VPS hosting is a kind of web hosting that uses Virtual Private Servers (VPS Hosting). Although those sites are hosted on a single physical machine, VPS Hosting allows each website to be fully independent as if each were alone separate machine.
HOW VPS Web Hosting WORKS
The easiest way to visualize how VPS Hosting work is by using the apartment analogy. Each virtual server, or “container”, on the machine is similar to a flat suite. You can install any software you like or restart your own container without affecting one other container on the device, similar to ways to renovate your own suite without affecting the others.
On a shared hosting server, difficulties with one website might cause the entire server to decrease, causing all of the other websites on that server to drop with it. This could not happen on a VPS Hosting because only the problematic container would decrease, but one other container would be unaffected.
Similarly, some high traffic websites in a shared hosting environment may hog all of the server’s resources, thus causing other websites on that server to be unreachable. This could not happen on a VPS Hosting as each container may only use the resources that are allocated to it.
WHY USE VPS Web Hosting?
VPS is excellent since it slips in nicely and bridges the gap between shared hosting and dedicated hosting services. VPS will give you the independence and flexibility of a dedicated hosting service, but at the price tag on a high-end shared hosting service.
For users whose websites have outgrown their shared hosting service but can’t quite afford a dedicated server, VPS Hosting may be the most effective solution.