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Virtual Private Server
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Better Control Over Server Resources
With VPS reseller plans, software technology allows resellers to multiplex all the resources of a single dedicated server. It differs from shared web hosting in that VPS gives resellers most of the root admin functions usually available only to the actual server administrator.
VPS hosting is rapidly becoming a popular solution for consumers and resellers alike; however, unless you have the technical skills to manage servers at the root level, you should stick with the private label reseller hosting model using shared hosting.
Virtual Isn't Real
With VPS hosting, system resources are considered to be "virtual" in the sense that the CPU and memory are distributed, yet they appear to customers as if they belonged to them exclusively.
This is somewhat deceptive to the end-users as well as to the resellers, because, while one reseller may appear to have low resource utilization, other users on the same VPS server can cause its performance to be degraded, affecting all users on that server.
Furthermore, the root permissions granted to a VPS end user can be quite risky because one wrong decision can impact all the other users of that server.
The Bottom Line
For the reasons above, it’s probably a better idea to start with a private label reseller (shared hosting) program and eventually move to a dedicated web server.
