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How
does VPS compare to Dedicated Servers?
Please see our comparative
table below and email us for further
questions.
Each VPS client has full root access,
can reboot the server and services, install
and upgrade software. Other than with
reseller hosting the performance of VPS
servers is not effected by any abuse or
activity of other reseller accounts and
domains elsewhere on the same physical
server: minimum resources allocated to
your VPS are guaranteed and not shared.
We presently offer VPS servers with CentOS
(same as RedHat Enterprise Linux) as plain
Linux server, and pre-installed and licensed
with cPanel/WHM or DirectAdmin control
panels.
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Why VPS? What Advantages
does the Virtual Private Server (VPS) offer?
Comparing Reseller
Hosting Account — VPS — Dedicated
Server:
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Reseller
Hosting Account |
VPS
(Virtual Private Server) |
Dedicated
Server |
| Full
root access |
no |
YES |
YES |
| Can
install RPMs, add-on packages, perl modules,
etc. |
no |
YES |
YES |
| Backups |
can
only backup single hosting accounts |
can
backup entire server (including OS), everything!
with just a mouse-click |
if
server has a 2nd hard drive, all hosting
accounts can be backed up, but OS only if
RAID system, in which case it would be an
immediate backup (system as of yesterday
or a week ago can't be recovered) |
Rebooting
Server
and restarting services such as httpd or
SMTP |
no |
YES |
YES |
| Self-Repair
Mode |
no |
YES |
no |
| OS
Reload |
no |
YES,
from VPS control panel, in a few minutes |
YES,
but time consuming, and only with physical
access to server |
| Uptime |
greatly
depends on other users on same server: e.g.,
the activity of a single spammer (until
discovered and suspended) can greatly effect
performance of all other domains |
Great
uptime! uptime determined only by your own
domains & activities — each VPS
has its own guaranteed resources; activities
of other VPS have no influence on your VPS
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Great
uptime! uptime determined only by your own
domains & activities |
| Software
Upgrades |
limited:
only self-installed add-on programs (not
control panel, not OS related) |
YES
you decide if and when you upgrade |
YES
you decide if and when you upgrade |
| Reseller
Account Creation |
cPanel:
limited, only with RVskin (but no WHM control
panel)
DirectAdmin: no
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YES |
YES |
| Control
Panel |
pre-installed |
pre-installed
or plain Linux server |
pre-installed
or plain Linux server |
| Server
Time |
localization
not possible |
set
local time as needed |
set
local time as needed |
For
further technical details about VPS server hosting,
see SWsoft's Virtuozzo
VPS FAQ !
Add-On
Pricing (order
here)
| Additional
RAM (guaranteed minimum RAM): |
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| 256
MB additional guaranteed RAM |
$25 /month |
| 512
MB additional guaranteed RAM |
$50 /month |
| Unique
IP Addresses, Block of 4 IPs |
$6 /month |
| Bandwidth
Overcharges |
$28 /month
per 50 GB block |
| cPanel/WHM
Control Panel: |
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| Unlimited
Domain License (incl. Install) |
$9.95 /month |
| Fantastico
De Luxe Script Installer (cPanel add-on) |
$2.95 /month |
*RVskin:
We do not offer RVskin licenses, but feel
free to get your
own
from the programmer of RVskin;
VPS licenses are $25/year |
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| DirectAdmin
Control Panel: |
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| Unlimited
Domain License (incl. Install) |
$8.95 /month |
| Plesk
Control Panel: |
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| 100
Domain License (incl. Install) |
$25 /month |
| Work
Order |
$80 /hour
(minimum: half an hour) |
Zend
Optimizer and/or ionCube PHP Loader INSTALL
(free
scripts; charge is for the installation,
if done by us)
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$20 |
Security
Programs INSTALLATION:
(a) Firewall Setup, (b) SIM (System
Integrity Monitor),
(c) BFD (Brute Force Detection), and
other security
measures to harden your server.
(SIM,
and BFD are free scripts. Installation is
offered for those
with
no or little experience in server administration
to secure the
server.
We would configure these scripts based on
our long term
server
admin experience. Please also read our security
advice.)
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$50 |
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20
GB Disk Space
30
GB Disk Space
40
GB Disk Space
