VPS and VPN sometime get confused to a common man. People have some ambiguities about these two terms that what actually they and how they work? What are major differences of these two terms? Here is the detail of these questions one by one.
What are true meanings of VPS?
VPS is a service that a hosting company provides to host a website or application. Sometime people consider it like dedicated server but there is clear difference between these two dedicated server and VPS. In dedicated server the client can use a full physical server. On the other hand, for a virtual private server, the resources like RAM, Disk space, Processor etc. on the physical server are shared with more than one servers, and each server is called a virtualized server or VPS.
How VPS Do Functions?
It works according to the concept of virtualization. By default, in virtualization, the host device has a hypervisor that performs all the magic. Depending on the configuration, you allocate host device resources (that is, resources on the physical system) to the virtual private servers.
VPS can also run its own operating system on the hypervisor. Therefore, each VPS acts as a dedicated server at the client point and has all the applications that need to run without interrupting other VPS running on the same computer.
What is VPN in its true sense?
A virtual private network is a concept that allows access to the private network of an entity (eg, a corporate network) over a public network, such as the Internet.
In a nutshell, you can use the Internet in a specific way to connect to your local network and access your personal web pages or applications hosted on your private LAN.
How VPN do work?
It can be implemented in several ways. One of the protocols is the point-to-point tunneling protocol. In short, the tunneling protocol establishes a tunnel between the recipient and the sender and encrypts all data flowing from the sender to the receiver. Therefore, unauthorized interceptors cannot see the data.
VPN vs VPS?
It is not just about what is best, but about using the right tools for the right purpose. VPNs keep your connections private and secure, while VPS protects your devices and computers. Believe it or not, you can use a VPN in a VPS or connect to a VPS via a VPN. The only problem is that some VPS providers do not allow VPNs to be installed on their servers. In other cases, good programming skills are required. However, if possible, the benefits of both protocols will be useful. VPNs cannot keep your connection private, so you can connect to your VPS without anyone knowing. You can then use VPS to open suspicious e-mail, run programs from unknown providers without worrying about damaging your computer, or connect to websites where you can install malicious programs.
Bottom Line
The fundamental difference between the two is pretty obvious.
- P. imports physical devices and distributes them among different devices as if they had a dedicated server.
- P.N allows access to the private network from the public network.
Ashok Arora is CEO and Founder of eWebGuru a leading web hosting company of India. He is a tech enthusiast with more than 25 years of experience in Internet and Technology.
Ashok is Master in Electronics from a leading Indian university.
Ashok loves to write on cloud, servers, datacenter, virtualisation technology.
