Ready For VPS Hosting?

There are many reasons why you might choose to move to a VPS hosting account.

• Are you thinking of becoming a reseller?
• Do you manage a portfolio of client websites?
• Do you require more advanced and more stable mail features?
• Or, have you simply outgrown your shared hosting account?

These are just some of the possible reasons that you might want a VPS hosting account. A Virtual Private Server is actually a partition of one large server, but to all intents and purposes it is very similar to having your own private server.

Bandwidth And Disk Space

Shared hosting accounts have grown considerably in recent years. The server machines used have increased in technology, storage space, and storage capabilities. Some of these increases have, in turn, been passed down to the consumer and prices have certainly dropped over the same period. However, large ecommerce sites, or any site that offers large downloads may soon realise that their shared hosting plan doesn't offer enough bandwidth or disk space.

Some shared hosting providers do offer bolt-on increases in both of these areas, or can move you to a more advanced shared hosting plan. However, this will only work for a period of time before you once again need to increase.

Multiple Domains

Resellers and multiple domain Webmasters typically require a lot of hosting. Again, there are shared hosting accounts that enable Webmasters to have a number of, or even unlimited, domains and sites. This may once again prove prohibitive, especially if you have one or more sites of a reasonable size. Reseller accounts can be overpriced when compared to a good VPS account.

Hosting Your Own Mail Server

With a VPS it is possible to host your own mail server, and have your own anti-spam or spam filtering software installed. With complete control over email accounts, this can be a major selling point for businesses. Email receipt and delivery is much more stable and a lot more reliable using a VPS.

Control

A VPS gives the Webmaster or WMO (Website Management Outsourcing) team complete control. As well as deciding on the software and scripts that are installed on your server, it is possible to determine virtually every setting. Webmasters and those with a portfolio of sites can choose how much space and bandwidth to give to each site, or each customer. This proves cost efficient because it enables you to decide on pricing plans and features for each website you host.

Stability And Hosting Security

With a shared hosting account you are literally sharing the software you use and the space on the server with every other account on that server. This can amount to hundreds or even thousands of websites. A problem on any one of the other sites on your server can lead to a problem on your own site, and vice versa. This is the reason that a lot of websites using shared hosting face troubled times with unplanned outages and lost revenue.

A VPS is completely partitioned. What goes on with the other partitioned servers bears little or no relevance to your own efforts. If another shared hosting site gets blacklisted with the search engines, you too could face the same penalty. With a VPS this will not happen because you are completely independent of any other VPS.

Is A VPS Right For You?

Hosting is one of the most important aspects of owning and maintaining a website. Choosing the incorrect hosting plan may lead to a site that is inaccessible more often than not, without the features it could include. A VPS, or Virtual Private Server, is a step up from shared hosting, and really only one step away from dedicated hosting. More affordable than dedicated hosting it is more reliable, stable, secure, and flexible than even the best shared hosting accounts.