Understanding the Difference Between Physical Machines, Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and Dedicated Virtual Machines (VMs) The following chart should provide a basic understanding of the differences between the service offerings. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us for more information. Function Physical VPS Dedicated VM  Hosting  Details High Availability Only available in clustered farms High platform availability with automatic hardware failover is built into the VMware-based virtualized environment Managed Infrastructure Optional Partially* The hardware underlying the virtualized infrastructure is monitored and managed by skilled engineers 24x7 Deployment Weeks/Months  Hours/Days Hours/Days Physical infrastructure needs to be specified, ordered and delivered Dedicated Resources (CPU, RAM) VMWare Server allows precise and accurate control over resource allocation, ensuring you receive what you pay for as a minimum Dedicated Performance VMWare Server's precise resource control guarantees your performance cannot be impacted by other customers Independence from underlying OS Only the true virtualization of VMWare Server allows complete independence from an underlying OS  Migration from existing hosting environment Non-trivial Possible* Fast & Efficient P2V (Physical to Virtualized) tools can be used to smooth the migration path Upgrading Processor Speed Non-trivial Possible* Fast & Efficient Upgrading physical infrastructure requires specification, ordering and delivering and installation of any component. This is a trivial change in a virtualized environment.  Upgrading RAM Non-trivial Possible* Fast & Efficient Upgrading HDD Non-trivial Possible* Fast & Efficient Cloning Possible* Cloning a production environment for development purposes is easily delivered using virtualized dedicated hosting Daily Server Image Snapshots Non-trivial Possible* Daily snapshots and backups are included in a VMware-based environment

Understanding the Difference Between Physical Machines, Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and Dedicated Virtual Machines (VMs) The following chart should provide a basic understanding of the differences between the service offerings. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us for more information. Function Physical VPS Dedicated VM  Hosting  Details High Availability Only available in clustered farms High platform availability with automatic hardware failover is built into the VMware-based virtualized environment Managed Infrastructure Optional Partially* The hardware underlying the virtualized infrastructure is monitored and managed by skilled engineers 24x7 Deployment Weeks/Months  Hours/Days Hours/Days Physical infrastructure needs to be specified, ordered and delivered Dedicated Resources (CPU, RAM) VMWare Server allows precise and accurate control over resource allocation, ensuring you receive what you pay for as a minimum Dedicated Performance VMWare Server's precise resource control guarantees your performance cannot be impacted by other customers Independence from underlying OS Only the true virtualization of VMWare Server allows complete independence from an underlying OS  Migration from existing hosting environment Non-trivial Possible* Fast & Efficient P2V (Physical to Virtualized) tools can be used to smooth the migration path Upgrading Processor Speed Non-trivial Possible* Fast & Efficient Upgrading physical infrastructure requires specification, ordering and delivering and installation of any component. This is a trivial change in a virtualized environment.  Upgrading RAM Non-trivial Possible* Fast & Efficient Upgrading HDD Non-trivial Possible* Fast & Efficient Cloning Possible* Cloning a production environment for development purposes is easily delivered using virtualized dedicated hosting Daily Server Image Snapshots Non-trivial Possible* Daily snapshots and backups are included in a VMware-based environment