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What is VPS hosting?

Definition

VPS, short for virtual private server, is a type of hosting where multiple companies use isolated environments on a physical dedicated server. These isolated environments are virtual private servers, also known as instances.

Because the servers are virtualized, they don’t require physical hardware maintenance. Each VPS mimics the benefits of a dedicated server, offering enhanced security, scalability, and speed.

How VPS hosting works

Using a software called a hypervisor, the hosting company implements a virtual layer on top of the operating system (OS) of a dedicated server to segment the virtual private server instances.

The separation between virtual walls allows each user to install their own OS and software, creating a server that’s truly private, separated from others on the OS level.

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Dedicated

Allocated bandwidth and storage for each instance means performance is not affected by other users on the server.

Scalable

With VPS hosting, you can access your environments from anywhere and adjust your resources with a click of your mouse.

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VPS hosting: commonly asked questions

Is VPS hosting safe and secure?

Yes, VPS hosting is secure. VPS security stems from each instance’s isolation. By contrast, with shared hosting, environments share resources and can be affected by each other’s vulnerabilities.

Is VPS hosting fast and reliable?

Yes, VPS hosting is fast and reliable—that’s a big reason companies prefer it to shared hosting. Since you’re allocated your own bandwidth, you get reliable performance more similar to a dedicated server.

What are the types of VPS hosting?

VPS hosting comes in several forms, each catering to different needs and levels of technical expertise. The main types of VPS hosting are managed VPS, cloud VPS, reseller VPS, and preconfigured VPS.

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What are the benefits of VPS hosting?

VPS hosting delivers several important benefits that combine the best features of shared and dedicated hosting. Your favorite VPS features will vary based on how your company uses it.

Empowerment

You get SSH and root access to your environment, giving you more control.

Customization

You get only the features you want, which even includes the operating system (OS) of your choice.

Growth

VPS hosts provide more bandwidth and storage than shared hosting. Scaling is fast and easy.

Data protection

VPS hosting makes it easy to perform server backups. With Liquid Web, daily backups are standard for our VPS environments.

Security

VPS environments are isolated from each other, making them more secure than shared hosting environments.

Versatile

With a VPS, you can host unlimited sites, build an app, host a gaming server, and even create your own cloud network.

Common use cases for VPS hosting

Switch from shared hosting

Most users buy VPS hosting after experiencing unreliable performance, limited resources, and a lack of support with shared hosting.

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Cost control

Unlike pay-as-you-go cloud hosting, VPS resources are reserved and scalable, which limits overages and add-ons.

Server access

For those wanting root access and custom integrations, VPS provides tech freedom without a high price tag.

Scaling down

Dedicated server users sometimes downsize to a VPS to save on costs while maintaining similar security and performance.

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What is managed VPS and is it better?

Managed VPS

With a managed VPS, your hosting company will handle the technical side to ensure functionality and protection of your server. They’ll also handle maintenance, troubleshooting, and software installs, saving you time and making your life considerably easier.

Pros of managed VPS

  • Saves you time
  • Requires no IT expertise
  • OS updates and patches done for you
  • Server changes are made correctly

Cons of managed VPS

  • Costs more than unmanaged
  • Gives more control to a third party

Managed hosting allows company team members to stay current on best practices and new technologies. They also quickly gain on-the-job experience working with a variety of environments and troubleshooting common issues. That means they know how to optimize your environment for performance and security and how to resolve common issues quickly.

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Self managed VPS

With a self-managed VPS, your hosting company is responsible for providing the VPS, maintaining the hardware, and performing system-level health checks. But the VPS customer performs the rest of the maintenance, monitoring, and changes.

Pros of self-managed VPS

  • Cost savings
  • More control

Cons of self-managed VPS

  • Takes time away from core business functions
  • Requires IT expertise
  • OS updates and patches happen manually
  • Potentially reduces overall security and reliability

Self-managed hosting requires asking your IT team members to do the work of a skilled, full-time hosting team while also performing their other duties. And, unless you want to open up the risk of downtime, they’ll have to perform those duties 24/7/365. As you can imagine, companies often end up paying more in the long run due to security breaches and downtime when they choose to go with self-managed hosting.

