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What Indeed are VPSs?

Up till a few years ago, the sole way to get a functionality-rich website hosting plan was to purchase a dedicated server. As a consequence of latter-day software app developments, virtual web servers have been brought in and they've quickly evolved into one of the most commonly used web hosting platforms as they offer top-drawer performance at a quite modest rate. Also popular as a VPS or a virtual dedicated server, this web hosting server is the optimal platform for heavy resource-devouring web sites.

VPS Hosting - Is It Better Than Shared Hosting?

A couple of virtual machines are created on a physical machine, sharing its resources. Each VPS performs exactly like a dedicated hosting server and its resources are guaranteed, including the CPU usage, memory and web storage allowances. These system resources are much higher than those delivered by any shared hosting plan, so a Virtual Server is the most clever choice for heavy resource-absorbing script-powered web portals with lots of viewers, or if you desire to host an immense quantity of domains in one and the same account.

The Virtualization Console of a Virtual Private Web Hosting Server

Each VPS is handled through a Control Panel GUI, regularly referenced as a virtualization panel. This GUI enables you to reboot the whole VPS web server or separate services such as HTTP, MySQL, and so on, to monitor and administer all active programs and to keep an eye on the consumed and the free system resources. As you will obtain complete root-level access, you can also activate server-side applications that may be demanded for certain script-driven platforms to operate, review detailed bandwidth stats and history of all the tasks running on the VPS. One of the greatest qualities of the virtualization tool is that you can use it to quickly install a web hosting Control Panel on the VPS web server.

The Hosting CP of a VPS

There are a lot of separate web hosting Control Panels, but a few of them are more commonly used than the rest - Hepsia, cPanel, Plesk and DirectAdmin. If you order a VPS, you can use the CP that the hosting accounts provider is providing, or you can install your own. This user interface will allow you to manage domain names, files, databases, FTP accounts, electronic mail aliases and everything that has to do with your web hosting user account. Managing a Virtual Server account is not different from managing a shared website hosting account, so if you have any experience with the latter, there will be nothing unfamiliar to you if you obtain a VPS. More seasoned clients can access the private virtual web server through an SSH client too.

Earn Cash With Your Private Virtual Hosting Server

One of the positive aspects of ordering a Private Virtual Hosting Server is that certain Control Panel tools offer a reseller admin level, so you can set up and sell hosting plans. You can even create reseller accounts and have other people carry out all the work for you, so while you have a VPS server for your web sites, you can also generate decent revenue by offering the system resources that you do not utilize. The reseller and web hosting CP tools can be integrated with billing and support software solutions like WHMCS, AWBS or ClientExec, which enables you to create separate packages, to charge your customers directly and to provide a 24/7/365 technical support service. As you gain root-level access to the virtual private web server, you will be able to activate any server-side software applications or libraries that your customers may need for their sites, so you will have supremacy over hosting providers that offer shared hosting services and cannot activate such apps.

VPS Hosting Solutions by

A VPS provides the best balance between performance and price and is the most appropriate solution for moderate-size resource-absorbing web sites such as web storefronts, social networking web sites or corporate portals. With us you can examine a number of different VPS packages that include billing and customer support software, a domain reseller account, and a hosting Control Panel interface of your choice. This gives you the liberty to use the VPS web server in any way you wish - for private website hosting purposes or to kick off a reseller web hosting business.