Shared hosting is a perfect solution for individual web-sites that do not require much in terms of resources or power. They donÂ’t need too much RAM, CPU, or disk space. They usually store some information either about a very small business or about a person or their hobby/interests. These do no require much in terms of anything in the hosting world, really. However, if a business decides to grow, and a personÂ’s interests become of value and interest to others, then the power of shared hosting is simply not enough to sustain a high volume of traffic and to store the sensitive information that is so vital to many people.
A shared server hosts hundred of accounts on a single physical server without allowing root level access, control over security features, or many other measures for that matter. A person can update the code and put in small, insignificant applications (if any) on their web-site. A shared server has so much traffic going through it from all the users that are hosted on it, that it can easily be hacked and sensitive information can be pulled out. These are not types of risks that business owners, for example want to take. Credit card numbers, socials security numbers, addresses, names, can all be jeopardized by using a shared hosting solution for a web-site that needs higher security and more control. Also, the web-site, if growing, may need to support hundreds of accounts of users at a time and simply will not be able to operate fast enough to provide a pleasant experience, in turn losing customers and business.
A Virtual Private Server is able to provide you with the best notion of security and enough resources to sustain the business operations required. A Virtual Private Server host partitions a single dedicated server into about 20 Virtual Dedicated Servers and divides the resources evenly among the accounts hosted on that single machine. Each account behaves just like a dedicated server does and allows users the power and resources that required sustaining high traffic and high security. The power to install application and software and have full access to the root is a cherry on top with VPS. The control that a customer gets with Virtual Private Server hosting solutions is simply unmatched in shared hosting.