Many years ago when I first got into creating and maintaining websites there were only a few options when it came to what company would provide the hosting of my site. Nowadays there are hundreds (if not more) hosting companies all vying to attract clients to use their services. Most hosting companies offer pretty much the same services but it’s important to take a close look at whether or not they can support your specific needs. My particular needs initially was for shared hosting and as my needs grew to demand a VPS, or Virtual Private Server.
Shared hosting appealed to me initially because of the low cost, kept down because all clients on that shared hosting help maintain the cost of running the server. This was a fine option initially for me as I only had 3 websites total and wasn’t doing any e-commerce or have a need for increased server access. As my total number of websites increased so did my demands and needs of my hosting company. I needed the ability to install operating specific applications and scripts, I need a way to reboot my server when necessary and I needed to be able to do all this maintenance myself. The solution was simple enough: I needed a Virtual Private Server. A Virtual Private Server gave me full range to customize my server to meet my own specifics. I could now run off an optimal operating system, install all the scripts and applications I wanted, I could reboot on my own as necessary, I had full control!
When choosing either a shared hosting or VPS host take into account everything they offer. Are their servers based in the US (or wherever you prefer)? Do they have a good up-time? Most importantly, are they well priced? All these factors will help you decide on the best hosting company.
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Mentioned the 3-letter words, VPS, it carves a smile to certain people. Why? Because it resembles a dedicated server. This is particularly a cheerful news for those folks who wish to own a dedicated server but cannot afford to do so. Basically, as most of you would have known by now, VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. The physical server is separated into a few partition and these partitions are the VPS-es. It gives you the feeling of having a stand-alone server when you purchase the hosting spaces. You are isolated from your neighbours and barely know each other although under the same roof.
What about reseller hosting? I’d define reseller hosting as an account in shared server environment. Simple as that, almost the same as shared hosting. But the difference between reseller hosting and shared hosting is that with reseller hosting, you can create multiple accounts of shared hosting. So, to choose VPS or reseller hosting? This is a big question for almost everyone because it’s kind of confusing as there are pros and cons to every decision that you make. Let’s just analyse some of the features of VPS and reseller hosting, hopefully will make your hosting decision not much of a headache.
VPS – A solution for dedicated server
VPS offers you the features of dedicated server but it’s more to a dedicated server being shared by a few other tenants. I know what you are thinking now. But bear in mind that I mentioned “a few” other tenants. Which means, it is not shared by as many other websites as a shared hosting in a physical server. A reliable hosting provider will have the maximum amount of tenants in a physical server to a certain degree so that the resources of the server can fully support the minimum resources allocated for every client. The most precious feature of VPS would be the root access. Every client will be provided a root access, hence, you can install anything that you like from softwares to Operating System so long it has proper licenses.This means you have the ability to install software which your provider doesn’t even have or provide to its other existing shared hosting or reseller hosting clients. Those who long for a peace of mind, will be happy to have owned a VPS because with VPS you are isolated from other clients’ VPS-es and regardless of how heavy their traffic is, it won’t affect your website. In addition, everyone is provided with a certain amount of CPU usage , RAM usage and bandwidth usage. Although their traffic has drained the amount of bandwidth, it will be the bandwidth allocated to them and has got nothing to do with you although they are your neighbours in the same server.
The above features of VPS seem tempting but do remember that you have to do all the installation yourself. You need to know a bit of server maintenance knowledge and also software-related stuffs. Although you can always refer your problem to your hosting provider, I believe you will be charged with an amount of fees.
Reseller Hosting – Ease your life!
Does reseller hosting offer you a better solution? Well, it depends on people. If you are a person who wants freedom of this and that, you might not be able to survive under reseller hosting. Reseller hosting is good in the sense that it’s more organized as everything is setup for you by your hosting provider. You are given the WHM (Web Host Manager) and with WHM you can customize the hosting plans (webspace, bandwidth and etc.) for your resold accounts. A resold account is just like any other shared hosting account, with a cPanel as its control panel under Linux platform. You can sell your resold accounts at your own price and some hosting providers offer the private label reseller plan(meaning you can have your own brand name, thus having your own nameservers). In other words, your resold clients will only know you as their hosting provider and won’t figure out you are reselling unless you tell them when they ask you. With reseller hosting, you are bound to what the hosting provider offers you, especially the softwares and applications. Hence, like I’ve mentioned in the first sentence, reseller hosting might not suit you if you want freedom. However, it’s useful if clients do not mind what the hosting providers offer them particularly in terms of applications. Imagine you don’t have to get yourself in with all the fuss of installing and configuring this and that. All you do is via the control panel provided to you, then you can start reselling already. In my opinion, reseller hosting is never a bad option and would still be a competitive option towards VPS. It is indeed reliable and useful when you think of the user-friendliness it provides to those who are not so familiar with hosting related stuff.
In general, it is widely speculated that in near future, VPS might take over the role of Reseller Hosting, but truth is yet to be known. Let those hosting fans decide for themselves which one holds to be a better option.
