VPS (Virtual Private Server) is not a game. Shared hosting also. While you may consider a dedicated server is a large piece of metal, which is the most difficult to manage and co-hosting a tinker toy is the easiest to handle, the VPS server in the middle of the spectrum. 90% of the websites the world will be well positioned with an initial VPS plan, if I tweak and optimize everything you can think of a professional administrator. This is a strong slightly more expensive than the common home.

After using a number of VPS servers for some years, a few thoughts and ideas to share with you, if you are going to buy VPS hosting.

1. I never go to a VPS with only 192MB of RAM. The system, generally, than 150MB of it, there was barely enough for their own applications, not to mention the server administration software, such as WHM / cPanel. They are generally the most essential host clients are not technical, so that they themselves need it, so the server without typing commands at the console. And WHM / cPanel significant part of the cost of RAM. 256 is not desirable either, unless you run an empty box with only the basic software, such as a lamp.

2. VPS is not a centrally managed server hosting, which is usually the company’s vast supply. We have to worry about the security yourself. Though there are plenty of tutorials and step by step guide on how to harden the server, then it would be even better if left to the experts. Therefore, unless a Linux security expert / experienced administrator yourself, get managed and un-managed VPS hosting as well. Or simply not receiving all the important sites in the box.

3. VPS is cheaper than a shared hosting (unit-wise), but it still does not come close to dedicated solutions in terms of cost-effectiveness. Because when a physical server to a bunch of cut slices (VPS), all of them are significant overall, ie, a small Linux system running on each of all consumers in approximately 100 MB of RAM, not to mention the overhead of the parent system, which is running on the physical server. In other words, if a physical server is sliced apart, there are much greater proportion of resources is expected that the system, and there will be fewer resources left to their own website compared to using dedicated servers.

4. VPS as customizable as a dedicated hosting account, it performs very own sales, you can do anything root access.