All About Windows VPS Hosting

With the explosion of bandwidth, memory and computing resources, the face of web hosting hosting has changed. The resources that were once available only to users of dedicated servers are now within the grasp of even those with a limited budget. Gone are the days when a business was required to spend oodles of cash if it wanted sufficient computing resources by leasing their own server. With the rise of Windows VPS Hosting, every business can now afford it.

Windows VPS Hosting
Shared hosting achieves its goals by splitting a server into dozens or even hundreds of entities - giving the illusion of distinct servers where is actually only one. However, this illusion isn't complete. There are many restrictions on shared hosting accounts which betray the underlying structure. In addition, the presence of so many different clients on the same server slows down the performance and even a single customer whose application misbehaves is able to ruin the performance of everyone else's.

Windows VPS Hosting on the other hand uses virtualization to split a server into distinct virtual segments in such a way that the illusion is complete. Each virtual server is indistinguishable from a real standalone server and since the number of such divisions is restricted, there are ample resources for everyone unlike those in shared hosting. In addition, no single customer can affect the performance of the others in the least. Even the IP addresses are different with each virtual server receiving a static IP.

Windows IIS7 Server
Using Windows VPS Hosting, you receive the powerful Windows IIS7 web server which has revolutionized web hosting with its ease of use, stability, customization, and security. Using IIS7, web administrators can run applications in PHP just as easily as they can on a Linux server using the FastCGI plugin. In addition, IIS7 includes powerful new features for the delivery of media content such as live video streaming and the ability to dynamically deliver different qualities of video depending on the bandwidth of the receiving system.

In short, Windows VPS Hosting is probably the best and most efficient hosting solution for a small to medium sized business. Most don't need the full fledged dedicated solutions which can get quite costly, and the flaws in shared hosting make it completely untenable. VPS Hosting offers the best of both worlds, namely great performance at an affordable price.

Jenson Eplun is an expert on Windows VPS Hosting and is an authority on Windows Hosting solutions in general.