Difference between VPS and Dedicated Server

marsh · Junior Member Joined: 31 Mar 2010 Posts: 15

A VPS or Virtual Private Server is a server that has been split into multiple servers each of which can run independently of one another. Each individual VPS can be rebooted and or run its own OS and set of applications as well.

A Dedicated server is a server in which only you are the sole owner and operator of the computer. The entire server and its resources are dedicated solely to you.

A VPS is good when you want to gain an entry level approach to operating your own site/server and when shared hosting resources are no longer enough.

VPS is usually cheaper than a Dedicated server which is why they are quite popular with those that need that flexibility a dedicated server offers, but cannot afford the costs that are associated with it.
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Michael-Cliff · Junior Member Joined: 20 Apr 2010 Posts: 4 Location: India

The most popular softwares used in the vps technologies are OpenVZ and Xen.
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raicol · Junior Member Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 7

A Dedicated Server is a full server that is your 'own'; you share it with no other websites. You have the full hard drive, full use of RAM, full use of the processor. The whole gambit. If you could walk in to the data center where your account is, and look at the actual server, it would be your account only on that server. You have root access.

A VPS is a Virtual Private Server. A VPS simulates having a dedicated server, but you are still sharing the server with other websites. You still have root access, but the actual hard drive in the server is split between several websites (clients). The benefit of root access is you have better control over your file system.

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Merlinclancy · Junior Member Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Posts: 8

Think of a Virtual Private Server as a go-between a virtual hosting/shared account and a dedicated server.

'Virtual' means that it is not real. Basically, it is still a shared hosting account but unlike a normal shared hosting account, each VPS has its own dedicated slice of the CPU, RAM and disk space. So basically, what you do will not affect the other VPS on the machine. You can reboot your VPS anytime you want and you will have root access.

Think of it this way. A Dedicated Server is like owning and living in your own mansion, you can share or use it completely yours, it is up to you.

A Virtual Private Server is like living in an apartment or a hotel room. You have your own doors, walls and private bathroom. You have the privacy of your own room and you more or less can do anything you want. Of course, you will share the infrastructure with the other residence in the apartment building.

A Virtual Hosting/Shared Account is like having a bed in a dormitory. You basically share a bathroom, common area and so on.

Of course, in a virtual hosting account, if you are the only customer on the machine, you can more or less use all the resources there is. If you share, as long as all the customers do not use more than what the server can handle, it does not matter.

A VPS on the other hand has stricted defined slice of the CPU/RAM and Diskspace and most of the time, unless permitted, you cannot go beyond that allocation. The good news is that no matter how crowded the server is, you still have your minimum allocation. The bad news is that if your site requires more than what the VPS slice can handle, you will bare with it even if there are more resources that is unused on the server. Of course some VPS application allow bursting to a reasonable limit but some don't.

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John23 · Junior Member Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 97

HI marsh,

Good and informative post. Thanks for sharing with us. Keep on sharing your valuable knowledge with this forum.
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Jerin · Junior Member Joined: 14 Jul 2010 Posts: 26

A Dedicated Server is like owning and living in your own mansion, you can share or use it completely yours, it is up to you.

A Virtual Private Server is like living in an apartment or a hotel room. You have your own doors, walls and private bathroom. You have the privacy of your own room and you more or less can do anything you want. Of course, you will share the infrastructure with the other residence in the apartment building.
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Jerin · Junior Member Joined: 14 Jul 2010 Posts: 26

This is nice. Thank You for the info.
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undertaker · Junior Member Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Posts: 66

Hello,
Nice post i like it
VPS stands for Virtual Private Server and can be the first step from "leaving" shared hosting, if you don't want to manage a dedicated server. Virtual Private Servers provide you with root level access to the server while having the simplicity of a shared hosting account. VPS hosting is usually cheaper than dedicated hosting even if you're not in charge of managing the server, but that's because dedicated servers usually have better hardware configurations
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nithra · Junior Member Joined: 18 Oct 2010 Posts: 18

HI

Virtual Private server meaning you can have more than 1 inside 1 dedicated server yet it acts as if the dedicated server was yours. It is depends on a dedicated server, but there may be other 4 or 5 VPSs on that same server. With VPS you are basically sharing the resources of a single dedicated between all of the VPSs hosted on it. So, depending on your needs a VPS may be better, because they are reasonably priced as compared to a dedicated server, or a Dedicated server might be better, because it is completely yours and there are no other root users.

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TeamHC · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 5:21 pm Post subject:

A VPS is a virtual dedicated server; it is the main difference. You are not getting a hardware node for you alone in a VPS. It will be shared for may be 5 or 6 other users depending up in the resources. So still you will suffer downtime because of the other websites or VPS on the same node. But in dedicated server you will get an entire hardware node for you only. That is the big difference.

undertaker · Junior Member Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Posts: 66

Hello,
I think dedicated servers is best then VPS hosting
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georgesmith1 · Junior Member Joined: 16 May 2011 Posts: 77

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Virtual Private server meaning you can have more than 1 inside 1 dedicated server yet it acts as if the dedicated server was yours. It is depends on a dedicated server, but there may be other 4 or 5 VPSs on that same server. With VPS you are basically sharing the resources of a single dedicated between all of the VPSs hosted on it. So, depending on your needs a VPS may be better, because they are reasonably priced as compared to a dedicated server, or a Dedicated server might be better, because it is completely yours and there are no other root users.

amioye · Junior Member Joined: 18 Aug 2010 Posts: 21

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