Difference between Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Dedicated Servers

A dedicated server provides the facility of web hosting to serve a specific task, such as hosting a high-end gaming application, or website. It is also known as a dedicated hosting service or managed hosting service. Dedicated servers offer immense power and flexibility to clients as they can use the entire server. With a dedicated server, the server is a computer that is reserved explicitly on a network for your application or website.

This type of server is custom-configured to your application which can be a private cloud, web hosting, a database, gaming, etc. Any website that can have more than a thousand visitors every day can use dedicated servers for uninterrupted & fast hosting service.

Virtual Private Server (VPS)

VPS hosting is the most popular hosting service that you can use for your website. This type of hosting server provides an intermediary service for businesses that are not ready to opt for a full dedicated server. In short, VPS hosting is usually used by website owners which have a medium-range of traffic on their website but still don’t require an exclusive dedicated server.

In VPS hosting, a virtual server acts like a physical server but in reality, the machine is shared among several users.

Now, let’s know about the major difference between Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Server.

A dedicated server would be equivalent to possessing an apartment or house. Having owned a house you get certain ownership like parking or any other facilities and there are no shared resources. Things are the same with a dedicated server you are accountable for all configuration, maintenance, and technical setup. With a dedicated server, you have much more resource availability, though are completely responsible if anything goes wrong.

For those not required to own a dedicated server, however, still want a certain amount of dedicated resources, then a VPS is a good option. It provides the user with a good blend of dedicated resources as well as a certain level of support if something goes wrong.

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