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01-02-2006, 11:49 AM
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 | What is VPS?
I undersand cPanel is for site management, and Plesk is for reseller management. But where does VPS come in? | 
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01-02-2006, 03:46 PM
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| Virtual Private Servers (VPS). VPS account could be run it own operating system. You can run an FTP server, a web server... such as Apache, and an your own E-mail server.
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01-02-2006, 04:01 PM
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| So I guess that's what HWHT is running on their servers now? | |
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01-02-2006, 05:29 PM
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| A Private server hosting is a server all to yourself to host yourself on.
Those are expensive. They get the fastest speed.
A Virtual private server (vps) is one server like a cake. But it's split into partitions like a slice. And each person hosted gets a slice. They also get the fastest speed. But not so expensive.
A Shared server is what you get if you're hosted for free. The best example is anzwers/geocities/angelfire/t35/host ultra.
Everyone shares the same server. So your site gets slow because of someone else. | |
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01-03-2006, 07:48 AM
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| VPS hosting is a dedicated server that is divided into multiple isolated servers. A virtual private server works much like a dedicated server complete with root access and the ability to install programs of your choice. A VPS is like having a dedicated server at a much affordable price.
Overall, VPS is a perfect way to start and pave your way towards an actual dedicated server. | |
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01-22-2006, 09:37 PM
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| That is nicely described etech-peter i couldnt give a better definition my self.  Regards,
TheCoder | |
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01-23-2006, 02:11 PM
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| never use VPS yet , but l hope can use later
used cpanel , DA before | |
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01-27-2006, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by kawoyip never use VPS yet , but l hope can use later
used cpanel , DA before | it seems you are thinking VPS is one kind of control panel? If so, it's not. on a VPS, you can use cPanel or DA as your control panel 
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01-27-2006, 11:45 AM
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| VPS is a section of dedicated server on which you can use cpanel. VPS performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server. | |
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01-28-2006, 05:10 PM
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| that's the first time i heard about VPS.
So, for common paid hosting offer you share server or VPS? | |
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