Shared Hosting vs. VPS Hosting: What About Security?
A shared hosting account has all of your files and web sites set on the same server as many other people’s files and sites. This can sometimes cause a problem for you or, maybe, for them. With a VPS hosting account that problem is all but eliminated. With a VPS (Virtual Private Server), all of your files are separated from everyone else’s on the server. There is an existing firewall that keeps things from affecting you, should they go wrong in any of the other files on that server. It is the best thing going for security next to a true dedicated server and many people have up-graded to this moderately increased priced account just so that things that can go wrong won’t with their important web pages. They are a little pricier; however, they do settle some of the problems that would otherwise throw your best web sites into a jumble for reasons that do not involve anything you have done. Shared: Less cost, less security. VPS: A little more cost, more security.
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