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Description of VPS

Up till a couple of years ago, the only way to obtain a functionality-rich website hosting package was to buy a dedicated server. As a result of recent software improvements, virtual servers have been brought in and they've swiftly emerged as one of the most widely used web hosting solutions as they offer hi-end performance at a quite moderate price. Also known as a VPS or a virtual dedicated server, this web hosting server is a great platform for heavy resource-consuming sites.

VPS Hosting - Is It Better Than Shared Server Hosting?

A few virtual servers are created on a physical server, utilizing its system resources. Each VPS performs precisely like a dedicated web server and its system resources are ensured, including the CPU usage, RAM and hard disk space quotas. These system resources are much higher than those supplied by any shared hosting plan, so a Virtual Server is the most perfect option for resource-devouring script-based portals with multiple viewers, or if you would like to host an immense amount of domains in one and the same user account.

The Virtualization Backend of a VPS Server

Each VPS is managed through a Control Panel user interface, regularly referenced as a virtualization interface. This dashboard allows you to reboot the entire private virtual web hosting server or individual services like HTTP, MySQL, and so on, to supervise and manage all running tasks and to examine the consumed and the available resources. As you will get complete root access, you can also activate server-side software that may be needed for given script-driven platforms to perform, view exhaustive monthly traffic statistics and history of all the tasks running on the VPS. One of the greatest qualities of the virtualization interface is that you can use it to quickly install a web hosting CP on the VPS hosting server.

The Control Panel of a VPS

There are many different hosting Control Panels, but several of them are more widely used than the others - Hepsia, cPanel, Plesk and DirectAdmin. If you purchase a VPS, you can avail of the Control Panel that the hosting solutions provider is providing, or you can install your own. This tool will enable you to manage domain names, files, databases, FTP accounts, electronic mail addresses and everything related to your web hosting account. Managing a Virtual Server account is not different from administering a shared website hosting account, so if you have any experience with the latter, there will be nothing unfamiliar to you if you order a VPS. More capable users can access the private virtual web hosting server through an SSH tunnel too.

Gain Money With Your Virtual Private Web Hosting Server

One of the positive aspects of having a Virtual Private Web Hosting Server is that certain CP GUIs include a reseller admin level, so you can set up and sell hosting plans. You can even create reseller accounts and have other individuals do the whole job on your behalf, so while you have a VPS for your web sites, you can also earn decent profit by selling the system resources that you do not use. The reseller and web hosting Control Panel interfaces can be combined with billing and client support software tools such as WHMCS, AWBS or ClientExec, which allows you to set up different packages, to charge your clients directly and to offer a 24-7 customer support service. As you get complete root access to the virtual server, you will be able to activate any server-side applications or libraries that your customers may require for their sites, so you will have an edge over web hosting providers that supply shared hosting services and cannot install such software.

VPS Hosting Solutions by Sharplogics

A VPS offers a perfect balance between performance and price and is the best solution for mid-size resource-demanding web sites like online stores, social networking web sites or corporate pages. With us you can explore several different VPS plans that offer billing and support software solutions, a domain reseller account, and a web hosting Control Panel GUI of your choice. This offers you the autonomy to use the VPS server in any way you desire - for personal website hosting purposes or to initiate a reseller web hosting business.