December 2018

While a VPS is sold as a service by an Internet hosting provider, they are practically virtual containers with their own operating system running within a dedicated server.

On a physical server we host multiple virtual machines, each cut-off from the others.

In the world of VPS hosting, a VPS node is a physical dedicated server configured to create and run virtual machines using a hypervisor software.

The computer on which we run the hypervisor is called a host machine, while each VPS is called a guest machine. There are 2 types of hypervisors:

Type-1 native or bare-metal hypervisors

This type of hypervisor is… read more +

The online thing

One of the most important things in the online world is the humble dedicated server. It may have many shapes and forms, different hardware specs and capabilities but its role is the same. A dedicated server is an online machine leased to a single customer with full access to the available resources and not shared with anyone else. This is alot more flexible than a shared hosting plan or a VPS or a hybrid server because a dedicated server is the physical machine connected directly or by a proxy, to the internet. Another advantage is the choice… read more +