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Dec
29
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Guide to Find a Reliable Vps Hosting

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The choice of VPS – or virtual dedicated – hosts available to users, either personal or business, is huge, and it pays to shop around for the best deals in order to make sure you get what you need.

Questions to ask include:

What do I need? It’s important to take stock of what you need virtual dedicated hosting for before you take the plunge. It’s no good engaging a service that is later found to be unsuitable for your needs.

What do I get? The variety of different suppliers is such that each individual offer will likely be very different to others. Look at the terms of service, and of what comes with the package – statistical reporting is an important factor, and after sales service and support can vary from offer to offer.

How long is the contract? When you sign up to a VPS hosting, it will be for a set period of time. Make sure the one you choose is for a sensible time, as you don’t want to be contracted to pay for something once you have finished with it.

Will I get enough space? Memory space and capability is of vital importance, and your needs will differ greatly with regard to the type of business, or blog, that you’re intending to operate. Give the potential host all the information you can, and they will be able to advise you of the best package for you.

There are no simple rules to how to choose a VPS hosting, no rights or wrongs, but the above should give you a guide to starting out on the road to getting a VPS hosting service set up for your use. Make sure you have all the questions asked, and the boxes ticked, and the right service will be there for you.

Dec
25
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cPanel Linux VPS

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cPanel Linux VPS Explained

cPanel Linux Virtual Private Servers Explained:

Having your own dedicated server would cost big bucks therefore virtual private servers are created to offer you the same convenience, privacy, and control offered by dedicated servers at the fraction of the price. VPS allows multiple users to share one dedicated server by partitioning it with the use of software platforms to run as if it’s on its own dedicated machine. To make it clearer, a dedicated server with 200GB disk space running on 4GB of RAM and a processor with 4 GHz installed, if it is subdivided to 20 VPS accounts each account holder would get about 10GB of disk space, 500MB of RAM running at 200 MHz speed. Of course this is an ideal case but basically that’s how Virtual Private Servers operate.  cPanel Linux VPS is one type of VPS hosting that is using the Linux Operating System and using the cPanel and Webhost Manager as its web hosting control panel system.

cPanel is the leading control panel and had been designed back in the 90’s. It had various transformations and improvement thus it is the most stable in its field. The cPanel Linux VPS makes your server administration easy with its WebHost Manager and cPanel version 11 control system. It is multihosting secured unlike with the Plesk control panel where security on virtual hosts depends on their only security mechanism “php_safe mode” and by turning on the open_base_dir.

Thinking of disadvantages on cPanel Linux Virtual Private Servers is far more difficult than with showcasing the many advantages of choosing this type of server.  First of all, if you had already bought hosting before, you would already be familiar with cPanel. It’s the most commonly used control panel as it had been around for many years. Also, you can host an unlimited amount of domains with just one account on cPanel VPS plans even with their standard versions. You can create a site backup and you can backup MySQL databases and restore the entire site through those backups.

The use of cPanel and WHM 11 has a 4-level access which is provided with all types of cPanel Linux Virtual Private Servers. Being the server administrator, you are on top of the control pyramid. With Webhost Manager, you can create an access to a reseller with provisions so the reseller has his own reseller panel with features and limitations set by the server administrator.  Resellers get their own unique logons and control panel. The reseller could then create new domain accounts to his clients with backup and access to tools through his access to Webhost Manager.  Domain owners would all get a cPanel access where they could create their own web interface with the tools they need which are all provided by cPanel. Domain owners could then create mail accounts to each of his domains. The last level of access is the mail user login. Users with email accounts created for the domains with the use of cPanel would get an access to the email server.

Looking for shared Linux cPanel web hosting services? Check out this great web hosting comparison page for a nice breakdown of hosting features with top web hosts.

We hope the above better explains cPanel Linux VPS to you. If you think cPanel Linux VPS is right for you, please look below for our most recent cPanel Linux VPS real user VPS reviews. We are positive you’ll be able to choose the right cPanel Linux VPS company that is right for your needs.

Dec
25
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Linux VPS Hosting

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About Linux VPS Hosting – Guide and Details

VPS or Virtual private servers are used to get multiple servers from a single physical server. The virtual servers are fully independent with their own dedicated resources and operating system. They function completely independent of one another and so the performance problem faced by one server will never affect another server.

