VPS stands for Virtual Private Server meaning that the entire file system of the machine is dedicated to you. Unlike our basic web hosting packages, all of the disk space, RAM, virtual CPU cores, etc. will be dedicated for your use.

A virtual private server (VPS) is a virtual machine that runs its own copy of an operating system, and customers may have superuser-level access to that operating system instance, so they can install almost any software that runs on that OS.

For many purposes they are functionally equivalent to a dedicated physical server, and being software-defined, are able to be much more easily created and configured.

They are priced much lower than an equivalent physical server, but as they share the underlying physical hardware with other VPSs, performance may be lower, and may depend on the workload of other instances on the same hardware node.

Most of our customers upgrade from our basic web hosting to a VPS once their website or customer base outgrows their package. If your website begins using up too much of your allocated virtual or physical memory, our technicians will often recommend upgrading to a VPS to allow all of your traffic to be able to access the website.

It basically works like this: if you intend to conduct eCommerce on your website, accepting credit cards and selling goods or services, then you need the Business plan. If you don’t need eCommerce functionality, but do intend to host more than one domain, then the Maxi Plus plan should be perfect for you. If your intention is to host a single domain without eCommerce, then the Maxi plan should meet your needs. It’s really just those 3 factors that determine the best plan for you

All of our VPS hosting packages are managed meaning we install, secure, and keep updated the core software. This includes the operating system, CentOS 7, the control panel, Web Host Manager with cPanel, and your database engine, MySQL or MariaDB. We also have a 24/7/365 monitoring team that is on standby to bring your server back online incase of a failure.

Yes. During the sign-up process you’ll be able to order nightly backups for your server. We will automatically back up everything once a day and you’ll be able to restore from them inside our control panel at anytime.

Unlike traditional VPS hosting infrastructures, Hostingbloc is built on top of our high-speed cloud allowing additional resources (CPU, RAM) to be added in real time upon request.

The cloud also adds additional redundancy to our VPS hosting as resources are pooled together from multiple pieces of hardware vs. one single dedicated server. We also do not use traditional hard drives but rather solid-state drives (SSD) that don’t have moving parts and offer much better performance.

Each one of our VPS instances comes with 10,000GB (5TB) of monthly bandwidth. All inbound bandwidth is free hence the 10TB is only outbound bandwidth.