What is the difference between Dedicated Servers and VPS servers.

It is a common question that comes to our support desk every now and then: “What is the difference between a Dedicated Server and a VPS?” , “Does it worth going for a Dedicated server? Can a VPS server, instead, cover my needs?”. In this article I will try to unfold the main differences between a VPS and a Dedicated Server.

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Windows VPS vs Linux VPS

Windows VPS servers and Linux VPS servers are both offered by many web hosting providers who wish to provide customers with choice when it comes to considering VPS server hosting. Windows VPS hosting and Linux VPS hosting are both aimed at different audiences as the audience requiring Windows web hosting services is going to be very much different to the audience that requires Linux web hosting services. As Windows and Linux are both very different operating systems with Linux being an open source operating system, therefore free to use, and Windows a commercial operating system, the prices and uses of Windows and Linux VPS servers are both very different.

I have compiled a basic list of the roles, usage and advantages of each operating system over the other, which I present below.

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VPS Hosting – Why and Who prefer it

VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. It is a service preferred by many small, small-to-medium businesses and individuals, as it is much more affordable than purchasing a Dedicated Server, and much more reliable than Shared Web Hosting.

VPS Hosting gives you access to all of the features and functionality of your own dedicated server at a fraction of the cost, because the expense of hardware, network connections and systems maintenance is shared between many individual customers. This is, at least, how most of the hosting companies work their data center out.

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