| If you have grown your websites to a point where | | | | entry through one account there is no way to |
| they attract thousands of visitors per day you will | | | | access the others. |
| need to think about more powerful hosting options | | | | More experienced webmasters may wish to manage |
| than shared or reseller hosting. If you cannot afford a | | | | the technical aspects of their VPS accounts, but this |
| dedicated server at this point but require the same | | | | can be a time-consuming and complicated task. It's |
| performance and stability, then VPS (virtual private | | | | little wonder many people prefer to have their VPS |
| server) hosting may be the best solution for you. | | | | hosting accounts fully managed by the hosting |
| VPS hosting consists of a server divided into multiple | | | | provider. Usually you'll pay a few dollars per month |
| isolated accounts, and each VPS account has its own | | | | extra for this, but this can free up your valuable time |
| independent operating system with it's own web | | | | and energy to concentrate on content and website |
| server and mail server resources, no sharing here. | | | | promotion. |
| Just like a dedicated server, you can have access to | | | | You can expect to pay $40-$60 per month for an |
| all configuration files within your account which means | | | | entry-level, fully managed VPS hosting account and |
| a greater ability for you to install and run custom | | | | this will allow you to run multiple sites from one |
| software should you choose to. | | | | account just like a reseller account. You'll be provided |
| In addition to providing more control over your | | | | with an operating system, control panel, your own |
| hosting environment, VPS hosting accounts are more | | | | allocation of RAM memory, plus large space and |
| secure than shared hosting accounts. If a hacker | | | | bandwidth resources. A minimum of 256MB |
| were to find access to a shared server he could | | | | guaranteed ram is suggested in order to run your |
| damage any or all of the websites on that server at | | | | control panels and database driven sites smoothly. |
| once. But because a VPS server is divided into | | | | For higher traffic sites consider 384MB or 512MB of |
| isolated accounts, even if a hacker were to gain | | | | guaranteed ram or more. |