Hosting your blog or website on a shared server can be the right way to start your online business. However, you must consider moving away at the earliest possibility since the restrictions there can be a hindrance to your business growth. You should consider the VPS server. Virtual private server, as VPS expands to, is far more flexible and reliable than the shared server at a slightly higher price. In a VPS, you are sharing the server with other businesses but have assured resources and privacy unlike in the shared hosting. On par with a dedicated server in features: The advantage with the VPS server is that even the lowest plan that the web hosting companies offer gives a business the reliability and flexibility that normally comes with a dedicated server at a far lower price. The expenses incurred on the server are spread across the various customers which makes it more affordable than the dedicated server where the entire machine is leased to one single entity. Options of operating system: VPS server hosting is available in both Linux and Windows operating system. You may choose the one you are comfortable with since there is not much difference in the features. However, it is usually recommended that websites built on Windows technologies of MSSQL and ASP.NET must choose the Windows operating system while websites built on the open source script language of PHP and MySQL must choose the Linux servers for smooth performance. Linux VPS server plans are generally less expensive than the Windows plans. This is mainly because Linux is open source and available freely. In contrast, Windows is a Microsoft-owned commercially sold product and users must buy a license to use it. The fee is added to the plan cost chosen by the client, hence they pay a higher price. The benefits you get with a VPS server Control is with you: This is perhaps one of the most attractive features of VPS. Clients get root access to the server and can manage their account using the Plesk/cPanel control panel that is provided by the host. If you are on a Windows server you can get access to your server through the Remote Desktop(RDP) and if on a Linux server, you can access via the SSH. You can install applications that you find necessary for your business. Complete privacy: Although there are other websites hosting on the VPS server along with yours like in shared hosting, you have more privacy and seclusion in two ways. • The websites are housed in individual containers where no outside entity other than the people you have authorized can gain access to your site. The risk of your site getting compromised when a neighbor site is attacked by virus or some malware is not there. • Each website is given an exclusive dedicated IP. This keeps your business separate from the other websites. When you share an IP with other businesses if one of them is banned the entire IP address is blacklisted as seen in shared hosting. Your site could become unavailable and this affects the performance and stains your reputation. More reliable: Each website on a VPS server is allocated dedicated resources. This again is an improvement over the shared hosting. Even if a neighbor pulls more resources or reboots the server, your site performance continues unhindered. When there is a sudden increase in traffic to the website, VPS automatically gives the customer more computing power i.e. you can increase your resource capacity like space, RAM, bandwidth etc. and avoid the tensions of site slowing down or server crashing. VPS bridges the gap between high cost dedicated server and the highly restrictive shared hosting.
3 Comments
|