VPS Hosting Service
Quadra Hosting's VPS Hosting service is here in Australia!
Introduction to VPS Hosting
Virtual Private Server offers a cost-effective solution by dividing and allocating the resources (processing power, memory and storage) of a physical server into several virtual machines. Each VPS is isolated and protected from one another through the virtualisation technology, and has a guaranteed amount of available resources and performance.
Quadra Hosting's VPS Hosting Packages
To view our VPS Hosting packages and pricing, please click on one of the icons below:
Linux VPS Hosting |
Windows VPS Hosting |
Comparison between shared hosting, VPS Hosting, and a dedicated server:
| Shared Hosting | VPS Self Managed |
Dedicated Server | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Low | Medium | High |
| Performance | Low | Medium | High |
| Security | Low | High | High |
| Ease of management | Very easy | Medium | Medium |
| Technical Support | Full support | Self managed | Self managed |
| Upgradability | Easy | Easy | Hard |
| Provisioning Time | Quick | Quick | 1-2 weeks |
| Install your own applications | No | Yes | Yes |
| Root/Administrator Access | No | Yes | Yes |
| Set your own time zone | No - only GMT | Yes | Yes |
| Technical Skills Required | Low | Medium - high | Medium - high |
| Managed Kernel Patch / Upgrade | Yes | Yes | No |
Performance Guarantee Through Resource Isolation
Shared hosting environment offers no performance guarantee to each individual web site. If a particular web site in a shared hosting environment is under attack or has a badly written application that consumes the processing power or memory of the entire server, other web sites sharing that same server will also suffer.
A dedicated server may provide a solution to this problem by simply not sharing the server with any other customers, thus ensuring that your sites will never be affected by other web sites' problems. The cost for a dedicated server can be quite high, however.
Virtual Private Server offers a middle ground between performance isolation guarantee and cost effectiveness. A VPS is like a mini server that each is guaranteed to have a certain amount of processing power and memory. Other VPS's on the same physical hardware cannot monopolise the cpu or memory of the entire server.
VPS Hosting Support Options
For more information on the scope of support on VPS hosting packages, please see our VPS hosting support.Quadra Hosting VPS Benefits
Generally a VPS system would provide you with these:- Provides you with total control through full root / administrator privileges
- Gives you the ability to install any software / application just like having a dedicated server
- Lower cost compared to a dedicated server
- Securely isolates your VPS from other VPS's on the same hardware
- Provides the ability to power down or reset your VPS when required
Quadra Hosting's VPS hosting offers all the above plus the following benefits:
- Based on a solid and proven Virtuozzo server virtualisation technology
- Additionally, provides HSPComplete control panel, an integrated billing, provisioning and management tool from the same company who created Virtuozzo. It monitors and controls the Virtuozzo servers and allows you to manage your VPS from the outside, whilst integrating with the Plesk control panel to manage your VPS from the inside.
- Provides Virtuozzo Power Panel to help control your VPS
- Offers some pre-packaged applications for easy installation
- Provides a guaranteed level of CPU and RAM that are reserved exclusively for your VPS
- Allows your VPS to use the maximum available CPU and RAM to utilise idle / unused resources up to the maximum capacity of the hardware for more performance boost
- Provides backup/restore functionality to easily create complete snapshots of your VPS for easy restoration.
- Easily upgrade or downgrade to a bigger or smaller VPS environment to keep up with the increasing demand on your web site / applications.
- Offers scalability by enabling a seamless upgrade to a dedicated server where your VPS utilises an entire the machine exclusively for the ultimate performance benefit
- Provides the best reliability and performance by utilising high-end Dell servers backed by a 24x7x4 hardware maintenance plan
- Connected to Quadra Hosting's high speed and redundant network for the best performing Australian VPS hosting service
The following diagram depicts how VPS sits within a physical hardware:
Next step: browse our VPS Hosting plans for the two supported platforms:
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Linux VPS Hosting |
Windows VPS Hosting |
If you have any questions on Quadra Hosting's VPS hosting, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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