What is VPS Hosting?
Virtual Private Hosting refers to a type of hosting where you rent a part of a powerful server. In the same way that a large towerblock can be split into multiple apartments. This powerful server can be fragmented using virtualisation technology. This means that you get the benefits of a private server without the costs. But cost is only part of the advantage. VPS servers will be much faster than shared hosting whereby you use a company to share hosting with lots of other clients on several servers. Sticking with the accommodation analogy this would be more akin to sharing a hostel rather than having your own apartment.
Why Choose VPS Hosting?
The two main reasons for going with VPS hosting is cost and speed. Website speed is a ranking factor in search engine algorithms so should not be ignored. It is also proven that for every second that your website takes to load you will be losing website users who prefer not to endure long loading times and will search elsewhere if a website is taking too long to load.
Disadvantages of VPS Hosting?
The one disadvantage of VPS hosting is that you are taking things into your own hands. You will not be able to ring or email a hosting company about website downtime or other issues. You must manage the hosting yourself or employ someone to do this. This will impact costs. However when there is a back-up solution in place and you are not afraid of rebooting a server then it is well worth the trouble.
Here at webmanager.ie, we can transfer your existing website to a VPS server or set this up for a new website. VPS management on an ongoing basis is usually carried out as part of a wider web management plan.
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