Playgrounds, large-scale business projects, the main interests of which are partially or completely concentrated on the Internet, as a rule, have several sites with a large number of visits. For such sites, the safety, security of data and the consistently high throughput of hundreds of users at the same time are important. Any proximity to third-party sites on dedicated server very undesirable for them. This implies that these projects have their own resource or rent it. Both options are not cheap, especially the first one.
At the same time, there are many developing companies, Internet startups, which need a dedicated physical server from the first days of their existence, but so far cannot bear such financial expenses. There is a reasonable alternative to this - a virtual web server. It functions like a physical one, but does not create gaps in the budget for its owners, which is very important for business projects at the initial stage of their formation. It is not difficult for a virtual resource to adequately withstand medium loads, with the advent of high loads, the opportunity to change hosting will come.
How a virtual server works
The physical server is divided into zones independent of each other using virtualization technologies. Each isolated zone is a virtual computer that completely duplicates the functions of a shared server and has its own operating system. It is not affected in any way by the actions of the same groups located side by side on the same physical machine. It is possible to install an operating system on a virtual server according to your preferences or project requirements.
Web server security
Often, security issues become an obstacle to the transition to virtualization technologies for storage systems, applications, hardware, software and server systems. Technologies for protecting the physical server environment are still the most effective. If you duplicate these technologies in a virtual environment, there will be no positive result, only virtualization will be limited. For complete protection virtual server should have a new overall security structure, and a separate security system operating inside the DSC (data storage and processing center). Before purchasing a virtual server, you should carefully analyze its vulnerabilities, taking into account the characteristics of your Internet project.