Managed Linux server profesionals

Xen is really good for running Virtual Private Servers with root access and dedicated RAM. It’s a true virtualization platform that offers multiple local root servers on one physical server hardware. With XEN VPS you get your own virtual server with fully dedicated memory (RAM), process list, file system and a share of central hardware CPU.

Xen Virtual Private Server is perfect for sites that require custom software installation, or even custom daemon configuration that canāt be run on a shared server. Plus, VPS offers better security because you have your own file system that is not shared with other web sites.

However, VPS is a like a small dedicated server - you will probably need skills to manage it. I suggest you read some Linux books and on-line manuals to get familiar with it, otherwise someone may compromise your VPS.

Many folks ask us what is the best platform/OS for web hosting platform? Is it Centos, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Suse or Fedora. While, Centos, FreeBSD, Fedora is more common in USA, SUSE beats deployment statistics in Europe - Germany. Finding Suse and Gento from USA dedicated server companies is somewhat tricky. I am of course not speaking about virtual private servers.

I don’t like much Fedora either because of quick end-of-life (EOF) for updates and upgrading usually costs money, requires downtime and somewhat complex for novice users. So we have rounded down to Centos Linux or FreeBSD. Very good, let’s continue.

FreeBSD is powerful BSD oriented operating system, very reliable, secure (of course if you update it as all other OS) and scalable. Centos is a Redhat Enterprise whitebox clone that is reliable and easy to keep updated due to YUM interface. Much longer EOF comparing to Fedora makes it a much better choice.

While I am more oriented towards Linux - Centos would be my choice of the best OS from the list above, however if you are BSD savvy user - more Unix oriented, go for FreeBSD - it’s powerful, IO-fast, high performance box you could count on.