A shared hosting environment has hundreds of web accounts hosted on the same server and share the same operating system and applications, whereas the Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a single dedicated server which has different compartments for multiple isolated servers. Each virtual server performs much like a single dedicated server, complete with root access and the ability to install programs of your choosing. A Private Server is much like having your own dedicated server, but at a much more affordable price. The VPS technology allows for configuration of disk and network space in a way that each VPS has its own operating system and can have almost the same power as the full server.

VPS hosting environment provides customers with their own private Unix virtual machine. Each VPS is a private and protected area that operates as an independent server. The beauty of VPS technology lies in creating multiple isolated Virtual Servers on a single physical server to share hardware, licenses and management effort with maximum efficiency. Each VPS performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server for its users and applications as it can be rebooted independently and has its own root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries and configuration files.