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Like many of you when I first heard of the idea of VPS I pictured it is some small lame server that is sold to 12 year olds trying to start hosting companies on the cheap. It had never quite caught my attention until I decided I needed a remote name server and all I needed was enough of a server to run bind, but didn't want to by a dedicated box just to do that. So I got a VPS based on Virtuozzo for $80/year and it worked great. | Like many of you when I first heard of the idea of VPS I pictured it is some small lame server that is sold to 12 year olds trying to start hosting companies on the cheap. It had never quite caught my attention until I decided I needed a remote name server and all I needed was enough of a server to run bind, but didn't want to by a dedicated box just to do that. So I got a VPS based on Virtuozzo for $80/year and it worked great. | ||
In the process however I started understanding the VPS concept and it became apparent that this is more that just a tool to create little servers. The way I see it VPS can replace dedicated servers in many situations in a data center and do a better job than dedicated. You can actually give the customer more horsepower and better hosting than selling them a small dedicated box. (Of course big customers will still need their own server.) | In the process however I started understanding the VPS concept and it became apparent that this is more that just a tool to create little servers. The way I see it VPS can replace dedicated servers in many situations in a data center and do a better job than dedicated. You can actually give the customer more horsepower and better hosting than selling them a small dedicated box. (Of course big customers will still need their own server.) | ||
Revision as of 14:56, 2 February 2007
Although I am somewhat of a new user to the VPS world I thought I'd write a short article giving an overview of why use VPS instead of dedicated servers for those of you who are involved in the hosting business or people thinking about leasing a VPS server. Here I will address misconceptions I had about VPS and talk about how my perspective on VPS is changing.
Why use Virtual Private Servers instead of Dedicated Servers
Like many of you when I first heard of the idea of VPS I pictured it is some small lame server that is sold to 12 year olds trying to start hosting companies on the cheap. It had never quite caught my attention until I decided I needed a remote name server and all I needed was enough of a server to run bind, but didn't want to by a dedicated box just to do that. So I got a VPS based on Virtuozzo for $80/year and it worked great.
In the process however I started understanding the VPS concept and it became apparent that this is more that just a tool to create little servers. The way I see it VPS can replace dedicated servers in many situations in a data center and do a better job than dedicated. You can actually give the customer more horsepower and better hosting than selling them a small dedicated box. (Of course big customers will still need their own server.)
