VPS (Virtual Private Server)

VPS Hosting vs Shared Hosting

Shared Hosting

  • share space on a server along with other websites, for the purpose of cost benefits
  • best utilized for static sites.

VPS Hosting

  • have superuser access to system
  • for practical purposes, they are functionally equivalent to a dedicated physical server.
  • underlying hardware is shared with other VPSes, which may result in lower performance
  • the virtualization aspect provides a high level of security.
  • Because each virtual server is isolated from the others, it can run its own OS
  • the physical server runs a hypervisor, which creates, manages, and allocates resources to the guest OSes (VMs)