Competitive Comparison
There are essentially two hosting solutions available on the
Internet today: "virtual hosting" and Virtual Servers. Though the terms seem
similar, the underlying functionality of the two solutions is
very different. Understanding the differences between "virtual
hosting" and Virtual Servers can have a significant impact on
your hosting decision.
Web Hosting solutions
consist of two components:
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the hardware (CPU,
memory, disk drives, etc.)
-
the software (web,
ftp, and pop servers, email gateway, and any third party
applications or CGI scripts)
In a "virtual hosting"
environment, both the hardware and software are configured
and controlled by the server administrators. Therefore, you
are left with little to no control over how your server
functions. This kind of inflexible solution simply shares the
single set of software applications on the physical server.
You in effect have only "subletted" software resources
controlled and maintained by someone else!
In a true Virtual
Server environment only the hardware is controlled and
maintained by our administrators. The software (i.e. the Web,
FTP, POP/IMAP services) is completely autonomous and affords
the client complete flexibility, control, and power over how
his or her Internet services behave.
How is this
accomplished? The Virtual Server host server is multiplexed
or partitioned into many Virtual Servers (we partition the
Operating System, not just the web server). Each Virtual
Server can be customized at your discretion. This solution,
developed and pioneered by us, is far superior to the simple
"virtual hosting" solution so many vendors offer on the
Internet today. By choosing us, you choose control, you
choose flexibility, you choose power.
Is
your web site currently being virtually
hosted?
Chances are, yes. Almost all Internet Presence Providers
provide only simple Virtual Hosting solutions for their
clients. As you review the chart below, compare the
capabilities of your current web site to those of a Virtual
Server. If you find that your current hosting solution has
less "YES's" than "NO's", you are using a solution inferior
to what you would enjoy as one of our customers.
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Features
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Virtual
Server
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Virtual
Hosting
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Complete
control of server environment
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YES
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NO
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Individual
Web server (HTTP)
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YES
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NO
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Individual
FTP server*
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YES
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NO
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Individual
POP/IMAP server*
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YES
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NO
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Individual
SMTP gateway
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YES
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NO
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"Virtual
Root" access
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YES
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NO
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Complete
Telnet access
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YES
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Maybe
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Access to
configuration files
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YES
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NO
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Full CGI-bin
access
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YES
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Maybe
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Complete log
files
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YES
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Maybe
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In addition to the
performance and flexibility of our Virtual Servers, our
Virtual Servers also offer "virtual hosting" capabilities. In
other words, "virtual hosting" is a feature of our Virtual
Servers. Our Virtual Servers allow you to create virtual web
hosts (each with their own domain name), virtual email,
virtual ftp logins, and quota support. Most of our
competitors simply offer virtual hosting, which is simply a
single feature of our Virtual Servers.
A real Virtual Server
is not simply a virtually hosted (VirtualHost) site on a web
server we control, rather we give you "virtual root" access.
When you telnet to your Virtual Server you will see
directories such as "dev", "usr", "bin", "etc". In your "etc"
directory you will find your own "passwd", "aliases", and
"sendmail.cf" files... this allows you unlimited flexibility
to add as many POP accounts, aliases, autoresponders as you
would like.
With our Virtual
Servers you will also find an entire "usr/local/etc/httpd"
directory structure including your own httpd.conf, srm.conf,
and access.conf files, your own logs, and cgi-bin. Basically
our Virtual Server acts and behaves like a dedicated server,
you have complete control of your web, ftp, and email
services. The basic differences between a dedicated server
and an our Virtual Server is the disk space and the
price.
Price Comparison
For the quality of service you receive, our Virtual Server prices are unbelievably
low. In fact, if you factor in the additional surcharges many
other hosting companies add for additional bandwidth and POP
accounts, we are the price leader.
If you could have the
power of a Virtual Server at a virtual hosting price, why
would you pay more for less???
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