VPS is mainly used in web hosting services. They are highly useful for commercial web hosting as it is very less expensive. The web hosting companies can easily give each of its clients a dedicated server. These servers are not physically bought and so they are very cheap. VPS has the flexibility that it can go with any architecture like Linux or windows or mainframe. This is mainly made use of in Linux web hosting services using VPS.

Linux is highly useful in that it offers a wide range of services for the end users. The web site hosting will be easier with Linux by virtue of the free services that Linux offers for hosting and running the web site. Linux can be combined to work with other systems in a simple manner to get added benefits.

Linux can join with Apache and PHP. This will bring about new methods in all the three together to get a better structure and format for web sites. A closer research will show that it is this attractive format that helped in the designing of most highly visited web sites in the internet.

Linux is preferred to windows because PHP can work better in collaboration with a Linux server as compared to a windows server. This is easily identified when the PHP scripts are loaded and find it difficult to handle in windows. Otherwise the difference is negligible. But when the heavy load is not suitable to work in a windows environment, Linux will prove to be the best partner for PHP.

Linux is much cheaper than windows. But to work with Microsoft windows will often prove to be more convenient. When you are a small scale business man aimed at making maximum profit out of your web site, Linux must be your choice.

There are certain disadvantages with Linux VPS hosting. Databases like Access are specially designed to work with Microsoft. They can be run in Windows only. If you have an access data base use in your hosting services, Linux will turn out to be not suiting your plan.

The MSSQL database is intended to be used with Microsoft. Then the user can’t use it in VPS hosting when he is relying on a Linux system. But for such users, they never have to repent as Linux is powerful to provide several other types of enterprise databases. Those users who are really interested in MSSQL will have to choose windows as their final option for VPS hosting.

The .Net technologies can’t work with Linux. The users who are opting .Net technologies in building their web site, the best choice is always Windows. The users can’t rely on Linux platform to assist them, as Linux is not supporting .Net technologies. Even is they are not using ASP, Linux is not suitable for them.

Before deciding on your hosting plan, it is always advisable to have a thorough research on windows and Linux hosting plans. The selection is based on the services you expect and the uses of your web site. A proper analysis shows that Linux is widely used in internet for the VPS hosting. This helps you to excel in your business in a much faster and easier way.

Dec
25
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Webmin VPS Hosting

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Webmin

Webmin is a web-based system configuration tool for OpenSolaris, Linux and other Unix-like systems, although recent versions can also be installed and run on Windows . With it you can configure many operating system internals, such as users, disk quotas, services, configuration files etc., as well as modify and control many open source apps, such as the Apache HTTP Server, PHP, MySQL etc.

Webmin is largely based on Perl, running as its own process and web server. It defaults to TCP port 10000 for communicating, and can be configured to use SSL if OpenSSL is installed with additional required Perl Modules.

It is built around modules, which have an interface to the configuration files and the Webmin server. This makes it easy to add new functionality. Due to Webmin’s modular design, it is possible for anyone who is interested to write plugins for desktop configuration.

Webmin also allows for controlling many machines through a single interface, or seamless login on other webmin hosts on the same subnet or LAN.

Webmin is primarily coded by Australian Jamie Cameron and released under the BSD license.

Related software

Webmin can be expanded by installing modules, which can be custom made. Aside from this, there are two other major projects that extend the functionality of webmin.

1. Usermin presents and controls a subset of the features available in Webmin, such as webmail and other user-level tasks, rather than administrator-level tasks.

2. Virtualmin, which is a domain hosting and web site control panel, which gives the ability to create and manage many domains and is available in both Open Source and commercial versions.

Source: WikiPedia

Dec
25
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DirectAdmin VPS Hosting

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DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin is a graphical web-based web hosting control panel designed to make administration of websites easier.

System requirements

DirectAdmin is compatible with several versions of Red Hat, Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Debian.

The following specifications are recommended:
Processor: 500 MHz
Memory: 128 MB
HDD Space: minimal 2 GB free space

Source: wikipedia

Dec
22
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OpenVZ VPS

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What is OpenVZ?

OpenVZ is a complete server automation and virtualization solution developed by SWsoft. OpenVZ creates multiple isolated Virtual Private Servers (VPS Hostings) on a single physical server to share hardware and management effort with maximum efficiency. Each VPS Hosting performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server for its users and applications as it can be rebooted independently and has its own root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries, and configuration files. Light overhead and efficient design of OpenVZ makes it the right virtualization choice for production servers with live applications and real-life data.

