ServerPoint is a web hosting provider that has been offering enterprise quality shared hosting, dedicated servers, virtual private server hosting, domain registrations, application hosting and more since 1998. The company is managed by engineers and business men and women who are experts in the field and put quality and reliability above all else. The kinds of people that run ServerPoint include certified network experts, software programmers and engineers who have built a solid and stable business over the years. www.aplushosting.com has more information on all the services offered at ServerPoint including web hosting plans such as dedicated servers, server co-location, reseller hosting and virtual private server hosting.
A virtual private server (also known as VPS) is a method of partitioning a physical server computer into multiple servers so that each has the appearance and capabilities of running its own machine. The virtual private server uses virtualization technology to run multiple operating systems within the same machine but each is isolated from the other that it can even be independently rebooted. A Web hosting company such as ServerPoint can host multiple virtual private servers on one physical or 'host' server. The physical server is booted normally and then runs a program that boots each virtual private server from a disk image within a virtualization environment. Software based virtualization is beneficial in a web hosting environment because it enables quota incrementing and decrementing in real time with no need to restart the node. Hardware based virtualization partitions the real hardware resources.
The virtual private server fills the gap between entry level web hosting plans that offer specific services with a limited amount of disk space on a shared server and co-location where you own and manage the hardware and simply rent space and an Internet connection from a data center. It gives you independence from other customers in software terms but at a lesser cost than owning a physical dedicated server. A virtual private server gives you the flexibility of a dedicated server at a lower price so if you have a small budget for big ideas, a VPS may be the right option for you. There are a number of pieces of virtualization software such as User-mode Linux, VMware, Microsoft Virtual Server, VDSmanager, xensource, Virtuozzo and Linux-V Server that are used in a VPS. Benefits of using a virtual private server include:
Superuser-level access to the operating system allowing the installation of almost any software that runs on the operating system.
An unlimited number of websites can be hosted.
Other services such as a mail server or an FTP server can be hosted.
The server can be used for backup, file storage or to test software with known security flaws without endangering the rest of the server.
It is critical to choose the right virtual private server hosting company. Knowing the details of your hardware resources and the web hosting company can help you make the right decision. ServerPoint, unlike other hosts who run the virtual private server on a low end server with no redundancy, will host your VPS on one of the Colossus II servers with multiple CPUs, RAID storage, redundant power and more. You can safely trust your business to ServerPoint because they are not resellers, have expert and friendly service, are trusted by 15,000 customers worldwide, guarantee the best experience when using its services, have a high performance network, high server quality and security and offer great value for your money. Start getting value for your money today, visit www.serverpoint.com and get hosted by the longest provider in the business.