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Windows VPS Hosting: Bridging the Gap by David Grantz
2votesvoteWindows Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are becoming increasingly popular among business owners and developers looking for the security and the reliability of a dedicated server to host their websites, but at a lower cost. Hosting a website using Windows VPS Servers offers the perfect solution, bridging the gap between shared hosting services and dedicated hosting.

While shared hosting will most definitely serve the needs of small and personal website owners who don't experience high traffic volume and do not require any special technologies, most larger business choose dedicated servers to allow for more flexibility and better performance. It stands to reason, when you share a server with other customers, you can potentially run into security risks, performance issues, and all too often, become stifled by the limited technologies offered by your hosting provider.

However, dedicated hosting, which allows for a single user to be in complete control of their software applications and server management on their own dedicated piece of hardware, can be very costly and difficult to maintain. Although Windows VPS Hosting is really no different than dedicated hosting, it is more affordable because the only thing that is shared with other customers is the hardware, which ultimately decreases the cost over dedicated servers.

Windows Virtual Private Servers use special software like Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to allow for a single server to host multiple "virtual" servers providing more reliability, isolation, and flexibility than a shared hosting account, but are less expensive and require little to no maintenance as compared to dedicated servers.

Yet there is more to Windows VPS Hosting than just having the perks of dedicated hosting at a fraction of the cost. In fact, if you choose the right host, offering Windows VPS Servers, you will find that the server may be much faster than your average dedicated server.

In short, if you find that shared hosting doesn't suit your needs because you need specialized software, faster response time, more customization capabilities or just more power overall, before you decide to take the plunge into the world of dedicated server hosting, consider Windows VPS Hosting as an alternative. In fact, if you are familiar with dedicated hosting and have had experiences with it in the past, you will find that using Windows VPS Servers isn't really that much different - but your wallet will notice a difference, for sure.

Posted on Tuesday 23^rd 2009f June 2009