Reasons to Use VPS as a Hosting

Why is VPS created?

There isn't here left much to say, especially if you have read a couple of other articles concerning this theme, however maybe a couple of information’s are mentioned in short or not at all, so here are a couple of reasons and explanations of advantages and the main reasons for using a VPS server as a hosting. Up to a couple of years ago hosting was classified into two categories, instead of nowadays three. Those two categories where shared hosting and dedicated hosting. Basically you have as a choice to buy a Bentley or a Rolls Royce, or a Smart car.

So a person could wonder where is Audi, Mercedes, BMW, and other categories, like in our case what should people do for which a dedicated server was too expensive and most of its performance unusable, and the shared hosting service was simply not enough in any occasion, with lacks in security and performance that couldn’t be added or fixed without heavy losses?

This question was bugging the middle companies and web designers which started to get more and more attention to their sites but still not enough to make a transition from a shared hosting to a dedicated hosting affordable. That’s why in the last couple of years a new technology combining the best characteristics of both technologies started to expand massively all around the world. VPS servers was created with the combined force of low cost of the shared hosting and the security and control of a dedicated server. VPS (Virtual Private Server) has become a technology on which many nowadays Internet services are based upon on. The basic principle of a VPS hosting is that it uses a huge server like a dedicated server one and converts it into multiple independent and isolated smaller servers with same advantages of a dedicated server but also some additional ones on the same physical server. VPS made possible many companies and individuals to develop their business and needs for their products or services in such a way that a step by step development and expanding is now possible without any repercussions to the type of service that the host is providing.

Main reasons for using VPS hosting

1. Price of product – If you take as an example a standard VPS plan of usage of any VPS provider, you will discover that the prices are pretty similar but varying, but it’s up to you decide which provider has the best services for the price it asks. But compare the purchase plan with a shared hosting plan that is offered and you will see that to even the performance as much as it can be matched the difference in price just doesn’t go in favor of shared hosting. As for the VPS vs. Dedicated Server you have everything the same expect some options different with VPS and the performance of a dedicated server which is greater but 4-5 times more expensive at least.
2. Configuration and performance – People tend to expand their business if it is a good idea and that is the normal cycle of things how they behave. Expending business means more room, better equipment more staff and so forth, as it is all the same all around the world with all jobs, but in our case this means expanding on to faster, more secure, reliable, simply better hosting providers which will fulfill your needs. Let’s presume you have taken the basic package of a VPS and to some point it was enough for you. However your web site has started to slow down with large number of visitors, data overflow on the VPS and everything is simply going wrong. This means it’s time for upgrade of your plan and expanding it more to get a better service for the people who use your page, including you. On a shared hosting this would mean large time of downtime and on a dedicated server where multiple people in a company for example are depending on its 24/7 work time means trouble. But with VPS the only thing for you to do is log of your account until the VPS main administrator provides you with more resources. After that’s done you log on and the resources you have asked for are there. Everything taken care of with no damage to you or to persons which are hosting the virtual servers on the same physical server. This way you have full control over your resources and in this specific case you upgraded CPU, RAM, HDD and bandwidth. Most common cases are when people underestimate the amount of storage they need and the solution is the same and totally simple. You pay for the extra storage you asked for and it will be added to your account the same way as described before. This goes for any upgrade you want except windows security and software updates. In this case the physical server must be shut down completely, but due to extensive amount of RAM the downtime of a server is put to a minimum. The customers are informed in time about the period when this update is being performed. The control over your account is given to you to administrate through a control panel installed by the VPS provider. Most of the functions given by this control panel are satisfying, but for the people who want absolute control over their account there are other control panel software that can be installed, with better interface and functions, however you need to pay for them.
3. Security of hardware and software – this matter is probably one of the strongest sides of a VPS. When it comes of security of hardware only one component is essential for the people which are paying for a VPS service and that is storage or HDD. The security of the data that is stored is done through a RAID 10, which gave the VPS users failsafe conditions where loss of data is almost impossible. In RAID 10 you have two rows of hard drives connected in serial and parallel way. For example is one physical server has 4 HDD connected between themselves, they are the storage center of that server. However, there is another row of 4 HDD used as back-up for those 4 primary drives. Using the RAID 10 the data that is written on the hard drives used as primary drivers is automatically written on the back-up drives. Quote from previous article:” VPS accounts are insulated from each other, minimizing the risk of unauthorized access from hackers as well as other customers. The isolation of your account also minimizes the risk of being impacted by a DOS attack that was intended for someone else. Moreover, VPS hosting providers offer additional security features, saving your website of hackers and other malicious factors.” The best way of protecting the data of a server is done via so called snapshots, which are determined by the VPS provider to how many daily. Snapshots are an advanced method of backing-up which does not include just files, but all system meta-data, devices and drivers information, infrastructure, hierarchy and so on… This often called VPS images can be used in multiple ways, like to restore a server to a previous point or to relocate a server to another with almost insignificant downtime.

All of the reasons mentioned above are surely enough to explain you what does make a VPS so secure, easy to manipulate and control, and very favorable when you see what do you get for the amount of cash you give.

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