EuroVPS Explains - What is a VPS (Virtual Private Server)?

Virtual Private Servers - Using Parallels Virtuozzo

When your website exceeds the architectural limits of Shared or Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting is the answer that provides increased performance, scalability, and isolation from other customers. Each VPS is an isolated environment which operates exactly as a dedicated server, without the high cost and management overhead of a physical machine. A VPS can be used as a stand alone server or can be clustered to provide a highly reliable fault tolerant hosting environment. Contact Sales to learn more about these advanced hosting configurations.

VPS vs. Dedicated Server

Virtual Private Servers function exactly as do dedicated servers at a fraction of the cost. Similarities include the following. Both stand alone servers and VPS use their own CPU, Ram, have their own IP addresses, disk-space, and full “root” access is provided, this is your own server. Although many VPS may reside in the same server, each VPS is totally isolated from others on the same node and are unaffected by the actions of the other VPS. This is ensured by Virtuozzo’s highly sophisticated resource management system. No one VPS is allowed to use all of the server’s resources as there is a maximum and minimum level of resources allotted to each VPS.