VPS Hosting vs Shared Hosting

* Performance - In a shared environment resources goes all websites in an unequal manner. In other words, a big site can drain all resources and leave yours performing sluggishly. In a virtual private server environment, you are guaranteed a set of resources to ensure your site always performs at full speed! These resource guarantees ensure other virtual private servers have no affect on the performance of your site.

* Control - A virtual private server or virtual dedicated server or VPS hosting account gives you full root access to the system. This will allow you to modify server configuration files, install applications or modify system software should you require or need to. In a simple shared environment, you will have to rely on server settings that are pre configured and fixed for all clients.

* Security - With a virtual private server or virtual dedicated server or VPS hosting your file system is not accessible or viewable by any other VPS owner, unlike a shared environment where anyone with shell access can browse through your files a VPS ensures full privacy and security.

* Isolation - In a shared hosting or cpanel shared hosting or Linux windows shared hosting environment you are susceptible to system crashes and vulnerabilities created by the actions of others. If another shared account runs a script that crashes the server or opens up severe vulnerabilities, your site will go offline or be hacked as well. With a VPS account, you will have complete resource isolation, no matter what another VPS user does it will not affect your server.

All of the above are also valid reasons to move to a dedicated server. However running a dedicated server can be time consuming and technically difficult, it also assumes you need the full power of a dedicated server and this is what makes virtual private servers so good, all the benefits, at a resource level you need and at a fraction of the cost!

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