VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting has become a common and very popular hosting service for webmasters and e-Commerce professionals because of its various advanced features and capabilities. A VPS account/slice utilizes the  resources of one server, and these resources are allocated to the VPS slices according to their particular plan size and features. However, a new type of VPS hosting has arisen in the past few years known as Cloud hosting. What is Cloud Hosting? Cloud hosting is a term used to describe the practice of combining the resources of…

Yet another popular question from customers and webmasters, what is the difference between Shared and VPS hosting? Whilst we discussed the advantages of shared web hosting and the difference between virtual and dedicated servers, it is time to go through a “crash test” between shared and vps hosting. The goal of this article is to introduce the Shared and VPS hosting to the “hosting newcomers” and then depict each hosting type’s pros and cons. In that way you will have a solid picture of these two services and hopefully you…

Burstable RAM is a term used in Virtual Private Servers (VPS Hosting). Each VPS has a guaranteed amount of RAM that can be used at all times. However, there are times when usage may exceed the give/allocated amount of guaranteed RAM; this is when Burstable RAM comes into play. Burstable RAM is provided to the user during times of high usage or traffic. This RAM is not in use by any VPS on a server and is allocated to the VPS that may need it as long as it is…

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.

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…

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…