Articles on Virtualization Platforms

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

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 [...]

Hyper-V VPS Hosting

Hyper-V VPS Hosting

Hyper-V is part of the new wave in webhosting technology. Formerly known as Windows Server Virtualization, Hyper-V is a hypervisor based virtualization system for some newer server systems provided by Microsoft. Hyper-V virtual private server (VPS) [...]