Increase It Cloud Computing Performance With Vps
Virtual Private Servers, or VPS, is today's hot IT topic
. Primarily, this "virtualization" involves partitioning a single server so it appears as multiple servers. So why should this matter to your company? Simply put, VPS boosts performance, cost savings, scalability and flexibility for your enterprise applications. This article will provide you with information about VPS as an enabler of cloud computing.VPS continues to gain traction as an IT cloud computing solution that can enhance your operations. Bridging the gap between shared hosting and dedicated hosting, VPS allows you to have an independent solution at a lower cost than deploying physical, dedicated servers.
By leveraging industry leading virtualization software, you can partition one physical server into multiple servers so each has the appearance and capabilities of running on a dedicated platform. Each virtual server runs its own operating system. With superuser-level access, you can install almost any software that runs on the OS, as well as perform system maintenance. For example, each virtual private server can be independently rebooted.
Using VPS to enable cloud computing, you can access your resources, applications and servers when and where they're needed. You don't need to buy costly, individual servers. Instead, you'll access the infrastructure for capacity on demand. And, you don't have to worry about ramping up your IT operations to deploy new applications or respond to changing market conditions. VPS solutions create an efficient, dynamic IT environment for your company.
Cloud computing using VPS creates numerous business-enhancing opportunities. For example:
- Eliminates purchasing requirements. You won't need new hardware nor incur capital expenditures.
- Lowers costs of deployment and management. You pay only for what you need.
- Accelerates turn-up. You don't wait for rack and stack or equipment shipments.
- Keeps pace with your organization's strategic initiatives. VPS helps to quickly scale your cloud computing environment in accordance with changing business requirements. Your IT operations will not hinder your company's revenue-generating projects.
- Provides access to best-of-breed IT infrastructures. You can take advantage of a world-class environment quickly and effortlessly.
- Protects your business with a high-availability environment and advanced levels of security. You'll prevent data losses from infrastructure failures.
- Enables customized solutions for your specific situation. With hardware and virtualization software, you can tailor a VPS solution to your business.
- Requires no hardware support contracts, spare parts or hardware life cycles to manage.
- Creates an energy efficient technology - considered greener for the future.
- Guarantees 99.99% uptime of your VPS environment.
VPS hosting solutions include the most advanced technical capabilities:
- Industry-leading virtualization technology.
- Highly reliable SAN disk storage using flexible RAID configurations.
- Built-in redundancy and survivability in all VPS offerings.
- Integration into existing environments, even if delivered on physical server hardware.
- Flexible server configurations that let you pick your processor count, RAM allocation and disk space allocation.
- Real-time disaster recovery solutions that leverage industry leading Fault Tolerance.
- Guaranteed System Availability SLA of 99.99%.
- Includes hardware, virtual host software licensing, and low latency SAN and LAN infrastructure.
- Support for Windows, UNIX and Linux.
- Includes Operating System management, virus control, hot fix/patch management and data backup processing on all VPS implementations.
- Monitoring and Reporting plus bandwidth usage tracking and reporting.
Regardless of your situation, you should consider all options when deciding on a cloud computing solution - a highly available and scalable IT infrastructure on demand. Today you have more options than ever before. You no longer have to build expensive, dedicated network, storage and server infrastructures. A VPS enabled cloud computing solution lets you access capacity in a flash and without capital investments. And, you can be up and running with a VPS solution quickly and easily.
by: Chuck Vermillion