{"id":34662,"date":"2021-08-09T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/?p=34662"},"modified":"2022-09-22T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T09:14:50","slug":"what-is-vps-hosting-and-how-does-vps-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/vps-hosting\/what-is-vps-hosting-and-how-does-vps-work","title":{"rendered":"What is VPS Hosting and How Does VPS Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34662\" class=\"elementor elementor-34662\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b0d1cff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b0d1cff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56a35959\" data-id=\"56a35959\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3065bf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3065bf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is VPS?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46a1193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46a1193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VPS stands for Virtual Private Server which refers to a private, emulated dedicated hosting environment created by virtualization on a host, server, or cluster of servers. It acts like a physical server, but in reality, it is a software that emulates dedicated hardware. VPS has become a popular choice because it is cheaper than dedicated hosting. At the same time, it provides better reliability and security than shared hosting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides, users have root access to the server, allowing them to install software and change the environment without having to go through a hosting service provider as with shared hosting. By choosing VPS, companies can avoid the downsides of shared hosting. With the existence of VPS, you would not have to worry too much about the resource limitations because the VPS environments offer more room for growth.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your \u201cneighbor\u201d on the server is hacked, there might be some risk that the virus will spread to your VPS because the hypervisors that are used to create separate VPS environments provide multi-layer network security which keep tight checks on what goes in and out.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VPS is a great option for SaaS providers, game makers, programmers, companies which no longer have the shared hosting and any company that needs a secure and affordable backup environment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66c489f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66c489f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does VPS Hosting work?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-231d4930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"231d4930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A server is a computer that stores files and databases required by a website on a web host. Whenever online visitors want to visit your site, their browser will send a request to your server. Then the necessary files will be transferred over the Internet. VPS provides you a virtual server that simulates a physical server, but in reality, you share the computer among multiple users.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosting companies can use virtualization technology to install a virtualization layer on the server operating system (OS). This layer divides the server into multiple partitions, allowing each user to install their own OS and applications.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VPS allows you to build a website in a secure container that has guaranteed resources (memory, disk space, CPU, etc.). So that you do not have to share computing resources with other users. With VPS hosting, you have the same level of root access as a dedicated server, but with lower cost.<\/span><\/p><p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/vps-hosting-malaysia\">Linux VPS Plans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/windows-vps-hosting-malaysia\">Windows VPS Plans<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is VPS? 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