Planning to avail a VPS and wondering if a Manged VPS is what you should opt for? Then let us, as an experienced service provider of VPS, provide you all the information that will help you decide.
A Virtual Private Server (VPS), can be availed either in its managed version or in its self-managed version. Prior to elaborating on this, let us talk about a VPS and understand in brief how it functions.
What is a VPS?
VPS is the abbreviation for a Virtual Private Server. Availing such a server is a popular choice for attaining enhanced speed, security and performance at an affordable price, without having to spend for a dedicated server. That is because a VPS emulates a dedicated server’s environment on a server that is shared by multiple users. Since an entire server is not availed, unlike in a dedicated server, a VPS offers a much more economical solution that delivers dedicated server resources in a shared server environment. The result is enhanced speed, security and augmented performance, which can be delivered effortlessly by a Virtual Private Server. How is a VPS able to achieve this? Let us touch on that next.
In a VPS, a physical server is segmented into multiple, separate, private servers that are virtual. This is made possible through Virtualization Technology, which virtually divides a single server into several servers. In this way, the server gets configured to function as multiple servers which are separate and virtual. Since each of these separate servers works like a private server, the individual users of a Virtual Private Server are able to install their own software and OS (Operating System). The reason that a VPS is considered as a truly private server is that the files of all the users are maintained separately on the OS level.
A VPS can either be a Managed VPS or a Self-managed VPS. At HTS Hosting, we offer powerfully configured VPS that are available as Linux Managed VPS, Linux Self-managed VPS, Windows Managed VPS and Windows Self-managed VPS. You can choose any of these, based on your specific requirements and budget.
In a Managed VPS, the management and the maintenance of your Virtual Private Server is the responsibility of the service provider. Your web hosting company, from where you have availed your Managed VPS, takes care of all the core upgrades, software installations and the server’s proper management and maintenance. This ensures your convenience by saving your time and effort. Moreover, you do not have to ensure the availability of resources that are needed for this purpose or employ the services of an adept technical team to manage your VPS.
The reverse of this happens in a self-managed VPS. Such a VPS is provided by the service provider but is managed entirely by the user. Hence, carrying out the management and the maintenance of the server becomes your responsibility. Moreover, you have to troubleshoot processes, without the aid of your service provider. Setting up the server and managing it becomes your sole responsibility, as the user of the VPS, and your service provider is not responsible for providing any support with regard to server management, in a self-managed VPS.
Should You Avail a Managed VPS?
It is evident, that opting for a Managed Virtual Private Server makes it effortlessly easy to ensure the proper management of your VPS. That is because your server’s maintenance and management are taken care of by those that are experts in it, i.e. your service provider. If you want to save your time, effort and resources that are required for server management, then opting for a Managed VPS is your best bet. By availing a managed VPS, you will reap the benefits of dedicated sever resources, enhanced performance, speed, security and much more, without having to exert yourself in order to ensure proper management of your VPS.
Some more reasons for opting for a managed VPS are, not having adequate resources for managing the server, lack of time for this purpose or not having a knowledgeable technical team that can put in the required work to manage and maintain your Virtual Private Server. If you are neither tech-savvy nor do you have a technically proficient team to handle server management, then availing a Managed VPS ensures that you do not have to be involved at all in the technical intricacies of managing your VPS. You can focus on your core business processes while your reliable service provider’s well-trained and experienced team manages your VPS and keeps it updated to deliver powerful performance.
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