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VPS vs shared hosting

Shared hosting means you share a server and resources with other sites whereas VPS hosting creates a virtual environment that simulates a private server with all resources to yourself. Here is how VPS and shared hosting compare.

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Performance

VPS environments run faster and perform more reliably than shared environments for the simple reason that they operate on individually allocated bandwidth. With shared servers, if another customer is a “resource hog,” it can negatively affect the performance of other environments on the server.

Control

With VPS hosting, you get SSH and root access to your server, whereas on shared hosting, all server changes must be made by the hosting company.

Security

VPS is considered more secure than shared hosting because each environment is isolated. With shared hosting, if one website is hacked, every site on that server is vulnerable.

Cost

Shared hosting is typically less expensive than VPS, but the extra money goes toward peace of mind and scalability.

VPS hosting FAQ

Liquid Web offers multiple types of VPS hosting, including self-managed, managed, CPU-optimized, memory-optimized, and general compute optimized.

Not all VPS hosting plans are managed at Liquid Web. Our VPS hosting plans have multiple managed and unmanaged management levels to suit every business need. Choose from these options:

New companies on a shoestring budget. If you’re primarily choosing hosting based on budget and don’t fall under regulations like PCI, shared hosting will be a cheaper option. However, there are security and performance tradeoffs

Businesses with zero technical skills. Because VPS provides root access to the server, it’s typically used by companies who have at least a basic degree of IT administration and troubleshooting skills. If you do have a skill gap, you can choose to use a managed hosting provider for VPS to handle virtually anything for which you’d need root access. You will still need the ability to use cPanel and Plesk for basic tasks.

Enterprises who need an entire dedicated server. If you don’t need to split up environments into isolated VMs, dedicated servers will most likely be a better choice for you. For example, streaming, database-driven, and other bandwidth-intensive sites typically require a dedicated server.

In the specific use case of businesses, we recommend VPS for anyone who is: Hosting 1-10 websites Storing company and customer files in a way that’s accessible anywhere in the world Hosting web servers Hosting email Databases Building and delivering cloud-based services for customers Delivering virtual workstations to remote employees Reselling and white labeling hosting If you’re not sure if a VPS is right for you, our in-house experts can help you determine if it’s the right fit. Start a chat now.

But its security largely depends on how it is configured, maintained, and managed. Here are a few key ways to improve VPS security: Use your root access With root access, you can implement customized security measures, such as installing firewalls, configuring intrusion detection systems, and setting up automated security updates to address unique threats relevant to your applications. Liquid Web offers several of these features as add-ons. Regular updates Keeping the operating system, software, and applications up to date is crucial. Liquid Web performs regular updates and patches known vulnerabilities on the operating system level, reducing the risk of exploitation by hackers. Regular backups Regular backups ensure that you can quickly restore your system in case of a security breach or data loss, minimizing downtime and potential damage. Liquid Web offers an Acronis backup solution where you can customize frequency, snapshots, and much more.

VPS hosting pricing depends on a number of factors like the provider’s level of service and support, performance, bandwidth, and the features included. Overall, you can expect to pay more than you would for shared hosting but less than you would for dedicated.

Liquid Web’s VPS hosting is known for delivering the fastest Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP) stack performance. Third-party performance analyst firm Cloud Spectator found that our VPS speed is faster than Rackspace, DigitalOcean, and Amazon. Here are a few things we do to ensure your hosting stays blazing fast: High-performance hardware Liquid Web VPS is built on our industry-famous servers, equipped with premium-quality disks and SSD drives. KVM virtualization We use KVM to create your private virtual environment, and make it accessible through our Cloud Studio interface. Redundant infrastructure Our data centers are prepped and ready to handle heavy workloads with N+2 redundancies and much more.

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