The term "VPS" is short-hand for Virtual Private Server. A VPS can also be known as a "VM" which is short-hand for Virtual Machine. These two names are interchangeable and refer to the same type of hosting. A VPS is different to a VDS (Virtual Dedicated Server).
A VPS differs from other hosting types, such as shared hosting, in many ways but one of the most striking differences between “standard” web hosting and a VPS is the level of customisation, control and responsibility that you have over what is done within the VPS environment. This makes it an ideal choice for experienced users who’ve outgrown standard hosting packages and need something with more resources and the ability to make tweaks and changes in areas of the system that you just can’t do on regular web hosting packages.
There are actually various different types of VPS environment, and the particular flavour we provide is called “KVM” (if you want to know what that is keep reading our FAQs). With a KVM VPS you have your own hosting environment with the resources you’ve chosen as part of the order process. This means you can install any operating system within the VPS; and to this end we provide some pre-built templates to make the process of bringing your VPS online a breeze!
Our Virtual Private Servers are self-managed which means we take care of the back-end systems to ensure uptime and stability is maximised. You as the VPS Administrator are responsible for the inner workings of the hosting environment.