Apr 28

Virtual Private Server Hosting at Bns Hosting

If you are looking for multi-tenancy, virtualization, resource management, and clustering, you can try virtual private server hosting. Virtual private server or commonly known as virtual dedicated server allows resellers to fully control and allocate resources to their customer. Virtual dedicated server hosting acts as a bridge between shared web hosting services and dedicated server hosting services. Using VPS hosting, you are providing high levels of control which has currently become the most popular option for resellers.

The biggest advantage of using VPS hosting, is its cheaper cost compared to dedicated server. And, it generally runs its own copy of operating system with customers having super-user-level access. You as the “owner” of the VPS can install almost any software that runs on the OS. Reasons you might consider when choosing VPS are:

The media. When you have just started your business, you have your shared server hosting. But soon you have to expand and outgrow the features of your online business, that will need more web space, memory, etc. You have the option to choose between dedicated server and VPS. Dedicated hosting is expensive, so you will choose VPS.

More power. In VPS, you are actually availing the services of a dedicated server that has been partitioned into a number of servers. Here, you get more bandwidth, memory, space and more control.

Cost efficient. Since VPS gives you the advantages of a dedicated server hosting, but at a lower cost, this hosting service is the best hosting plan if you are considering the cost.

Complete root access: Just like a dedicated server, the virtual private server gives you unlimited root access. This means that you have the complete freedom to configure your website without impacting other websites. By the same coin, any changes made by websites sharing your server will have no impact on your website. Because of this, you can eliminate the risk of downtime due to mistakes committed by others. Since private servers are virtually invisible to each other, your website enjoys complete functional isolation.

Total security: Just like dedicated servers, virtual servers do not share their space with other customers. Thus, you enjoy total security.

While deciding on whom/where to purchase the VPS hosting service, you should try to ask the following questions:

1. What are the specifications of the host server, the RAM, the CPU, the processor, the disk space provided, the bandwidth, and if they can provide you on how many VPS is already running in the host server.?

2. How is resource contention handled? What if one of the VPS are running out of disk space, how do you deal with these?

If you are considering hosting your own website, sharing a virtual private server is a very viable option. You will want to make sure that you are fully aware of any server side restrictions, such as maximum amount of CPU and network resources available, but many virtual private server hosts provide more than enough for nearly any website. The factors that you can consider when choosing the virtual private server hosting are, the cost, the security, and the efficiency. The only disadvantage here is, if you are not aware on how to manage your own server, you might want to choose the shared hosting service. Anyway, if the hosting company that will host your virtual private server has 24/7 technical support, you can ask them anytime, on how you must handle the server.

With BNS VPS hosting service, you control your virtualized dedicated server via Microsoft’s RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and install applications on your server. You create your own user authentication database and use your dedicated IP address. This dedicated IP address isolates your server from common problems associated with shared hosting —shared  IP address being listed in spam blacklists. For more information about virtual private server hosting service, you can visit BNS Hosting’s site. And talk to one of our hosted solutions expert 24/7.

Kristin Tiong

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Jan 15

Dedicated Hosting Services and Virtual Private Servers (vps Hosting)

Let’s recap the different types of hosting services that are available:

1. Free web hosting – these are normally sponsored through advertising. A no-no if you are serious about hosting your website for business purposes.

2. Shared hosting – shared hosting is the most common type of hosting available today. This is most commonly used if you are running a small website or are just starting out.

3. VPS hosting (Virtual Private Servers) – this is the poor man’s dedicated server. With VPS hosting the hosting provider partitions one server into multiple private spaces. You are therefore still sharing a server with other clients, but you get your own private ‘slice’ of this server. This means that your website performance will not be affected by the other clients sharing the same server since each client has his own virtual private space in which they run. Clients that host on VPS servers therefore has access to the same type of services normally only afforded by dedicated hosting technology

4. Dedicated hosting services are needed by clients with large websites that generate high volumes of traffic. There are also some companies which need huge storage space, and are not willing to share space with smaller companies but with the price of hardware and hard disks coming down in recent years, the more common reason to require a dedicated server these days are more to do with bandwidth usage and performance.

In both these cases, dedicated hosting providers the solution. Instead of sharing space on a shared server or even with a Virtual Private Server, you will lease an entire dedicated machine that is pre-configured for your requirements. Hosting companies that offer dedicated hosting are often larger and more established than companies that only offer shared hosting. Small web hosts often do not have the financial or technical muscle to provide dedicated hosting.

Web hosting companies that make provision for dedicated servers need to make a considerable investment in hardware and software, and because the client has full control over what type of software should be run on these machines, the hosting company also requires more investment in training and skills development of their staff. The hosting company also needs to make provision to stay up to date with the latest developments in hardware and software. The web host therefore needs to upgrade technology regularly to be able to provide state-of-the-art equipment.

