Vps

[James72]

What reason exactly would one require to set up a VPS?
Are VPS's only useful for large networks, or can we also use them at home?
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[Ronin]

There is a VPS forum below this one, perhaps admin can move this post there

Anyway, this is a general description of a VPS-
In computing, Virtual private servers are a means of splitting a single physical server into multiple virtual servers. Virtual private servers are sometimes called virtual dedicated servers. The practice of partitioning a single server so that it appeared as multiple servers was common practice in the days of mainframe computers, but has seen a resurgence lately with the development of software such as User-mode Linux and Xen.

And no, it can be used anywhere.. not just on big networks.
Its great for splitting your server up into several "virtual servers".

[Soulwatcher]

Most VPS servers are set up for profit. I don't not know of anyone that set up a VPS server for personal use. A VPS is use to divide a large server into smaller servers. Most VPS servers are dual processors with 8GB+ of ram. You couldn't probably get more than 4 VPS servers out of a normal server. Before performance took a dive.