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WebFusion has given its virtual private server (VPS) range a complete revamp, providing industry-leading value for money and a raft of new features to maximise website performance.The new WebFusion VPSs have unlimited traffic with guaranteed and burstable RAM to ensure that websites perform, even when handling sudden traffic peaks. The latest version of the Plesk control panel, combined with the Virtuozzo control panel at the back end, provides webmasters with root access for complete control. Linux-based VPSs are Ruby and Ruby-on-Rails ready and run on Ubuntu 6.06, while Windows servers are equipped with SQL Server 2005 and ASP.net 2.0.

With prices from £14.99 per month, WebFusion VPSs are available on Linux and Windows, and are perfect for both webmasters of business critical websites and the reseller community.

“Our new range of virtual private servers is our best yet,” says Mark Beyer, sales and marketing director at WebFusion. “Server enhancements, such as guaranteed and burstable RAM, mean that our VPSs are a step closer to providing dedicated server performance, with a price normally associated with shared hosting. We believe these advancements make our VPS offering the best in class.”

Additional benefits of WebFusion VPS include:
• Lower prices, with servers available from £14.99 per month
• Better hardware: Dell PowerEdge 2950 Energy Smart
• New contention ratio for servers to reduce the effect of ‘noisy neighbours’ on the server
• Ruby preinstalled on Linux VPS and Ruby-on-Rails available via a single click in Plesk
• Extra disk space available
• SCSI RAID 10 for reliability and business continuity
• Plesk 8.1 installed as standard (worth £200)
• Root access available via Virtuozzo

For more information about Web HostingWebFusion VPS, please visit http://www.webfusion.co.uk/vps

This is pretty cool. There are a couple of reasons that I can see that would make this worth your while, even if you are a relatively small time blogger. Virtual Servers like they are talking about here are equivalent to dedicated servers except for the price. And basically unless you are getting 100k plus hits a day, you are not going to need a dedicated server. But, having a dedicated virtual server has a couple of benefits you might not be aware of.
1. If you have a dedicated server you are likely to get higher adsense clicks. That is you will get a higher amount per click on the ads you are serving on your blog. I have friends who have tested this and it seems to hold true.
2. You probably already know, but is worth repeating, is that your site will load faster. Increasing the user experience. There is nothing worse than a slow loading page. And if you have lots of posts or use pictures on your site, it may be loading slower than you think.
3. But, the biggest advantage of this kind of set up is that you have plenty of room to grow. In traffic terms, and in terms of how much data you have on your site.
You have to assess your situation and decide for yourself. Dedicated server versus shared hosting.
The way I see it, while shared hosting may be cheap.. like the old addage goes “you get what you pay for..”

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