Seemingly out of nowhere, VPS has become the preferred hosting solution for small to medium sized businesses.  VPS stands for Virtual Private Server, a solution that effectively bridges the gap between the limitations of shared hosting and the flexibility of dedicated server hosting.  A VPS is created by virtualization software which partitions a single physical server to form multiple servers within it.  Each virtual...

Date Published : 08/11/2011

A Virtual Private Server (VPS) as the name implies is a "Virtual" dedicated server. Virualization and Virtualization Layers provide many significant benefits (see "Why Choose a VPS") and has now become the preferred server deployment method in not only the hosting industry, but IT in general.  Two of the many reasons for this trend are the hardware "abstraction" and server density benefits. Hardware abstraction a...

Date Published : 08/11/2011

The question of when should somebody switch from a Shared Hosting account to a Virtual Private Server (VPS) is one that is asked time and time again. As a result, we have decided to write an article to explain some of the benefits and true differences between a shared hosting environment, and a managed VPS environment. In the beginning, most website owners and small businesses find themselves comfortable and content with...

Date Published : 08/11/2011