Benefits of Using VPS Over Shared Hosting - hostnamaste/web-hosting GitHub Wiki

Shared Hosting is through an inexpensive web solution, but it does not offer you full control over your website. In order to have a complete control on your site without compromising on the performance of the sharing resources, you must opt for Virtual Private Server (VPS) or dedicated server. A VPS refers to one or many servers that can be run within another server such that it is your dedicated server. VPS shares the same hardware, leading it to an advanced form of shared web hosting. Virtualization software such as OpenVZ and Virtuozzo are used to form a VPS.

VPS do not get affected by CPU load and huge traffic by running on the same machine and hardware, as shared hosting. Therefore, your neighbors’ performance would not affect the performance of your own personal hosting environment. Furthermore, your VPS does not require you to share services or applications with your neighboring servers. Since each server is independent and not visible to the neighbors, the latter are not either required to share the processors. In case of shared hosting, any sort of errors and faults within one VPS does not influence other servers. Each of the private server gets a unique IP address such that they do not affect websites hosted on other servers. Through root access, you can install and manage different software applications on VPS hosting account, as similar to dedicated server. Unlike shared hosting, you are not required to share your system resources like CPU, disk space, bandwidth and memory. Thus, you don't have to worry about these crucial elements and you get a better uptime guarantee with a VPS hosting solution.

And when it comes to security, a VPS ascertains enhanced security as you do not have to share TCP/IP stacks, disk space and processes. VPS web hosting is also well recognized for its advanced security and better security. Besides, VPS hosting also offers you to operate everything from custom-made software and application to database servers apart from your own operating system. Although a bit expensive, a VPS truly stands as a better and affordable option as compared to cheap shared hosting.