A Virtual Private Server (VPS) was developed to provide features usually reserved for a dedicated server at a more affordable price. An increasing number of web hosting users needed more flexibility, custom configurations, and Root Access, and the concept of a true virtual server fit their needs perfectly.
With a Virtual Private Server (VPS), each web hosting account receives their own operating system. The most common operating system is a version of Linux. The user's operating system runs the typical web hosting software, including an FTP server, a web server such as Apache, and an email server. Users can configure these components without affecting other users on the same physical machine because they are working within their own virtual server. They are given "Root Access," meaning they are allowed to use the root account on their server. The root account is required if you want to compile your own programs, change ownership of files and directories, or start services on ports below 1024.
A Virtual Private Server (VPS) runs on one of our host servers. The host server runs a number of virtual private servers. Each VPS shares the host server's memory, CPU, Internet connection and other resources. No one VPS can monopolize on resources. Each VPS gets a guaranteed share of the host server's CPU, diskspace, RAM and network.
We use Virtuozzo to power our VPSs. Once a VPS starts up, there is very little functional difference between it and a full dedicated server. The boot process is the same. Services can be installed configured as they normally are on a Linux server. Software can also be recompiled and installed in the usual manor.
A virtual private server may allow a user to configure their system in almost endless ways, but it does not always include essential web hosting tools and multiple-user management. However, our virtual private servers are coupled with powerful user management and virtual hosting tools such as Plesk and Webmin easily enabaling businesses or other individuals to configure and support many user accounts on their VPS.
