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[iXeta]

This is probably a dumb question, but what exactly is VPS hosting?
After reading up on wikipedia I found out it's essentially a server with a bunch of split operating systems on it.
The article also said generally a VPS hosting service gives its users superlevel-access so they could run
any software on the Operating System. Is that true? If it is VPS hosting would be very useful to me and my
clan because we need a dedicated system to run a server im developing (writing it in .NET). So I would need
an updated Windows XP OS to run it on. But for some reason I'm doubting VPS hosting is really that advanced.
Can anyone shed some light on what VPS hosting really is?

[velma]

Hey,

First of all your question is not a dumb one at all To own a VPS is like owning a miniature version of a dedicated server :-

To picture how a VPS is, you simply look at your own Hard-Disk. You make partitions right? Be it C, D, E, F. A VPS is the same, one server is divided into many drives or parts. Now what they do in a vps is that they first decide the space it requires and then add a barrier to make sure that it is isolated from everything else present on the server guaranteeing security and ability to add a different OS on it.

When the above said barrier is added on a VPS, it acts like a fence keeping outsiders away from your property and it also makes sure that your activities affect only you and no one else. This allows the addition of any software, opening/closing of any port, addition of proxies and so on. This is the same reason why a person logs into his server at super level access (root/admin)

Thus you can say that owning a vps is like a dedicated server because it gives you everything you need except for HUGE amount of space and bandwidth unlike a Dedi.

[iXeta]

velma, on Oct 21 2008, 03:56 PM, said:

Hey,

First of all your question is not a dumb one at all To own a VPS is like owning a miniature version of a dedicated server :-

To picture how a VPS is, you simply look at your own Hard-Disk. You make partitions right? Be it C, D, E, F. A VPS is the same, one server is divided into many drives or parts. Now what they do in a vps is that they first decide the space it requires and then add a barrier to make sure that it is isolated from everything else present on the server guaranteeing security and ability to add a different OS on it.

When the above said barrier is added on a VPS, it acts like a fence keeping outsiders away from your property and it also makes sure that your activities affect only you and no one else. This allows the addition of any software, opening/closing of any port, addition of proxies and so on. This is the same reason why a person logs into his server at super level access (root/admin)

Thus you can say that owning a vps is like a dedicated server because it gives you everything you need except for HUGE amount of space and bandwidth unlike a Dedi.

Ok so I get the part about separating it up into multiple mini-dedicated servers, but I don't quite understand the 'super level access'.
I'm interested in this because I designed my own system in .NET using server/client in Winsock and for users to manage teams and our
ventrilo server dynamically. If what I understand is correct, with the VPS hosting I'd have sort of a remote-desktop type connection
ability to the server so I could remotely startup my server application (whereas I can't with normal hosting). I wouldn't need too much
bandwidth because it uses about 0.2 Kilobytes per second per user, and most likely there would be a max of 20 users online at any
normal time. Thats uhh... 10 gigs... Plus I'm working on a way to load news/user avatars from a URL so that could be hosted on a normal
webserver with more bandwidth another plus for this new myCENT program. But I just wanna clarify the part about being able to
physically start and manage my server application remotely before I think about buying VPS.

[BuffaloHelp]

Super level access does not mean you get to modify the Operating System of a server, if that's what you're asking.

Super level access allows you to control over the global settings, such as in PHP, to turn things off or on. Super level access allows you to turn ports off and on (as Velma explained). To you, it's another computer with Web Server built in. But I don't think it means to control Windows Server 2003 or whatever the OS may be.

And as an admin of your VPS, you can install cpanel and decide to run your own Trap17 like services. Divide them however you would want, install whatever you need (like WHM and cpanel) and run the system as you see it fit.

With all others (except for dedicated server) you are still under another account's control. That is, you are not at the top of your part of the account.

[iXeta]

Ok, that makes a lot more sense than what I read on wiki
Time to go back to reading through all those packages... lol

[Evolix]

I'm not too sure about it, but I think its when you host a server online. VPS stands for 'Virtual Private Server'. It does cost quite alot aswell.

[rpgsearcherz]

Would you guys recommend a VPS for things like Teamspeak, game servers, etc. or would you say that a dedicated server is pretty much a must-have for doing those? That is what I am planning on doing but I'm not sure if a VPS or dedicated server would be the most efficient. Dedicateds just cost so much..