Virtual Private Servers Definition

Virtual private servers offer a flexible and high-performance solution for your heavy resource-consuming websites and applications. You will take advantage of a stable and fully independent virtual server environment and your virtual private servers will perform just like a standalone dedicated web server.

You can restart your VPS web server whenever you like and, with full root access to the machine at hand, you can activate any software apps you like. With any of DreamHost's VPS packages, you can manage IP addresses, memory, processes, apps, system libraries and config files independently of the other virtual private servers hosting accounts on the same machine.

KVM and OpenVZ-Based Virtual Private Servers

DreamHost's brand new line of KVM and OpenVZ-powered virtual private servers solutions blends stability and reliability with a modest price. Both virtualization technologies guarantee better resource utilization and a non-conflict environment for your applications.

With the low-priced virtual private servers offered by DreamHost, you have a guaranteed amount of CPU and RAM resources. DreamHost also guarantees 5-10 times faster backups. SSDs will ensure faster speeds for your websites and applications, regardless of how loaded the machine itself is. The Memcached distributed memory object caching system and the Varnish Cache web accelerator will increase your website's speed even more.