Apr 27
A virtual dedicated server (VDS or VPS) can run a number of operating systems. To the operating system, the “virtual machine” appears as if it were real hardware. This means that you can install any operating system compatible with the x86 virtual machine that the virtualization manager provides. So you can have any flavour of Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, etc) or you can even install Windows – typically this would be Server 2003 Web Edition or Standard. On top of this you can then install your favourite control panel system – for instance cPanel (http://cpanel.net), Plesk, or LXadmin (if you want a free one…)
It is recommended, however that if you choose Windows as an operating system on a server, you should assign the virtual machine at least 512MB of RAM so that it can operate efficiently without the machine using hard disk swap all the time. The increase in performance over a machine with less RAM is significant.
Apr 20
A virtual dedicated server (VDS, also referred to as Virtual Private Server or VPS) is a method of partitioning a physical server computer into multiple “virtual” servers such that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine. Each virtual server can run its own full-fledged operating system, and each server can be independently controlled/rebooted/resized/migrated.
There are two kinds of virtualisation: software based and hardware based. In a software based virtual environment, the virtual machines share the same kernel and actually require the main node’s resources. This kind of virtualization normally has many benefits in a web hosting environment because of quota incrementing and decrementing in real time with no need to restart the node. The main examples are Xen, Virtuozzo, Vserver, and OpenVZ (which is the open source and development version of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers).
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Apr 20
Welcome to ukvds.com. This site is dedicated to telling you all about Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDS). Many people also call these types of servers VPS, or Virtual Private Servers. They differ from standard shared hosting because you are in control of your own hosting environment from the operating system, right through to your Apache, PHP and MySQL configuration.
This makes a VDS system especially powerful for the likes of developers looking to host their web site, as they can be sure to tailor the environment exactly how they need it. Rather than relying on the goodwill of the hosting company to install a specific module, you can install anything you want, whenver you want.
