{"id":492,"date":"2008-04-30T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/web-hosting\/index.php\/2008\/04\/30\/vps-hosting-vs-shared-hosting\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:04:55","slug":"private-server-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/private-server-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Servers ( VPS )"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How is a Virtual Private Server different than shared hosting?<\/p>\n<p>A VPS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/web-servers\/linux-vps-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Virtual Private Server<\/span><\/a>) Hosting eliminates the restrictions of shared hosting by giving you the power and flexibility exactly like a dedicated server with your own set of services and with more disk space. Shared hosting is limited in comparison to <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Virtual Private Server<\/span> because its users do not have administrative access and software configurations cannot be customized, despite the fact that physical resources are also multiplexed.<\/p>\n<p>With a <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Virtual Private Server<\/span> you can control your own unique file system. And CGI-BIN, disk space, system resources, bandwidth and memory allotments. You will get root access to your <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Virtual Private Server<\/span> by which you can install application from you end.<\/p>\n<p>Bodhost provides both <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Virtual Private Server<\/span> as well as Windows Virtual private servers. All our VPS are fully managed and 24&#215;7 monitored. 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