The basic OpenVZ VPS Hosting capabilities are:

Dynamic Real-time Partitioning –
Partition a physical server into tens of VPS Hostings, each with full dedicated server functionality.
Resource Management –
Assign and control VPS Hosting resource parameters and re-allocate resources in real-time.
Mass Management -
Manage a multitude of physical servers and Virtual Private Servers in a unified way.

Basics of OpenVZ and VPS Hosting Technology

This figure presumes that you have a number of physical servers united into a network. In fact, you may have only one dedicated server to effectively use OpenVZ for the needs of your network. If you have more than one OpenVZ-based physical server, each one of the servers will have a similar architecture. In OpenVZ terminology, such servers are called Hardware Nodes (or HN, or just Nodes), because they represent hardware units within a network.

OpenVZ is installed on Fedora Core 3 or 4 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 configured in a certain way. For example, such customized configuration shall include the creation of a /vz partition, which is the basic partition for hosting Virtual Private Servers and which must be way larger than the root partition. This and similar configuration issues are most easily resolved during Linux installation on the Hardware Node.

OpenVZ is installed in such a way that you will be able to boot your computer either with OpenVZ support or without it. This support is presented as “OpenVZ” in your boot loader and shown as OpenVZ Layer in the figure above.

However, at this point you are not yet able to create Virtual Private Servers. A Virtual Private Server is functionally identical to an isolated standalone server, having its own IP addresses, processes, files, users, its own configuration files, its own applications, system libraries, and so on. Virtual private servers share the same Hardware Node and the same OS kernel. However, they are isolated from each other. A Virtual Private Server is a kind of ‘sandbox’ for processes and users.
Different Virtual Private Servers can run different versions of Linux (for example, SuSE 9.2 or Fedora Core 4 and many others). Each VPS Hosting can run its own version of Linux. In this case we say that a VPS Hosting is based on a certain OS template. OS templates are packages shipped with OpenVZ. Before you are able to create a Virtual Private Server, you should install the corresponding OS template in OpenVZ. This is displayed as OpenVZ Templates in the scheme above.
After you have installed at least one OS template, you can create any number of VPS Hostings with the help of standard OpenVZ utilities, configure their network and/or other settings, and work with these VPS Hostings as with fully functional Linux servers.

Dec
22
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VPS

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What is VPS?

Virtual private servers or Virtual dedicated servers are a form of virtualization that split a single physical server into multiple virtual servers. The practice of partitioning a single server so that it appears as multiple servers has long been common practice in mainframe computers, but has seen a resurgence lately with the development of software and technologies such as VMware, Xen, FreeBSD Jail, User-mode Linux, Linux-VServer, FreeVPS, OpenVZ, and Virtuozzo.

The benefits of VPS Hosting are many:

  • You have root access to the server
  • Install any application you want, ROR, PHP, Tomcat, Oracle…
  • Have just about any flavour of linux, Debian, Suse, Redhat…
  • Some virtualization software lets you use different flavours of Windows
  • Guaranteed uptime with most suppliers

What is Xen?

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor, developed by the University of Cambridge and now XenSource. It is intended to run up to 100 full featured OSs on a single computer. Operating systems must be explicitly modified (“ported”) to run on Xen (although compatibility is maintained for user applications). This enables Xen to achieve high performance virtualization without special hardware support.

What is Virtuozzo?

Virtuozzo is a proprietary operating system virtualization product produced by SWsoft, Inc. A version that supports Linux has been available since 2001; a version that supports Microsoft Windows became available in 2005.

Note: We don’t index quite a few providers who use Virtuozzo as they do not specify guaranteed RAM (not burst RAM) on their hosting plans. Having said that, guaranteed is not necessarily guaranteed because Virtuozzo services (unlike Xen) can be oversold.

  • Why choose a VPS instead of Shared Hosting?
    A VPS, offers significant advantaged over Shared Hosting. The main ones are, scalability as you can upgrade your Hard Drive and Memory as you require, and customisation in that you can customise your VPS in the same way that you can with a Dedicated Server. Because resources are not shared, hosted applications or websites are much more faster as well as more secured.
  • What can I do with a VPS?
    You can host any services you like from your VPS, including web hosting and email accounts; install entry databases running on MySQL or MS SQL Web Edition or your own software. You will have root access to your VPS so there’s no limit to what you can run, as long as it doesn’t violate our terms of service.
  • What support do I get with my VPS?
    Telephone and eMail support are available for all your technical and service support enquiries.
  • What is the difference between cloud and virtualisation?
    A “Cloud” is usually used as a reference for a platform of services and applications, that are scalable and can be made specific to a customer, and are accessed via the internet, which are hosted, maintained by a third party provider. Whereas “Virtualisation” is the process of creating virtual units, through the use of a virtualisation technology, from a simple or multiple pieces of hardware. Virtualisation can be applied to various areas of IT infrastructure, such as virtual: firewalls, networks, servers and storage.
Dec
22
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What is VPS?

