similar to the virtualization consoles, the web hosting Control Panels are devised to run under a particular OS. For example, cPanel, which is one of the most widespread web hosting Control Panels, runs exclusively under Linux CentOS, whereas Enkompass, which is created by the same designer, performs solely under Windows. Other CPs like Plesk and Hepsia are multi-platform. Hepsia supports the CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions. The superiority of given web hosting Control Panels over others is that they include several control levels - administrator, reseller and client. Each level can access a different set of specifications governing the levels beneath, so it is simple to establish a reseller web hosting website and start making money by reselling web hosting packages to other people. As customers will monitor what percentage of the system resources is used up, but will not be able to see the actual figures, even a low-end VPS account will suffice to start a small shared web hosting web hosting company and receive cash.

The VPS: an Independent, Affordably Priced Solution

A VPS is a relatively cheap hosting service, but it is powerful enough to support web pages such as a very popular web store or a big corporate web site. As its administration is simple, it is the favored selection of both inexperienced customers and trained clients.