What advantages does a VPS provide?

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There are numerous reasons to consider upgrading to a VPS including:

• Isolated environment: By moving your hosting to a VPS you remove yourself from the shared server environment where many people compete for resources. You should notice an immediate improvement in web page and database responsiveness.

• SSH access: You have the ability to connect via SSH to your hosted domain(s) allowing for development with shell based editors such as vi and emacs. You can also connect with SSH based utilities such as rsync and SFTP.

• FastCGI: Our VPS run FastCGI which often dramatically cuts down on the overhead of running your scripting based websites.

• Scale with your needs: Easily increase or decrease the resources allocated to your VPS as your needs change.

• Advanced server control: You have the ability to power cycle your VPS or restart the MySQL service from our control panel, allowing you to quickly recover in the event your server is overloaded.

• Host multiple domains on a single VPS: You can move multiple hosting accounts onto a single VPS, or sign up for multiple Virtual Private Servers and assign specific hosting packages to each one.

• Decrease the cost of hosting: Hosting packages on a VPS pay $2/IP address rather than normal retail rates. For customers hosting several domains this can lead to an immediate savings over hosting in the shared environment.

• Low cost of entry: Priced significantly lower than a dedicated server, a VPS is a big step up at a small out of pocket cost.