There are different types of web hosting solutions available in the online market. On the basis of type of operating system, there are usually three types of hosting solutions – Linux, Unix and Windows hosting. Likewise, on the basis of the type of web server, there are three types of hosting solutions – shared, VPS and dedicated server hosting. However, the type of server does not mean that they use different types of hardware equipment or things like that.
How Much Control You Get On Your Web Server
When we say ‘type of server’, it usually refers to the type of control that you get on your web server. For example, the shared server does not provide you complete control over its resources. If Linux is installed on that server, you will be forced to use only Linux based hosting solution. You cannot ask your web host to change the operating system to Windows just because your requirements have changed. Besides, since multiple users are sharing a single server, no two users can have different operating systems.
On the other hand, when you go for VPS or dedicated server hosting, you get complete control over the server. In case of a dedicated server, the entire server belongs to you while in case of the VPS hosting, you still share the server with multiple users, though the allocations are different and standalone. That means the specific allocation assigned to you on a VPS server remains unaffected in spite of any activity on other allocations on the same server.
