VPS Hosting - The Benefits Of A Dedicated Server Without The Costs

Before I moved all my websites and files to one vps server I was receiving many complaints and questions as to why my websites were no longer available, that they had disappeared from the internet. I was throwing questions back because when I checked everything seemed to be okay. People had paid for information products but could not download them. Imagine how these customers were feeling.

The point is that the idea of controlling all of your websites from the one virtual server is indeed a very good one. At the time I didn’t have the budget for a virtual dedicated server and my huge mistake was that I chose the wrong shared web hosting company. Sometimes my sites were active sometimes they weren’t. I had absolutely no control at that time. I do now!

VPS hosting gives you the benefits of a dedicated server without the costs. So, VPS hosting can be a great alternative for small businesses that need total reliability, security and support from their virtual server hosting company.

Your web hosting needs may be totally different to mine as may well be your levels of experience. The choice of web host, therefore, will depend on the needs of your business and your website.

I was fortunate in that I didn’t lose that many customers. Many have been less lucky. The web host you ultimately choose will have a significant role to play in the success or otherwise of your online business.

Many web hosts are critically inefficient. Also, if you sign up for a low cost shared virtual server, you will find your website vying with all the other “sharing” websites. One downside of this is going to be slower loading and response times. This in itself may be enough to lose business.

One of the benefits of VPS hosting over dedicated hosting is the price and this may well be one of your selection criteria. However price alone should never be the base upon which you make your web hosting decision. It wouldn’t take long before you realized the importance of dependability, reliability, customer support, bandwidth, disk space availability and, depending on your website’s needs, customizable features and functionality. 

Before we look at the other benefits of VPS hosting, what exactly is VPS hosting?

One way of describing VPS hosting (virtual private server) is to say that it offers much more that shared virtual hosting but not quite as much as dedicated hosting. VPS hosting gives you the privacy, control, functionality, and performance of a dedicated server but as your website resides on a shared server it is a more affordable solution to your web hosting needs.

The operating costs for companies running VPS hosting or virtual private servers are higher than providing shared hosting plans but less so than providing totally dedicated virtual servers. Depending on your budget and initial website requirements it may make sense to prepare a growth plan. Start of with shared virtual servers migrating to VPS hosting as your business grows and then, if the additional benefits are there, go for a totally dedicated server.

Through VPS hosting websites are sharing all the operating expenditure of hardware and network requirements of the hosting server but the website itself is fully protected and the performance acts like it is a dedicated server. Website owners are in full control and can run whichever software applications they require. Every VPS hosting website is private with its own set of applications and directory structure.

VPS hosting (virtual private server), although more expensive than the less efficient shared hosting plans, is definitely worth considering before signing up for any other cheaper web hosting plan. VPS hosting protects your business privacy, provides high levels of security and reliability, ensuring your websites are up almost 100% of time.