VPS & virtual servers - the vServer guide
You are looking for a suitable hosting offer for your company. You have certainly come across vServer (Virtual Server) or VPS (Virtual Private Server) during your search. You may have heard the term VDS (Virtual Dedicated Server). How exactly do these server types differ and what criteria should you look out for when making your selection? With this guide, we would like to draw your attention to the important points. Server Advisor about vServer, VPS, Dedicated Server - represented by question marks and lines over a hand Dedicated Server, Virtual Server & VPS - simply explained What is a Dedicated Server - a definition A dedicated server is an actual, i.e. physically existing server - a so-called physical machine, which is also recognized as such from the outside. Sometimes one also speaks of a "bare-metal server" - whereby this term rather refers to the "pure hardware". The dedicated server has its hard disks with a specific storage capacity (e...