The latest in hosting technology, a Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) has  the advantages of a dedicated server -- for a lot less money.

Dotph, in coordination with Sphera, is now offering this revolutionary new technology to DotPH domain owners.

A VDS is created when a computer is divided into multiple, isolated servers. So you get the security and stability of a dedicated server at about the same cost as a shared hosting account. There is virtually no difference between having a VDS and having your own server.


The Security and Stability of a Dedicated Server

A shared hosting environment stores multiple users in the same directory. In contrast, VDS Technology divides a computer into multiple, isolated servers. This means that your data is safe from access by other users -- even those on the same physical server.

Each VDS has its own unique domain name (ie. yourcompany.PH) and functions much like a dedicated server.

Each VDS is isolated from the rest, with its own disk and network space, for added stability. Your VDS is protected from a crashed application on another customer's VDS because it has its own independent operating system, with isolated instances of Apache (web server), Sendmail (mail server) and all installed software. Just like a dedicated server, what happens to another customer's VDS has absolutely no effect on your VDS.


Shared Hosting VS. Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS)

A VDS is more stable and secure than traditional shared hosting.

Shared Hosting		DotPH VDS Hosting
All accounts on a server share certain directories whose files can be accessed by other account holders, which is undesirable from a security standpoint. Since they all share the same operating system, memory, cpu cycles and applications, an error on one account can easily cause the entire server to crash -- affecting all the other accounts on that server. One CPU-intensive account can cause an entire server to slow to a crawl - affecting other colocated accounts on that server. Likewise, one virus-infected bandwith-intensive account can hog a server's network interface, causing other accounts hosted on that server to stop receiving http requests, effectively shutting off the other accounts from the Internet. In addition, a memory-intensive account can consume all available RAM resources, causing other applications to "thrash" (that is, use disk space as memory), and thus slow the entire server down to a crawl.		VDS Technology provides a more secure and stable hosting environment. Each VDS has its own disk space, guaranteed network interface bandwidth, guaranteed cpu allocation, RAM and operating system. If a VDS on the same physical server crashes, the other accounts on the server are protected and remain unaffected. It is not possible for any account to use up all the RAM, disk space, network bandwidth, CPU cycles, or any other resources of the Hosting Server. Neither is it possible for one account to view/edit the files of any other account.