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What is VPS hosting? + 7 reasons why you need it to boost your website’s security and speed.

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William Bacchus

Published: February 23, 2022

Last updated: March 3, 2022

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VPS hosting with Elite

VPS (meaning virtual private server) hosting is the best way to give your business’ website secure, fast, and dedicated hosting for your site. Whereas with other hosting methods, VPS is a trustworthy, speedy server to store your data on that can give you reassurance that your site will run smoothly without risk of going down unexpectedly. But what VPS package is best for you? And what benefits will you actually gain from purchasing a package? I can assure you that all your queries will be no more when you finish reading and you will be certain that a VPS is necessary for your website.

So, what exactly is VPS and why should you bother with it?

As previously mentioned, VPS is the best way to maximise security and efficiency for your website. With either self-managed or fully managed hosting, VPS will keep yours and your customer’s data safe while simultaneously improving traffic and speed on your site. VPS hosting will also dramatically improve your bandwidth, so you’ll be getting faster loading times and unlimited traffic! In other words, it’s very, very good and definitely a necessity for any successful website. VPS allows the CPU, RAM, and storage to be 100% dedicated to you and will never be shared with other websites and apps. This means you get higher, faster performance and better security (not to mention complete control over your server) in comparison to shared hosting.

Speaking of shared hosting, if you were to use it, your entire website’s and customer’s data and private information will be stored on a shared database. This not only means that your data will be vulnerable to hackers, but it also could be compromised by other users’ poor data on other, less secure sites. The dedication to your server will also drastically improve the speed- but more on that in a second!

Here are top 7 reasons why you should get VPS hosting for your business’ site right now:

Reliability:

With shared hosting slowly declining in popularity, an increasing amount of people are beginning to make the smart switch to using VPS. While shared hosting can mean your site being impacted by another company or their users, VPS hosting is solely dedicated to you. This improved reliability means your site has a lesser chance of crashing unexpectedly.

Dedication to your servers:

Using a VPS host means all the resources that come with the server belong only to you. Not only does this help with the previously mentioned lessened risk of your site going down, but also means that the performance and traffic is focused purely on your site- which will dramatically heightening it.

Keeping your web and the world safe:

Watching our waste and environmental effect on the world is becoming extremely important; it’s vital that we reduce our carbon footprint wherever we can in this day and age. So why not use your choice to run your website with VPS hosting a part of helping to keep our planet safe? VPS is a huge, dedicated server that’s split into multiple virtual environments. This avoids you taking an unnecessary large amount of server space for yourself and in turn contributes to making the Earth greener.

Better performance:

When you have a larger server dedicated to your business, you can have a much higher performance. This not only makes operating your site far easier, but also improves your customer’s experience with faster loading times and means they can navigate the site smoother too!

Scale resources instantly:

If you want the power to grow and expand your website beyond what it is, then the ability to scale your hosting resources easily will be extremely valuable to you. With VPS hosting, the container (which is the environment your server is hosted in) has a certain amount of resources based on what you have- meaning you can be allocated with the necessary resources quicker and more efficiently.

Cost-effectivity:

VPS hosting is becoming cheaper by the day, with so many businesses making the right move that not only benefits their website- but their wallets too. So why not save yourself a little bit of cash and buy with Elite? Not only do we provide the best VPS hosting for you- but you also get a few bonuses by choosing us (because we’re nice like that!):

– a Free SSL certificate (which we here at Elite have won multiple awards for-just saying). An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate lets your customers know that your website’s identity is legitimate. It also builds an encrypted connection on your site, securing and privatising any transactions made or personal information (e.g. e-Mail address’ and passwords) meaning anyone visiting your site can feel safe knowing that their data is being stored safely.

– a free dedicated IP address is also available with your purchase. An IP (internet protocol) address is a key aspect to how the internet itself works.

Make VPS hosting work for your business with Elite:

VPS typically comes in two forms: self-managed and fully managed hosting. Both packages offer all the great features previously mentioned- but there are some key differences between them that are crucial for finding the right VPS for you.  

Self-Managed VPS hosting puts you in control of your site’s security. Ideal for developers, designers, system admins and people who want to get hands on with their sites security, Self-managed VPS allows you to easily access and take complete control over your hosting environment. You get full root access as well as a plethora of SSH keys at your disposal. As well as 3X the speed and performance enhancement, easy-to-navigate admin, and alert notifications to help you keep up with your server’s uptime and performance to help you take full responsibility of your site’s safety.

Self-managed or fully managed hosting with Elite
Self-managed hosting is ideal for designers, developers and anyone looking to get hands on with their website!

With fully managed VPS hosting, you get to sit back and relax while Elite’s experienced and dedicated team will proactively manage your virtual server 24/7. That way you don’t have to worry about a single issue or problem you can’t solve because we’ll take care of it for you! You still get unlimited access to all services, so this option is ideal for business owners and developers who may lack the time to take care of their security. If that wasn’t enough, the fully managed package includes all of the following:

  • Server set up
  • HTTP/2 server
  • Configuration
  • SQL Server Express install
  • DNS setup/configuration
  • Package management
  • And many, many more valuable services to give you peace of mind!
To conclude

In all truth, I can’t answer the question for you. Only you can ultimately decide what VPS package will suit your business’ website best. All I can say is that VPS hosting is crucial for running and maintaining a successful website. We hope that you are now confident in knowing that VPS is essential for your businesses’ website and that you have all the knowledge to acquire your own VPS.    

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William Bacchus
Will joined the Elite team in 2021. He has a background in content writing as well as a keen interest in media journalism. His interests include taijutsu and a immense passion for film and television. He aims to inform as many people as he possibly can about the vast and often confusing nature of web design!

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