Articles on Virtualization Platforms

Articles about different Virtualization Platforms such as Microsoft Hyper-V, Parallels Virtuozzo, VMware ESX, Xen, KVM, OpenVZ and many others.

Optimizing the Hyper-V VPS Environment: Remote Desktop Connection Makes It Easy

Optimizing the Hyper-V VPS Environment: Remote Desktop Connection Makes It Easy

Virtual private server (VPS) systems have become more popular in recent years due to their enhanced cost efficiency and flexibility in storing data and providing platforms for business, gaming and other uses. Released in conjunction with [...]

VPS vs. VDS: What’s the Difference?

VPS vs. VDS: What’s the Difference?

You know you need a server, but you have a choice between VPS hosting and VDS hosting. They both seem similar, so what differences exist between the two products? Here we look at the ways a [...]

Comparing HyperVisor Vitualization: Hyper-V vs. Xen

Comparing HyperVisor Vitualization: Hyper-V vs. Xen

“Which hypervisor offers the best virtualized platform?” This is a question that you might see asked these days among many IT. According to various polls, most administrators prefer VMware ESX or ESXi over the other free [...]

Container vs. Hypervisor: The Key Question in Web Server Virtualization

Container vs. Hypervisor: The Key Question in Web Server Virtualization

If you’ve made the decision to go with virtual server hosting, you’re now faced with a second very important decision: do you utilize a container arrangement, such as Parallel’s Virtuozzo VPS, or a hypervisor solution such [...]

VPS Disk Space: “Enough” is Rarely Enough

VPS Disk Space: “Enough” is Rarely Enough

VPS disk space is relatively inexpensive, and therefore it pays to make sure that you purchase a VPS hosting account with enough disk space to enable you to grow your site. As your site expands, and [...]

The Top 5 Virtualization Platforms for VPS hosting

The Top 5 Virtualization Platforms for VPS hosting

A virtualization platform is necessary to provide VPS Hosting clients with ease of use and familiarity; it creates virtual hardware that lets the client interact with his VPS server as if it were an actual physical [...]

Virtualization Options: Hyper-V VPS vs. Virtuozzo VPS

Virtualization Options: Hyper-V VPS vs. Virtuozzo VPS

The two major competitors in the world of the virtual private server are the Hyper-V VPS server, produced by Microsoft, and the [...]

Virtuozzo VPS Hosting: Benefits For Business

Virtuozzo VPS Hosting: Benefits For Business

VPS Hosting allows businesses to have a virtual server environment where they can have almost complete control over how the server works. The virtual server lives on a physical server that hosts other virtual servers, but [...]

Hyper-V VPS vs Virtuozzo VPS

Hyper-V VPS vs Virtuozzo VPS

The two major virtual private server programs on the market today are Microsoft’s Hyper-V and Parallels’ Virtuozzo. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, and each has its place depending on what you need. Microsoft’s Hyper-V VPS [...]