| For the small business owner, getting the right | | | | sites. This solution is known as VPS. Of course, |
| hosting plan can be a difficult decision. That is | | | | you can expect VPS plans to be cheaper than |
| because there are so many types of plans | | | | dedicated servers. |
| around, and it's difficult to tell which plan is the | | | | Dedicated web hosting. |
| most ideal plan for the business. To overcome | | | | Dedicated hosting is more for companies who |
| this problem, the business owner has to | | | | need to run resource intensive software on the |
| understand what is being offered by each plan or | | | | servers. For example, you may wish to install a |
| package. For example, VPS and dedicated hosting | | | | modern customer management software (CMS) |
| seems to be the craze among webmasters these | | | | that may require a lot more resources than a |
| days. But are they the right solution for you? | | | | traditional website. Or you find that the website |
| VPS Hosting. | | | | you own has grown tremendously and you need |
| VPS stands of virtual private server. This plan | | | | more power to support the growth. In this case, |
| arises because there is a need for businesses on | | | | you may make the leap from shared hosting or |
| shared hosting plans to use more resources. | | | | VPS to a dedicated hosting environment. |
| Usually, a shared environment is less stable | | | | For such hosting plans, there price range can vary |
| because the same server hosts several hundreds | | | | greatly. The price depends very much on the |
| sites. This means there is a competition for | | | | type of system that you choose. The more |
| server resources. The more sites hosted on the | | | | powerful the system, the higher the price. |
| server, the poorer the performance. | | | | Therefore, you need to understand the demands |
| The next logical step would be to sign up for a | | | | of your website or applications before signing up |
| dedicated server solution (more on this later). | | | | for a dedicated server. If you are unsure, sign up |
| However, it costs ten times as much to rent a | | | | for a plan that allows you to upgrade later on. If |
| dedicated server, and in many cases, it is true | | | | you have the budget, you may even wish to |
| that having a dedicated system is an overkill. The | | | | consider signing up for managed hosting. |
| problem is, there is no "in-between" solution to | | | | For both VPS and dedicated hosting, you get a lot |
| choose from. | | | | of freedom when it comes to system |
| The VPS solution is meant to fill this gap. It allows | | | | configuration. To put this in another way, you can |
| the customer to host his site in a shared | | | | act as if you own the server, and configure it |
| environment, but the resources are of the server | | | | anyway you like. You can't do this in a shared |
| are dedicated to just his account. That means the | | | | hosting environment. This benefit comes in handy |
| site still sits on the same server, but the | | | | especially when you have custom built software |
| performance is no longer affected by the other | | | | that require you to tweak the server settings. |