Traditional Shared Hosting     VPS Hosting   - Limited Control - Shared Environment - Shared Web Server - Shared Mail Server - Shared Database Server - Shared FTP Server     - Independent Secure   Environment - Dedicated Web Server - Dedicated Mail Server - Dedicated Database Server - Dedicated FTP Server

Most Web Hosting companies offer "shared" hosting. This means you literally share your resources, applications and environment with potentially hundreds of other users in the same directory. This configuration can allow any compromises to a single site to affect the performance and security of everyone else on the same server. Due to the increase of worldwide hacking & spamming, security & performance should be a priority to anyone with a website as it is with your computer itself.

With Virtual Private Server (VPS Hosting) Technology, also known as Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS Hosting) technology, a web server is divided into multiple isolated environments. Each environment has its own server software providing independence for that website. Any compromise to a site would only affect that individual VPS and could not affect any other site on the same server. As with a dedicated server, each VPS has its own independent web server, mail server and independent software instances. A crashed application in another client's VPS has no effect on your VPS.

This provides an environment of stronger security and greater performance for your website.