Remember that the advantages of dedicated hosting is that the client does not control the hardware and basic software that is required to run the server, nor does the client have to employ any technical resources to maintain the hardware and software – this is completely the responsibility of the dedicated hosting provider.

This is why dedicated hosting costs considerably more than shared hosting or even VPS hosting. The cost can range between to 00 per month depending on which hosting company you deal with and depending on the client requirements. The cost will also be determined by the type of service contract that will be put in place between the client and the hosting company. Such a contract is commonly called a Service Level Agreement and it spells out the requirements of the client to a low level of detail. These requirements normally cover issues such as bandwidth usage, the required up-time of the server, scheduled maintenance slots and so on. The higher the required level of support from the hosing provider, the more expensive the monthly rental contract will be.

In some cases the client would do some of the management of the server himself (this is called un-managed hosting). In this case the hosting provider will only provide the physical server and infrastructure (e.g. network connectivity, storage space etc). In this case the actual management and monitoring of the servers are the responsibility of the client and this type of dedicated hosting should be on the cheaper side of dedicated hosting costs. It must be remembered then though that the client must make provision for employing technical staff to maintain the servers.

Christine Anderssen is the owner of Tailormade4you, offering Website Hosting services to small businesses in South Africa.

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Sep 03

Private Dedicated Hosting Servers – Is It Worth Your Money?

You can do the planning for moving your site to a dedicated hosting server because of important reasons. You may have a complicated application which is delivered on the web, you could be handling a fast expanding startup resulting in the most capacity on a shared hosting account. The end result is the same – Transferring your website to a dedicated server will be a very important step. So, what will your next step be?. With the broad selections of dedicated and virtual private server packages which is available everywhere, it will require a little exploring to be confident you get the hosting server which is fulfilling your requirements.

There are two principal questions you need to answer when evaluating a dedicated server choices, which are very much tied to one another. The first one is: what is the purpose you will use the dedicated server for, and the second question is: do you want Windows or Linux operating system?. For some aspects, such as delivering website pages for web surfers, either Windows or Linux will perform excellently. Both the Apache servers based on Unex operating system and Internet Information Server based on Windows operating system  have been attracting the majority of website owners for many years.

On the other hand, for other more important web applications, Windows or Linux environment will be essential. Make a complete list of what applications will be running on your exclusive dedicated server and to be sure your buying the right operating system that you’re choosing the right environment.

It’s a good opinion to involve any other demands for your system in your potential list. You may find out that your application will need more RAM after setting it up on your new dedicated server.

With a managed dedicated server, you won’t be liable for such things as installing and patching the operating system, booting and restarting the server, and other maintenance and management tasks. However, it will be wise to have some fair knowledge about the OS you selected, unless you determined that you will not manage your server yourself in any way. Windows and Linux take different approaches to things such as file names, root directories, and other classic conventions, so, things will be easier when understanding the operating system you are using on your dedicated server.

Keep in mind also that a big avail of a managed dedicated server is the extent of support you obtain, so make  sure to take advantage of that.

Like the support quality you get, your private managed server will allow you to get a lot more unique services. These will include such services as some hosted applications like Sharepoint and Microsoft Exchange, also some management services like managed backup, managed firewalls and load balancers.

The high quality services that a managed server provider will be able to offer for unbeatable availability and effectiveness for a low price it may need to fulfill manually. The managed server company can deliver a great services for unbeatable efficiency and accessibility at a fraction of the cost that would need to be fulfilled in house.

Dedicated hosting offers you a big amount of capability, control, and flexibility. Dedicated hosting adds value to budget line elements, both in cost savings as well as through leveraging add on services that improve both internal operations and the external user experience. Outsourcing has become critical to successful online business plans. Therefore, dedicated hosting may become a difference maker between  success and failure.

By: Hatem Serag – At my website: Top Web Hosting : Learn how to choose the best hosting company that suits your need. Find more dedicated hosting resources on this page: Dedicated Web Hosting

Zain is currently working on his Masters degree in Technology Entrepreneurship, from University College London, where he also takes specific classes at London Business School. Zain’s courses are academic and practical, where he gets to learn from world class professors as well as investors, entrepreneurs, angels, and VCs. While attending school, Zain also serves as Commercial Director for Mediaroots, a leading video training company that creates courseware for Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, Microsoft, QuarkXPress and Smith Micro. Even at the age of 15, Zane was using dedicated hosting and continues that approach six years later. Zain’s personal story is an inspiration to young entrepreneurs worldwide.
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