For many user that is new to VPS (Virtual Private Server) are often confused with the terminology that VPS provider use. This is because VPS are different from real servers, as you might know VPS are virtual server that is created on a real server so one host server can run several virtual servers. Some of those terminology are guaranteed memory and burstable/bursted memory that you might have heard when searching VPS hosting.
Guaranteed RAM is the amount of memory that is allocated for your virtual server, this is the fixed memory that you get automatically when you purchased a VPS hosting plan.
Burstable RAM is the maximum memory allowance that your VPS can use along with your guaranteed memory as long as the spare memory is still available for you to use. For example, in a virtual server where your guaranteed memory is 256MB and your burstable memory is 1GB that means you have access up to 1GB of unused memory along with your guaranteed 256MB of RAM. This is possible because other VPS user that you shared memory with are not using much RAM.
Burstable/bursted memory usually only available on Linux virtual servers, although some also say that Windows virtual server also provide burstable memory. This is something that you could consider when choosing your virtual hosting.
Now that you know what guaranteed and burstable RAM is, you now have additional knowledge that you can use to successfully pick the best VPS for your business from a lot of provider out there. Even though the service provider do not provide you with the information about their burstable RAM policy, you can always ask them through their website or send them an e-mail and if they don’t give a satisfactory answer you can walk away.
Windows VPS Hosting plans are the perfect combination for game developers aiming to make it big. With a VPS account, game developers are able to use guaranteed resources to power their applications. It is no more a hidden fact, VPS has been the source of web hosting for many game developers. Price, the ease of installing programs, and the built-in tools make these plans the best alternative to make. In this article, you’ll understand how Windows VPS plans assist game developers develop more games.
The Savings Windows VPS Hosting Offers To Game Developers
Windows VPS Hosting plans are ideal for those game developers with not much fund. Cheaper than a dedicated server yet offering similar services, these are the perfect method to keep business overhead low. With shared hosting, developers are not able to host several websites with full control. Dedicated servers give you the same control features yet they are more costly. This is why these plans are considered the middle service for game developers searching to manage their own web environment yet get some savings on their costs.
How Windows VPS Hosting Can Give The Ultimate Control To Game Developers
Windows Virtual Private Server Hosting plans are the perfect route for game developers wanting to use their favorite programs. Very much different from a shared host, developers are able to install the applications necessary to finish tasks. ASP.NET users no longer have to worry if their favorite program will execute smoothly. It can even allocate space on your computer to launch this application. Another program that can be set up in this VPS account is ColdFusion. ColdFusion provides game developers the software development environment to produce the perfect game. There are literally tons of other programs that can be setup and ran smoothly on this web host type. Game developers are given endless possibilities.
The Myriads Of Tools Windows VPS Hosting Offer To Game Developers
Hosting Plans to have Windows VPS offer plenty of robust tools intended to increase productivity and allow complete management for game developers. Virtuozzo, one of the control panels, gives the account user the chance to manage their domains well. Virtuozzo enables game developers to convert, administer, backup, recover, and even make repairs. Using a common interface, Virtuozzo makes it easy to manage and update information among developers online environments. Developers are worry-free about OS updates or security patches because these are server administrators responsibilities.
Of the 182 Million websites all over the world today, each one of these need web hosting. While some of these websites may be creating their own domain, each one would still need a host somehow. As such, with the emergence of a new web site comes an additional demand for web hosting.
There are different kinds of hosting services. Basically, the primary needs of a web site include disk space, bandwidth, domain host, and support. There are a number of hosting companies out there, but only a few ones are considered excellent. So, what differentiates an excellent web host from the rest?
A good host should offer the best uptime. This parameter reflects the amount of time the server is up and running. Consequently it greatly affects the accessibility of a web site. Thus, it is very important that the uptime is fast in order for a site to be conveniently accessible all the time. Another important feature is support. A webhost is only as good as its support. This means that if the hosting company does not provide reliable support service, then the services that it offers is good as nothing since any problem that may be encountered cannot be immediately rectified. Finally, a good host should also offer reasonable costs for its services. This does not mean though that quality is compromised over cost. Quality services should be offered at reasonable and affordable rates.
Among the various hosting companies today, there are a lot which offers excellent features and services at affordable rates. In fact, these services vary from the basic shared hosting to the more demanding Virtual Private Server. VPS hosting requires the exclusive use of a virtual machine by an individual customer of the service. As such, VPS is dedicated solely to an individual customer’s needs. Each virtual server can actually run its own operating system and can be rebooted independently. Large scale web sites usually require VPS hosting.
One of the most popular and fastest growing VPS companies today is GoDaddy. GoDaddy provides the true independence and management freedom that every user craves for. Moreover, if you host multiple domains, or running a virtual hosting company, VPS hosting is the most logical choice.
GoDaddy offers affordable VPS hosting plans. In fact, they offer the VPS Economy Plan which provides 10 GB of space, 500 GB bandwidth, and 3 dedicated IPs for the accommodation of high traffic on your web site. On the other hand, they also have a Premium Plan which offers 30 GB space, and 2000 GB bandwidth. GoDaddy offers all industry standard features as most of the competition does, but they also provide a number of extra tools that are not found elsewhere. To top it all, GoDaddy’s VPS Hosting is unbelievably affordable making this VPS web host a tough one to beat.