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Shared Hosting vs VPS Hosting

You’ve heard that there are different types of web and email hosting, mainly Shared Hosting vs VPS Hosting. Although both options will ensure your website is live on the internet and give you a professional email address, there are distinct differences between the two.

 

What is Shared Hosting?
Shared Hosting is an environment where multiple users on a server are allocated a set percentage of its full resources. This is an easily managed, affordable and securely encrypted option for the individual, entrepreneur and small business owner.

 

Very Affordable:
As the server resources are ‘shared’, it offers an inexpensive cost to company (or self) whilst still utilising full server functionality. Domains.co.za offers Shared Hosting from as little as R69/month* as a self-managed solution, which reduces the need for an initial, substantial financial investment.

User-friendly:
Shared Hosting is ideal for everyone, from individuals to companies, who have little to no tech skills. Our servers are run on two platforms cPanel or Plesk and both are easily managed.

Includes Maintenance and Upgrades:
Our Shared Hosting servers are maintained by our IT team and includes all Operating, Monitoring and Security Systems, upgrades and patches that are required in order to maintain our 99.99% uptime guarantee.

 

What is VPS Hosting?
VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a virtualised server environment that ‘imitates’ a dedicated server. Although it uses the resources of multiple, physical servers, each VPS is run strictly as a ‘standalone server’. In other words, it has its own OS, security and monitoring systems which are not ‘shared’ with anyone else.

 

Server Customisation:
You are in control of your VPS Hosting server with Root Access and server Admin rights. You can configure, monitor and maintain the OS and other systems, increase security to your preferences and install any software you need.

Resource Flexibility:
VPS hosting is flexible and provides clients the ability to upscale resources as required via the increase of CPU Cores, Memory, SSD Disk space and increased traffic levels, etc.

 

Shared Hosting vs VPS Hosting
In a Shared Hosting environment, clients who have sites that are experiencing high traffic volumes will have an impact on the rest of the websites by possibly impacting their websites’ upload and download speeds. This is referred to as “noisy neighbours”. With VPS Hosting this won’t happen because a VPS is a single user based environment.

If your website’s speed is an important factor to your business, especially in the case of large online retailers, then a VPS ensures that your website’s performance is not affected by anyone else. Added to this you have Root Access to the server, which gives your IT department the ability to constantly monitor resources and upgrade to maintain the standards you require.

 

 

Should I get VPS Hosting?
If you are a fast-growing business, or a site owner who wants to ensure high-performance and control over their online presence, then it would be advisable to consider VPS Hosting. As Domains.co.za offers VPS Hosting from as little as R139/month*, this should be affordable to most, however, do ensure that you have someone who has the expertise to run your VPS proficiently for you.
Domains.co.za does not tie you down in to a contract and our hosting packages are offered on a month-to-month basis.** Whether you take out a Shared or a VPS Hosting package with us, you can upgrade whenever your needs change.
Whatever Hosting environment is perfect for you, you will still have access to Domains.co.za’s great, friendly and experienced support team to assist you.

* Pricing Applicable as at 2020-02-26
** T&C’s Apply

 

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