When you find that shared hosting plans are not enough to help you cope with the amount of traffic your site gets, you should consider switching to VPS hosting. In VPS hosting, a single server is compartmentalized to produce many virtual servers. So, there are multiple virtual servers residing on the same server and sharing resources. But, each of these servers will function independently of the others. So, every such virtual server can run its own operating system. Users have root access and they can configure the servers to suit their own business requirements.

 

Since users are provided with root access, they can also install custom software and applications to boost their business goals. Although server resources may be shared amongst multiple virtual servers, each server is provided with a definite RAM, CPU, and bandwidth. The activities on other sites or the usage of resources by neighbors will not affect your site functions. So, you basically get all the features that you pay for. VPS hosting works more like sites residing in isolated chambers and having enough resources for their sustenance. Users can enjoy practically all benefits of dedicated hosting plans without having to spend a huge fortune. Though technically you share server space with neighbors on the same physical server, you have full control over your virtual server. So, you get a dedicated virtual server for a fraction of the costs. The performance of the virtual server is also many times better than the performance of shared servers.