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Setting up a Cheap Virtual Private Server (VPS)

If you need web hosting, you don’t have to spend much on it. Today, you can get shared hosting for a very cheap price, but sometimes you may need more control over your resource and when happens then?

What you need to look at is cheap virtual private servers or VPS. A VPS will give you more control over your hosting environment. Defining the server process, the amount of memory, and what things can be uploaded and how much can be uploaded. An isolated environment is one of the benefits you get from having a virtual private server. There are no other accounts that share the space or resources with you. If there is another account that takes up a lot of resources in memory it does not affect yours. In the same way if another person has a server that has a problem or is infected with a virus it would not affect your account or your websites.

The optimum environment for WordPress in a virtual private server. Most often, WordPress is run in a shared hosting environment but the true power of this platform is realized when it is moved to a virtual private server. Drupal and Joomla also works like this, running on a shared hosting environment but with a virtual private server hosting situations, will give you their full capabilities.

You will not find it difficult at all to set up a virtual private server. It just takes signing up with a provider just like you would with a shared hosting. The main difference between the two is that in virtual private server you have to choose the OS that you server will run on and the control panel. The operating system offered by some providers make it easier for you because it also comes with an installed controlled panel. The control panels Cpanel, Plesk, kloxo, and Direct Admin are the most common control panels.

If all your want to do is to install a WordPress blog, then it may not even be necessary to install your own control panel. It is also not necessary to install a control panel if all you want is to host static content such as HTML pages. To host their squeeze pages of sales pages, most internet marketing gurus use virtual private servers.

If you need complete control over your hosting environment, or a scalable solution that can grow along with your website then having a cheap virtual private server is the best way to go.

Whatever you will do with your virtual private server, just keep in mind that it should have appropriate requirements for smooth work of everything. Your software basic requirements should be marked so that it will function properly.

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