Advantages of VPS over Shared Hosting

Shared
Hosting is very popular because it is economical. Shared Hosting
allows multiple customers to share the resources of one big Server,
thereby spreading out costs among many. In order to protect the
integrity of information, file security schemes are used. In order to
insulate one customer from another, some key processes are mapped to a
specific domain (customer). These solutions are workable, but the
bottom line is that being on a shared server is like living in an
apartment with a lot of common areas where rooms like Bathroom, Kitchen
and the Living room are shared with others.

On
a Virtual Private Server (VPS) the story is different. The VPS is
designed to be economical, by allowing multiple customers to share the
resources of one big server, yet with an extremely high degree of
privacy and insulation. The separation is achieved by running a
complete separate operating system for each customer. VPS customers
have "root" or “administrator” level access and can enjoy many of the
benefits of a dedicated server, at a much lower cost. In a VPS you live
in your own apartment and do not share the bathroom, Kitchen nor the
Living room.

Here are some key advantages that VPS offers over shared hosting.

1. Security
- VPS accounts are insulated from each other, minimizing the risk of
unauthorized access from hackers as well as other customers. The
isolation of your account also minimizes the risk of being impacted by
a DDOS attack that was intended for someone else.

2. Performance
- All resources can be regulated in the VPS environment. Some one
else can't run away with a large share of the resources living you
without server resources to process your task, thus, your service will
run reliably and predictably.

3. Protected Mail Service - Each VPS account has its own private mail server. This eliminates the risk that your mail service will be blacklisted due to abuses of others sharing the same mail service.

4. Customer Installed Applications
- With our VPS you have your own partition and root access. You have
the ability to install applications that we do not offer. Please note
that we do not provide support for customer installed applications. You
also must assume the responsibility to update any applications that you
install in the event that a security vulnerability is discovered in the
version you install.

5. Flexibility
- Some applications require that certain ports and/or protocols be
opened or closed in the firewall. With Shared hosting, custom firewall
configurations are not advisable due to security reasons, how
ever under a VPS structure, custom firewall configurations are feasible
because of the partioning between customers. In a Linux VPS, for
instance, you could also close ports using the IPTables feature. This
will let you open ports that are normally closed, or for more
sophisticated firewall needs, choose our Custom Firewall Configuration.

6. Growth opportunity and scalability -
Our VPS systems allow us to manage your hosting environment (we call it
a container) and treat it as an image. This means that your entire VPS
can be restored from backup to any physical server with no changes to
your configuration. You can also easily downgrade or upgrade your
service with no downtime!