The reason why VPS is the ideal platform for e-Commerce Hosting | Part 2
Advantages of using a Virtual Private Server (VPS) for your e-Commerce website
Low Cost High Performance Web hosting Server — VPS
A VPS is created from a physical web server which obviously has a lot more disk space which is used to create many more VPS platforms. As a result, the cost of using the physical web server is shared among all these VPS platforms which in turn decreases the price of the VPS for the client. Although there are many such VPS systems created on the physical server, virtualization technology used in doing so makes each VPS very versatile and powerful.
The security aspect of using a VPS is also preserved because each VPS is isolated from the other VPS systems on the same physical server thus creating a powerful obstacle to any malwares, or even stopping the effects of any bad script running on another VPS on that physical server. Every VPS can use web resources like bandwidth, internet connectivity, allocated RAM and hard-disk space independently without being affected by other VPS systems. All these features help all the VPS to become high-performance web hosting platforms.
Greater Security and Significantly More Control:
When you rent a VPS from a reputable web hosting company, you get a very stable and secure platform to host your important website like a e-Commerce site. With the VPS, you get flexibility in choosing which operating system (OS) you need on your VPS. Incidentally, the VPS you rent can also easily be relocated from its original webs server on a different web server. This is extremely useful in the case of disaster management such as when a server or hardware failure occurs, for example; and preservation of data is possible by relocating the backup of the VPS on to another physical web server.
Root Access, Security and Stability:
Root access allows for enhanced management of your VPS, and settings can be tuned very easily to suit your website’s needs. Every VPS on a physical web server can easily be rebooted independently whenever a reboot is required by the owner of the VPS. This was not possible in a shared web server environment. Each VPS is almost completely isolated from other VPS present on the physical web server. Only a few physical resources such as the CPU, memory, and the hard disk space of the physical web server are shared between the VPS systems formed on that particular physical web server. There are only a few virtual private servers formed on the physical web server and thus it provides sufficiently stable service performance. As every VPS is isolated from other VPS on that physical server, it provides enhanced security for every VPS.
You can install any software that uses your VPS’s operating system. You must take care that you do not install any software, script, or application which will violate your web hosting company’s terms of service (TOS). If that happens then your account with the web hosting company can even be banned so take care that you do not break the TOS. Choice of installation of the software, scripts, and applications to enhance your website’s performance is one of the best benefits of using the VPS. You can even have access to the SSH protocol (Secure Shell protocol). When sending important data over the internet, the SSH provides encryption of the data which protects it from falling into unauthorized hands. SSH provides easy confidentiality and preserves the data integrity while it travels over the internet to its destination.
Scalability:
Every VPS can be upgraded easily to a higher and better configuration without needing any change of physical web server. It may just need a reboot to upgrade to a higher configuration and your VPS can become more powerful within moments! The same can be said about upgrading your software or other web applications like changing or upgrading your VPS’s O.S., firewalls, malwares remover and anti-virus applications. Additional physical memory can also be rented easily.
Manageability:
If you rent the fully managed VPS then the web hosting company will provide the complete technical support to maintain, setup the VPS, and expert monitoring service. If you do not wish to use the managed service then you will have to look after the setup of some very important applications and monitor your VPS round-the-clock. It is recommended that you should get the managed service for your VPS which will leave you more time to look into other important aspects of your website development like advertising and promoting your e-commerce site, developing more product and services, performing SEO (search engine optimization) and other important optimization tasks, and create more money-making opportunities.
