Hi,
A Virtual Dedicated Server and a Virtual Private Server is the same thing.
The word virtual means that they appear/act like private or dedicated
Servers.
On both dedicated and virtual dedicated systems you have full
control. On virtual systems you often get managed support whereas with
dedicated servers you are most likely on your own when it comes to
update the system, secure your server....
The main difference between the systems is that VDS/VPS accounts share
one complete server, each on their own partition. A partition is physically
separated, that's why they call it private/dedicated. You still share your
server with other VPS/VDS accounts but only a few compared to a few
hundred on a shared hosting account.
Also shared hosting accounts reside all on the same partition, that's the
reason why you can not have full control over the server. With VPS/VDS
you can have full control since they act like a dedicated system. A dedicated
server makes sense only if you have a very, very, very large site like
(dababase extensive/very high traffic sites) Sedo.com, CNN.com,
Godaddy.com ..., and only if you are experienced in server setup
and maintenance.
I hope this review helped.
Chris
PANOPHERIC Virtual Imaging
http://www.panospheric.com :banned: