What is a Virtual Private Server?

A Virtual Private Server, or VPS is simply put, a "slice" of a dedicated server. Dedicated servers are often too expensive, or too much overhead for certain tasks. Thus, we split up the resources on a dedicated into smaller pieces, called virtual servers. This cuts down the cost of the virtual servers, while still offering the same freedom & power of a dedicated server. Each VPS can have different resource limits, in terms of CPU, Hard Drive space, Memory, bandwidth & IP Addresses. 


Each virtual server is totally independant of the other virtual servers, and you get full root access to the virtual server. You also have full control over every aspect on it, as with a dedicated server. One of the big plus points of virtual servers is the fact that we can reboot it without having to be in the server room. Upgrading a virtual server is also a breeze. Adding more memory or hard drive space takes a few minutes, and no downtime is necessary. If the dedicated server that the VPS is running on runs out of resources, we could migrate the VPS to a new server with more resources, without downtime.
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