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When you browse through some of the hosting types that your Web host offers you might stumble upon a listing for VPS hosting.

What is it?

Well, I am sure I will not cover every inch of what a VPS hosting account is, but let me go through the basics so we don’t need a degree to understand what it will and will not give you.
VPS stands for virtual private server. It is sometimes also referred to as a virtual server or a virtual dedicated server. It takes one big server and partitions it off into several smaller servers. Each VPS hosting account can have its own operating system and can be rebooted without effecting the other accounts on the machine.

Now that you know what it is, what is it good for?

These types of hosting accounts are usually used as a stepping stone between your basic shared hosting accounts and dedicated hosting accounts. You get all of the benefits of having your own dedicated machine, but you still have some limitation as to what you can do with it. If shared hosting is a light snack, and dedicated hosting is a three course meal, you can consider VPS hosting a regular sized dinner.

Now where with a dedicated machine, your RAM and CPU usage would be a little less limited, with VPS hosting you are more in the boat with shared hosting. You will be limited by your Web host in disk space, bandwidth, CPU and RAM usage. Now where a VPS is helpful is when you need the benefits of dedicated hosting such as certain types of script setups and account access.

So as I said before, this is a much needed plan in between your shared and dedicated hosting. It allows you a little more flexibility than a shared hosting account, but limits you more than a dedicated account would.

Dec
22
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What is VPS

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A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a hosting environment that combines the benefits of both shared hosting and dedicated hosting. It does this by creating a virtual server that runs inside a hardware server via a specially designed partition.

Each Virtual Private Server partition runs its own operating system in a secure and private environment and cannot be accessed or interrupted by its neighbours.

This system gives you the same level of root access as a dedicated server whilst sharing the cost of the hardware. With a VPS you are virtually running your own server but at a fraction of the cost.

The flexibility of a dedicated server

Users share system resources, such as the CPU and memory, but unlike shared hosting (a virtual host on a shared hardware server ) the file system is fully partitioned. This means you get a guaranteed share of the server’s resources, while full root access allows you to completely customise the virtual server, adding or changing modules and installing your own software.

Highly cost effective

Because a single physical server is shared between several users, the cost of a virtual server is small when compared to the price of a dedicated server. But the level of flexibility is similar (although you’ll still need a dedicated server for really demanding applications or high-traffic sites).

How much technical knowledge do I need?

All our VPS options include the Plesk control panel, which makes it easier to administer your websites and services.

However, because a VPS gives you root-level access, allowing you to install whatever software you like, you will need some technical knowledge and understanding of how servers work to run a VPS effectively.

The inclusion of the very latest range of software and control panels for Windows and Linux is accompanied by price reductions across the range so we’re increasing performance, features and value at exactly the same time.

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Dec
16
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Reliable VPS Hosting

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Guide to Find a Reliable Vps Hosting

The choice of VPS – or virtual dedicated – hosts available to users, either personal or business, is huge, and it pays to shop around for the best deals in order to make sure you get what you need.

Questions to ask include:

What do I need? It’s important to take stock of what you need virtual dedicated hosting for before you take the plunge. It’s no good engaging a service that is later found to be unsuitable for your needs.

What do I get? The variety of different suppliers is such that each individual offer will likely be very different to others. Look at the terms of service, and of what comes with the package – statistical reporting is an important factor, and after sales service and support can vary from offer to offer.

How long is the contract? When you sign up to a VPS hosting, it will be for a set period of time. Make sure the one you choose is for a sensible time, as you don’t want to be contracted to pay for something once you have finished with it.

Will I get enough space? Memory space and capability is of vital importance, and your needs will differ greatly with regard to the type of business, or blog, that you’re intending to operate. Give the potential host all the information you can, and they will be able to advise you of the best package for you.

There are no simple rules to how to choose a VPS hosting, no rights or wrongs, but the above should give you a guide to starting out on the road to getting a VPS hosting service set up for your use. Make sure you have all the questions asked, and the boxes ticked, and the right service will be there for you.

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