| Shared web hosting lets thousands of people run a | | | | permissions, create special accounts or anything else |
| website for a reasonable cost, but it has some | | | | an administrator can do. |
| drawbacks. With hundreds of site being hosted on | | | | A VPS is also more secure that shared hosting. On a |
| one server, that server's resources can get | | | | shared server, all the websites are running on the |
| overloaded - resulting in poor performance on your | | | | same operating system so if the server gets hacked, |
| website. | | | | it will affect all the sites on it. |
| If you've outgrown shared hosting or are looking for | | | | If a VPS gets hacked, it won't have any bearing on |
| a way to have more control over your server, you | | | | the other virtual servers on the same machine. |
| should consider Virtual Private Server hosting. | | | | The disadvantages of a VPS are closely related to |
| A VPS is a single physical server that is running | | | | the advantages. Because you have ultimate control |
| special software that divides it into several virtual | | | | over your server, it can be dangerous if you are not |
| servers. Each server acts as if it is a completely | | | | familiar with how to manage a server. |
| self-contained machine, with no bearing on any of the | | | | You can delete files, change permissions, fail to |
| other virtual servers running on that same system. | | | | update security issues and more if you're not careful. |
| Each VPS can be configured however you want and | | | | If you aren't familiar with server administration you |
| can even be running different operating systems. You | | | | would either need to spend some time learning how |
| can install any special software you might need for | | | | to do it or hire someone to do it for you. |
| your website, without having any effect on the | | | | If you're considering VPS hosting, find out how the |
| other people on the server. | | | | server resources are divided, how many virtual |
| One of the biggest advantages of a VPS is you get | | | | servers are on each physcial server, whether you |
| root level administrator access to your server. You | | | | can upgrade your plan with minimal hassle and what |
| can install and delete any software you want, set | | | | your operating system choices are. |