Moving up to Virtual Private Server Hosting
Posted on February 10th, 2009
Moving up to Virtual Private Server Hosting.
Most veteran Internet users today are familiar with “shared” web hosting, or virtual hosting accounts. A shared hosting account is where you rent space on a server which is shared among many other users, often numbering in the hundreds.
This is a cheap way for the consumer to get started online but it has many draw-backs.
1.) You will encounter email delivery problems because of spam complaints against other sites on the same server.
2.) You will find your site’s grinding to a halt when someone else does some heavy database work on your server.
3.) You may find your site going down because of a denial of service attack against someone else hosting on the same server.
How can your business avoid all of these problems? By upgrading to a virtual private server (VPS). A VPS allows you to run your sites as if you had your own dedicated server. However, VPS is cheaper because you are really just using part of a server that has been split into multiple VPS accounts, each with dedicated system resources.
Often, you can find VPS accounts starting at just $30 a month, such as these accounts with SevenL Networks. You’ll get a much larger chunk of bandwidth compared to shared hosting, and none of the problems that go with a shared host. You can also get multiple public IP addresses that are exclusive to your sites, giving you more control.
The main disadvantage of upgrading to VPS hosting is that you will need to be more tech savvy so that you can administer the server, keep it up to date and make changes. This requires a bit of time to learn the necessary Linux skills to make sure your server runs smoothly. Or check out managed services offered by most VPS providers. On the other hand, if you already have these skills then VPS should be no problem for you.
Thanks to the increased speed and bandwidth that a VPS host offers, along with none of the headaches commonly caused by shared hosting, the move is one you’re no likely to regret.