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Even though it is rather new, the VPS web hosting service is quickly gaining strength and is becoming one of the most popular web hosting services, available today. This is due to the fact that more and more people realize the flexibility and the diversity that the Virtual Private Servers offer. To better understand that, let's have a look at

What a Private server is

On the shared hosting service, many users share the features of one server. This, of course, sets certain limitations on each client, for instance, the amount of CPU usage that the specific account may use. The crucial point is that if one shared web hosting account generates too much traffic, or takes too much of the CPU usage time, it will actually interfere with the performance of the other shared hosting accounts on that server. Therefore, accounts that exceed those limitations, usually get suspended by the web hosting provider, in order to keep the other shared accounts operational. Private web servers are dedicated to just one user, therefore, the risk of suspension is highly reduced. The private servers themselves fall under two categories- virtual servers and dedicated hosting servers. The dedicated servers are actual physical machines, while the virtual servers are virtual machines and are the cheaper equivalent of the dedicated web hosting servers.

Functionality of the VPS hosting

The VPS hosting services are known for their flexibility. They can be used for a variety of web hosting purposes, which vary from as far hosting an online VOIP system, to simply hosting a single webpage. Of course, the different services will require a different amount of programming and system administration skills, but the point is that virtual web servers can be used for practically any web hosting purpose possible.

Managing the VPS account

Back in the day, before the web hosting control panels were widely accepted by the web hosting community, the web hosting services were managed through secured shell consoles exclusively. Since the popularisation of the web hosting in general, however, today consoles are rarely used by the majority of hosting users. Nevertheless, the VPS accounts are private servers, therefore as such, their come without a web hosting control panel by default. People today are so used to using graphical interfaces that they believe that any web hosting service should have a control panel included in the package. The truth, however, is that the control panels are additional programs that are installed on the web servers. When a new web server is created, it has no control panel. The system administrator has to install the hosting CP manually, if he wishes to have one of course. Therefore, since VPS accounts are in fact private web servers, they come without a control panel by default. Most web hosting companies do offer web hosting control panels as additional services to their VPS plans, however the user has to specify that he wishes to have that additional service, otherwise the server will be provided to him with just access through a console. Managing a VPS without a control panel can be quite hard for a novice web hosting user, therefore, it is always advisable to order the server with a CP. A good solution for a VPS control panel, is the cPanel.

The cPanel control panel

The cPanel is one of the most popular web hosting control panels, which can be found throughout the web today. It became popular due to its three-layered system, which made it useful in the web hosting reseller services. In addition, the cPanel has been around for quite some time, therefore, it is quite stable and reliable control panel, which on the other hand is quite easy to install on a web server. The three-layered system, allows for the web server to be divided between three types of users- Administrators, Resellers and End users. Each type has access to a certain type of control panel, through which the Admins are able to create/manage cPanel hosting reseller accounts and the cPanel hosting reseller accounts are able to do the same with the End user accounts. Being easy to install, easy to use and quite versatile, the cPanel control panel is a great solution for any VPS hosting service. Through it, the client may not only manage his hosting features and websites, but can also divide the unused VPS space into different shared hosting accounts, which can then be resold to other people.

Control panel alternatives

As mentioned, there are many different control panels available out there and some of them are even better than the cPanel, in certain aspects of course. The main strenght of the cPanel is the ability to be used for reselling web space. However, if the VPS user does not intend to get involved in reselling, then there are some great alternatives, which can be used on the VPS instead. The truth is that, although popular, the cPanel is quite outdated. There are many other web hosting control panels, which are newer and much more efficient, when it comes to managing the web hosting service itself. Realising that, some hosting companies have even created their own hosting control panels, which are specifically suited for their web hosting services, as it is the case with the Hepsia control panel of Lonex.com, which is offer not only with their shared hosting services, but with their VPS plans as well. Therefore, depending on the purpose the VPS, the user has the possibility to choose between a verity of control panels and is not limited to cPanel only.