What is VPS HostingGoDaddy

GoDaddy offers several types of website hosting. This video offers an explanation of VPS hosting
and some tips for determining if its the right solution for you. VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. To make VPS hosting a little easier to understand,
lets take a quick look at two other kinds of hosting and compare them to VPS hosting.

On one hand, theres shared hosting. Your website files are housed on a server
along with the files of other websites, and the servers bandwidth and resources are
shared among all the websites on that server. You have very little control over the server
settings or operations. Think of it like renting a unit in an apartment
complex where you share parking space, storage, and laundry facilities with others in the
complex.

Shared hosting is an affordable solution that
is generally well suited to most small- and many medium-sized businesses that have simple,
straightforward websites with daily traffic under 2,000 visitors. On the other hand, theres dedicated hosting,
in which you lease the amount of exclusive server space you think youll need and you
have full use of the server bandwidth and resources. Theres no sharing with other websites. You can control and customize the software
and computing operations as needed; even though you dont have access to the server hardware.

Its similar to living in a large single-family
home. Dedicated hosting is often the right solution
for large, complex, high-traffic sites and applications. Now consider VPS hosting. You have your own space on a physical server
that is partitioned into multiple private environments.

The technical term for this is virtualization. So while others may reside on the same physical
server as you, your space is yours alone and you dont share resources and bandwidth
like you do with shared hosting. Like dedicated hosting, VPS hosting allows
a high degree of control and customization. You can change server settings, install software,
add users, and even turn the server on and off as needed.

One way to visualize VPS hosting is to think
about living in a condominium building. A single building is divided into multiple
private units of various sizes. Each unit has a private laundry room and storage
area, and a reserved parking space  resources that do not have to be shared with other condo
residents  and you can control and customize your living space as needed. In general, VPS hosting is more affordable
than dedicated hosting.

Its a good solution when you want your
own server space and resources, and the control of dedicated hosting  but you dont need
the amount of space and power that dedicated hosting provides..