We have spent the last few months getting ready to startup VPS and learned a bunch. There are a few things that are ringing in my head as we push forward into this marketplace. Are we making the best choice for what the customers will want? I mean it’s pretty obvious why some would want to buy VPS; for the value of course compared to true dedicated server offerings. It’s just a perfect next step from shared without having to incur all the expense of a dedicated.
Well.. the big players are Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtuozzo, VMware and freeVPS. I know, there are at least 6 or so more you might like and please feel free to comment on them.
In all it’s easy to see the high level differences, advantages and disadvantages. VMware being more a true virtual server setup, but weighing heavy on resource consumption. Virtuozzo tending more towards a lighter virtual server and allowing a lower dollar/higher density plan type offerings. FreeVPS being good but maybe harder to support. Microsoft limiting the amount of instances to 4, I believe. We also had to consider APIs to the solutions. How do you automate management? We are still learning about the full automation and I will add more later to what we know.
All good solutions; all have their ups and downs. I think it’s just what fits your needs better.
If market trends continue, more and more low dollar, less secure “garage style” hosts will be entering the market. Also, the big players will offer more and freer hosting for this same market segment. Competition for this space will be tough for higher volume VPS instance per server offerings.
I would see most small business clients heading towards a smaller / true VPS model with a fair amount of resources available. This will benefit them the most.
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