VPS Web Hosting Definition

These days it has become quite simple to build a site by yourself with all the cost-free site layouts that are available on the Internet together with free-of-cost web applications that are applicable even for novices. Thus, multiple new sites are being launched each and every day, incl. weblogs - where the author can concentrate on various topics that cross his minds, and picture galleries - where individuals can share pics and the history behind them on the World Wide Web. These sites must be hosted somewhere and one suitable web hosting option is a VPS web hosting.

What is a VPS web hosting?

VPS denotes Virtual Private Server and it performs like a dedicated web hosting server as far as management is concerned as you obtain full root access with an option to restart the virtual web hosting server remotely. The VPS web hosting shares system resources with other virtual web hosting servers that are accommodated on the very same physical machine. This is reflected in the quite modest price, which is much lower than that of a dedicated server and is actually more similar to shared web hosting plans in terms of prices.

Sorts of VPS Web Hosting

Just as any other web hosting type, Virtual Servers may differ based on different features, but the OS is perchance the most apparent difference. Here we have the two most essential types:

Windows VPS web hosting - a VPS hosting system running Windows that will allow software applications which require Windows to function properly to be installed on the private virtual web hosting server.

Linux VPS web hosting - a private virtual hosting server platform running Linux is the more commonly used type that you can discover on the Internet since it is more affordable to put together and maintain and therefore it is more wanted.

VPS servers are also quite popular with resellers and you can discover two modes of reselling a VPS:

VPS web hosting reseller - the reseller purchases a private virtual hosting server and starts selling shared web hosting packages that are hosted on the virtual private web hosting server. It is akin to the conventional reseller hosting packages, but here the reseller is provided with root access and can modify the web server's configuration.

VPS web hosting reseller - the reseller actually buys whole VPS web hosting packages to offer them to the clients rather than offering shared web hosting accounts on a single virtual private web hosting server. It is deemed more lucrative but also calls for more initial payments to purchase the private virtual web server.

Just like any other web hosting variety, VPS web hosting packages frequently involve a LAMP platform. LAMP denotes Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP and introduces three more private virtual web hosting server types:

VPS web hosting with the Apache web server - the Apache web server is quite popular and was the first to pass the 100 000 000 website mark back in 2009, so it is naturally popular with virtual private hosting servers as well.

VPS web hosting with MySQL - MySQL is also a famous database management system used with multiple applications and hence frequently requested on a virtual hosting server.

VPS web hosting with PHP - PHP is a scripting language used by web developers, thus it is popular with a variety of web hosting solutions, incl. virtual web server hosting ones.