– As mentioned earlier VPS is an abbreviation for Virtual Private Server i.e. a single machine is divided into individual servers, each of which acts like a dedicated machine. It is same as shared hosting in which number of websites is hosted on a single server, but treated a dedicated server for each website. If you move from any other type of Hosting plan to OpenVZ then a VPS web hosting provider will offer dedicated resources for your website and your website will be isolated from all the other websites that are hosted on the same system. As OpenVZ VPS server technology is based on the Linux kernel and OS, each instance will perform and execute exactly like a standalone server, which can be rebooted separately and also have a root access, IP address, memory, configuration files, CPU etc. Thus you will be able to utilize more resources efficiently.