In today’s modern technology, a website is one of the most critical components if you want to develop a business and grow it globally. The era of small business has vanished, and the time when every business will be known to worldwide has arrived. In this new world, there’s a growth been seen in an innovative industry for web hosting needs of specific clients in this area. In this article, you will see the two of the most common ways of fulfilling those hosting needs, by utilizing VPS hosting versus utilizing reseller hosting.
Introduction to VPS Hosting
VPS means Virtual Private Server. In a VPS, specialized virtualization technology is used that enables the distribution of resources on a larger server (called a parent server) into smaller parts that run a completely controlled operating system. These partitions each are considered as a complete server that can host multiple websites on multiple user accounts.
The major difference between a VPS and a traditional shared server is in the way resources are distributed between the users. The letter P in VPS means Private and this indicates that the resources allotted for each instance are particularly yours and won’t be further distributed to any other users. If on a VPS, you pull resources from the parent server, only you will have access to it and not other users. Moreover, VPS hosting offers you root user level access. On a shared server, you only get domain-level access and the server access is only given when the server administrator openly grants other permissions. Managed VPS server is slightly different from the traditional VPS server. In managed VPS, you get to choose control panels, allowing complete control over it.
Introduction to Reseller Hosting
In reseller hosting, the owner of a large server resells some portion of the disk space and bandwidth to other users. Actually, the reseller rents out disk space for a website to different users and this provides an access to the internet for that account. The reseller hosting provider provides you billing tool like WHMCH, unlimited database, and control panel which helps in managing your websites easily and securely.
You can use multiple types of servers or services for reseller hosting. These comprise of VPS servers, private VPS parent servers, dedicated servers and Cloud Sites servers. Resellers can sell the web hosting services with their own brand name with the white-label feature is available. MilesWeb offers white label reseller hosting to its customers. Moreover in reseller hosting, you get to resell domains too which add in to your profit. Many web hosting providers offer a domain reseller account through which you can sell different domains and TLDs.
Usage of VPS and Reseller Hosting
Have you been asked by some clients that “how does a site function on a VPS versus reseller?” The functionality and appearance of the website still remain the same and it would function on a VPS server, dedicated server, cloud server or a private cloud server in the same manner. The only thing that should be considered when select a platform is the way the resource allocation and assignments are related with the account. If the allocated resources to a server are limited, there would be issue in running a resource-intensive web application or software program. This might happen when it exceeds the utilization of those allocated resources. Due to this, there would be a slowdown on the server and there would be an effect on the website or software application’s loading speed.
When it is ensured that all the resources are free and available by default, it will prevent any issues that might occur on the server, the applications and the clients in future. This should be primarily important when you introduce web services where you will host the website or app. If this aspect or growth isn’t considered, it will lead to loss of site ranking, client frustration, the possibility of limited outages, and overall dissatisfaction with your hosting experience.
The Verdict
Lastly, the VPS and reseller hosting options offer two specific uses. Both of them can offer multiple benefits based on the business model that you are using and your business needs. With a VPS, you can host a limited number of sites that receive medium traffic levels or disk usage. Similarly, the reseller hosting allow you to host a significant amount of smaller sites.