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Virtual Private Servers Hosting

Up until several years ago, the only way to get a powerful website hosting package was to purchase a dedicated server. As a result of latter-day software application developments, virtual web servers have been brought in and they've swiftly become one of the most popular web hosting solutions as they offer top-level performance at a quite modest price. Also famous as a virtual private servers or a virtual dedicated web server, this web hosting server is the optimal platform for high resource-demanding sites.

Virtual Private Servers Hosting - Is It Better Than Shared Server Hosting?

VPS OVZ 1
1 CPU Core
1 GB RAM
20 GB Storage
$6.00 / month
VPS OVZ 2
1 CPU Core
2 GB RAM
40 GB Storage
$13.00 / month
 

Several virtual servers are created on a physical machine, using its system resources. Each virtual private server works exactly like a dedicated web hosting server and its system resources are ensured, including the CPU usage, RAM and web space allowances. These resources are much higher than those provided by any shared hosting package, so a Virtual Server is the most prudent choice for heavy resource-devouring script-based web portals with plenty of visitors, or if you would like to host a huge quantity of domains in the very same user account.

The Virtualization Panel of a Virtual Private Hosting Server

Each virtual private server is managed through a Control Panel tool, regularly referred to as a virtualization panel. This user interface allows you to restart the entire virtual web hosting server or various services like HTTP, MySQL, etc., to check and administer all active programs and to inspect the used up and the available system resources. As you will obtain root-level access, you can also install server-side software applications that may be demanded for given script-powered platforms to operate, examine thorough traffic statistics and history of all the services running on the virtual private servers. One of the greatest strengths of the virtualization dashboard is that you can utilize it to quickly activate a hosting CP on the virtual private web hosting server.

The Web Hosting Control Panel of a Virtual Private Servers

There are a lot of separate hosting CPs, but a couple of them are more commonly used than the others - Hepsia, cPanel, Plesk and DirectAdmin. If you buy a virtual private servers, you can use the CP that the hosting company is offering, or you can install your own. This GUI will permit you to handle domain names, files, databases, FTP accounts, email mailboxes and everything that has to do with your web hosting account. Managing a Virtual Server account is not different from managing a shared web hosting account, so if you have any experience with the latter, there won't be anything unfamiliar to you if you order a virtual private servers. More practiced users can access the Virtual Private Server through SSH too.

Gain Money With Your VPS Hosting Server

One of the benefits of possessing a VPS Hosting Server is that particular Control Panel GUIs offer a reseller level of administration, so you can set up and sell hosting plans. You can even create reseller accounts and have other people carry out all the work on your behalf, so while you have a VPS web hosting server for your web sites, you can also make good profit by selling the system resources that you do not use. The reseller and web hosting Control Panel GUIs can be integrated with billing and support software platforms such as WHMCS, AWBS or ClientExec, which allows you to create separate packages, to bill your customers directly and to offer a 24x7 technical support service. As you gain full server root access to the private virtual hosting server, you will be able to activate any server-side applications or libraries that your clients may require for their web sites, so you will have superiority over web hosting distributors that deliver shared hosting services and cannot install such apps.

Virtual Private Servers Hosting Solutions by Asterhost.com

A virtual private server offers the ideal balance between performance and cost and is the optimal solution for mid-size high resource-devouring web sites such as online storefronts, community portals or corporate portfolios. With us you can view a number of different VPS packages that come with invoicing and client support software, a domain reseller account, and a web hosting Control Panel interface of your preference. This gives you the independence to use the private virtual hosting server in any way you prefer - for private web hosting purposes or to start a reseller hosting business.