VPS or Virtual Private Server is still a very new term for the people in the website development world and there are many clients/webmasters and web agencies who are not clear about what they are going to get if they offer VPS instead of shared hosting to their customers in a website package.
VPS is not really a web hosting server machine but it’s a server machine which is technically divided in to multiple different partition that can be 4, 6, 8 or even more. Each partition has a dedicated value and only one website can be hosted on that partition which means more space, security and privacy at the same time.
Here in this article we are going to discuss why VPS should be preferred over shared hosting when it comes to website and online businesses.
Security:
VPS Hosting allows you to get better security as compare to shared hosting where multiple different website are hosted on the same server. VPS offer a dedicated partition so there are very low chances of data being leaked or hacked by the 3rd party.
Privacy:
Unlike shared hosting, VPS is more private area because there is only single website hosting in a complete area which is more like a dedicated style so you can easily and freely save your important data and files on a virtual private server without the fear of data being lost of misused.
100% Uptime:
One of the huge advantages of VPS over shared hosting is the 100% of Uptime. If you want your website to be up and running all the time without any downtime server issues then VPS Hosting is the best idea as VPS Hosting allows you to give 100% up and live.
Disk Space:
Websites in general and especially with Ecommerce, disk space is a common problem; with shared hosting you have limited disk space and it actually stops you from adding more valuable your content that inspires your audience and give you more chances to increase your sales.
VPS in that case is the better option as it allows you enough space to add products, pages and information as the disk space limit is usually quite high.
Bandwidth Issues:
I have personally witnessed many websites who went offline due to Bandwidth issues, with shared hosting the bandwidth is quite limited and if you receive more traffic anytime chances are your website will go down because it will exceed the bandwidth limit provided in the package. VPS Hosting allow you to get better bandwidth so that you can easily stay up even in peak hours and events when your customers badly need you.
Above given are some of the major areas why VPS Hosting is way better then Shared Hosting.