What are VPSs?

Up till several years ago, the only way to get a feature-rich hosting plan was to order a dedicated server. As a result of recent software app improvements, virtual web hosting servers have been introduced and they've quickly turned into one of the most commonly used web hosting solutions as they offer magnificent performance at a quite reasonable rate. Also known as a VPS or a virtual dedicated server, this web hosting server is a perfect solution for high resource-swallowing web sites.

VPS Hosting - Is It Better Than Shared Server Web Hosting?

A small amount of virtual servers are set up on a physical server, utilizing its system resources. Each VPS behaves exactly like a dedicated web server and its resources are guaranteed, incl. the central processing unit usage, RAM memory and data storage allowances. These system resources are much higher than those supplied by any shared hosting package, so a Virtual Server is the most sensible option for resource-absorbing script-powered sites with many visitors, or if you desire to host a large quantity of domains in one and the very same account.

The Virtualization Backend of a Virtual Private Web Hosting Server

Each VPS is handled via a Control Panel user interface, regularly referred to as a virtualization panel. This GUI enables you to restart the whole VPS web server or separate services like HTTP, MySQL, etc., to supervise and manage all running processes and to examine the used up and the unused system resources. As you will have full root privileges, you can also activate server-side software that may be needed for specific script-powered platforms to perform, review elaborate traffic stats and history of all the services running on the VPS. One of the greatest upsides of the virtualization backend is that you can use it to easily install a web hosting Control Panel on the VPS web server.

The CP of a VPS

There are a lot of separate web hosting Control Panels, but a couple of them are more famous than the rest - Hepsia, cPanel, Plesk and DirectAdmin. If you order a VPS, you can avail of the hosting Control Panel that the web hosting services provider is offering, or you can install your own. This tool will permit you to manage domain names, files, databases, File Transfer Protocol accounts, email mailbox accounts and everything that has to do with your web hosting user account. Administering a Virtual Server account is not different from administering a shared web hosting account, so if you have any experience with the latter, there will be nothing unfamiliar to you if you buy a VPS. More seasoned users can access the virtual private hosting server via an SSH session as well.

Make Cash With Your Virtual Private Web Server

One of the positive aspects of managing a Virtual Private Web Server is that certain hosting Control Panel interfaces include a reseller admin level, so you can set up and sell hosting plans. You can even create reseller accounts and have other individuals carry out the whole job for you, so while you have a private virtual web hosting server for your sites, you can also make decent cash by selling the resources that you do not use. The reseller and web hosting Control Panel interfaces can be integrated with billing and support platforms such as WHMCS, AWBS or ClientExec, which enables you to set up different packages, to charge your clients directly and to offer a round-the-clock technical support service. As you are provided with full root-level access to the private virtual web hosting server, you will be able to install any server-side software apps or libraries that your customers may demand for their websites, so you will have an edge over hosting distributors that supply shared hosting services and cannot activate such applications.

VPS Hosting Services by Colwood Hosting

A VPS offers the best balance between performance and cost and is the most appropriate option for medium-sized high resource-consuming web sites such as e-commerce sites, social networking websites or corporate portals. With us you can observe a number of different VPS packages that come with billing and support software, a domain reseller account, and a hosting Control Panel GUI of your choice. This offers you the independence to use the virtual server in any way you desire - for personal web hosting purposes or to set up a reseller web hosting business.