What are VPSs?

To fulfill the need for moderately priced, but reliable hosting solutions, vendors commenced a midway website hosting platform - the VPS. This is a virtual simulation of a web hosting server that operates just like a : dedicated server and is much more advanced than any shared website hosting plan. At the same time, as multiple accounts are created on the same physical hosting server and each user pays for their account, the price for a VPS plan is markedly lower than the cost of a dedicated server. A low-end VPS plan is a little more high-priced than the most powerful shared website hosting account, but its system resources exceed by far those of the shared web hosting plan.

VPS Virtualization Platforms: OpenVZ and KVM

Each given account is insulated from the remaining accounts on the hosting server, so each Virtual Private Server can run a separate OS and be rebooted autonomously from the rest. The Virtual Servers are administered via a virtualization panel where clients can keep track of all running processes and abort or reboot them, update server-side applications, see the used up and the available resources, and much more. OpenVZ, KVM, Virtual PC and VMware are just several instances of virtualization platforms utilized for creating and administering private virtual web server packages. They have different requirements with regard to the CPU architecture, the OSs 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 allows both of these OSs to be installed on the actual VPS servers.

Managed VPS Services

The virtualization panel offers the client the freedom to manage the VPS autonomously from the provider, saving you the time you'd have waited for their support team to restart a particular service or retrieve a backup. If the customer is not experienced, however, we provide an optional upgrade that contains OS and software installation and update operations, VPS backups, as well as dedicated administrator support and troubleshooting procedures. We also have a bunch of VPS hosting server datacenter facility locations to choose from: America, England and Australia.

Web Hosting Control Panels for VPS

The domain names and the content on the private virtual server are handled via a web hosting CP interface, similar to a classic shared web hosting plan's. The difference is that with hosting packages, users get one particular web hosting Control Panel, while with a VPS package, hosting providers traditionally provide several website hosting CPs to pick from, and the more experienced customers can install and avail of the website hosting CP they want. Certain virtualization platforms support installing a website hosting Control Panel through them to render things easier for the client. Unluckily, most web hosting Control Panels are not charge-free. Some of these demand a monthly tax (cPanel requests thirteen dollars/month, take a look at BuycPanel.com), while others request a licence tax (DirectAdmin). There are other website hosting CPs that restrict the amount of the hosted domains (Plesk). While we address website hosting CP-equipped VPS, it's worthwhile to mention that, by default, all VPS accounts delivered by us contain the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. The latter includes unmetered hosted domain name quotas. Hepsia is offered at no additional license cost, so the monthly cost of the Virtual Private Server package chosen by the customer does not fluctuate. In addition, Hepsia probably includes the best Domain Manager on the web hosting CP market.

CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu Driven VPS Plans

The web hosting Control Panel tool allows clients to administer domain name, files, databases, File Transfer Protocol and email mailbox accounts, to view web traffic and load logs and to have a glimpse at detailed statistics about the consumed and the free resources. Akin with the virtualization consoles, the website hosting Control Panels are devised to perform under a given OS. For example, cPanel, which is one of the most widely used web hosting Control Panels, runs exclusively under Linux CentOS, while Enkompass, which is constructed by the same corporation, works only under Windows. Other website hosting CPs such as Plesk and Hepsia are compatible with several platforms. Hepsia is compatible with the CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions. The superiority of given web hosting CPs over others is that they have several control levels - administrator, reseller and client. Each level has access to a different set of functions controlling the levels underneath, so it is simple to establish a reseller web hosting website and start making money by reselling web hosting packages to other persons. As customers will watch what percentage of the resources is consumed, but will not be aware of the actual figures, even a small virtual server package will be enough to establish a small shared website hosting hosting enterprise and make capital.

The VPS: an Independent, Cut-Price Solution

A VPS is a relatively cheap hosting service, but it is advanced enough to support online portals such as a busy web store or a big corporate website. As its management is simple, it is the favored pick of both inexperienced users and expert clients.