Benefit of Using a VPS over a Dedicated Server

 Are you looking for dedicated server resources to enhance your hosted site’s speed, performance and security? Then we have a plethora of useful information in this blog wherein you can find out about two of the most efficient hosting options that cater to your aforementioned requirement, as well as gain thorough knowledge about the main benefit of using a VPS over a dedicated server. Let us begin!

Websites, Web Hosting and Servers

In this day and age, there is hardly anyone whose day doesn’t involve browsing websites, whether it is for professional reasons or for personal reasons. Every website that is accessible over the Internet is hosted on the web server of some web hosting company, such as HTS Hosting, which is internationally known as the best Web Hosting Company. The reason for hosting websites on web servers is that the files of websites need to be stored and processed on a server, prior to these being retrieved, over the Internet, by the browsers of site visitors. Once these files are delivered from the web server to the Internet-connected devices of site visitors, such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc., the hosted sites become accessible to the site visitors.

It is the service of web hosting that renders websites accessible by providing the necessary resources and infrastructure that are needed for this purpose. Various web hosting solutions are offered by different web hosting companies through their different web hosting plans. These plans provide server space on the web servers of web hosts, where the files of websites are stored and processed. Various essential web hosting features, such as high uptime, fast page loads, secure service and much more are included in every web hosting plan for the effective functioning of the hosted site.

In order for a website to remain up and running and accessible to site visitors, the website owner needs to avail the service of web hosting from a professional service provider and host his/her site on a fast and secure web server which is provided by the service provider. The web server does the following –

• Stores the files of the hosted site/sites
• Processes the files of the hosted site/sites
• Receives the incoming requests of browsers for the hosted site’s/sites’ content
• Responds to the incoming requests of browsers by making available the requested content of the hosted site/sites that is/are stored on the server

Hence, a web server, along with an active Internet connection and web browsers, has a significant role in making website/websites accessible online.

Next, we shall continue elaborating on web servers with regard to two specific types, VPS and dedicated servers. First, we shall talk about dedicated servers and then proceed to understanding a VPS which offers a less expensive alternative to a dedicated server.

Dedicated Servers

A dedicated server is a web server that is usually availed by a resource-intensive site which requires dedicated server resources for its effective functioning. This type of a web server stores and processes, or in short hosts, the files of a single website on each server. Since a single website is hosted on a single web server, the hosted site gets to fully utilize the entire resources of the server. This results in enhanced speed, security and performance of the hosted site. Server customization is also possible when a site is hosted on a dedicated server. That is because there are no other sites on this web server. Hence, the user of the server can customize the server as per his requirements. A dedicated server reserves all its resources and the entire server space for the exclusive use of a single website or a single user.

With so many benefits to offer, right from the flexibility to customize the web server to enhancement in server speed, performance and security; it goes without saying that the prices of the plans for availing dedicated servers are almost always higher than that of the plans for availing other web servers.

This is where the requirement of a cheaper yet equally efficient option was felt by both the users of servers and the web hosting service providers. That is when VPS came into existence!

VPS: An Efficient and Affordable Hosting Option

VPS refers to a Virtual Private Server which is a type of a web server that provides an excellent alternative to a dedicated server and can be availed at a comparatively lower price. Similar to a dedicated server, a Virtual Private Server is suitable for every website that is resource-intensive and which requires dedicated server resources. It offers almost the same features that a dedicated server offers, albeit at a lesser price. Hence, if you require dedicated server resources, private space on a server, the facility to customize your server and you want all these features in a comparatively cheaper hosting option than that of dedicated servers, then a VPS is your best bet. What exactly is a VPS? That’s next!

A VPS or a Virtual Private Server is a physical web server that has been virtually partitioned into multiple servers that are virtual and private. It is through Virtualization Technology that this is attained. Each of the virtually-created servers functions in isolation and offers virtual private space to host a single website. These virtual and private servers are configured to function independently and can install their own software and OS. In this way, a VPS succeeds in creating the environment of a dedicated web server in a server space that is shared by multiple websites. A Virtual Private Server delivers dedicated server resources along with unshared, private, virtual server space and the facility to install own software and OS, to each of the sites that is hosted on a VPS. It excels at offering exceptionally fast speed, enhanced performance and augmented security to every hosted site. All these benefits can be reaped by availing server space on a VPS and that too at a price that is lesser than that of availing a dedicated server!

Virtual Private Servers can be availed as either a Managed VPS or as a Self-managed VPS for Linux and for Windows. A Managed VPS is a VPS that is managed, kept updated and secure by the service provider, whereas a Self-managed VPS is provided by the service provider but is managed, kept updated and secure by the user himself/herself without any assistance from the service provider.

To sum it up, the main benefit that a VPS offers is a less expensive option to a host website on, than a dedicated web server. If you want to avail almost all the features that a dedicated server offers but at a lesser price, then you should purchase a VPS Hosting plan.

Conclusion:

Now that you know how a VPS differs from a dedicated web server and the main benefit that a Virtual Private Server offers over a dedicated server, which is that of providing almost the same features (dedicated server resources, server customization, dedicated server space) at a much lesser price, you can decide for yourself which hosting option to opt for. In case you need expert assistance in choosing the best hosting plan for your website, HTS Hosting offers round-the-clock, proficient customer care service that will come in handy, in this regard.

Whether you are looking for the most efficient, fast and secure dedicated server or an equally effective Virtual Private Server, at HTS Hosting you will find an array of plans for both types of servers, at heavily discounted prices.

Source:https://www.htshosting.org/knowledge-base/vps/379/benefit-of-using-a-vps-over-a-dedicated-server