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- Connectivity
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- Disaster Recovery
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Who is Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers, and Cloud Services?
Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers, and Cloud Services provides hosted compute infrastructure in which single-tenant physical servers, logically isolated virtual private servers, and on-demand cloud resources are delivered to organizations that require controlled performance, workload isolation, and scalable capacity.
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- Single-tenant dedicated server hosting with exclusive hardware allocation
- Virtual private server hosting with isolated virtualized resources
- Infrastructure as a service for on-demand compute, storage, and networking
- Managed hosting, provisioning, and network connectivity options
- Scalable infrastructure for web, application, and database workloads
More About Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers, and Cloud Services
In enterprise environments, dedicated servers are typically positioned for workloads that require predictable performance, full hardware control, and strict compliance boundaries, such as transactional databases, large-scale application back ends, and regulated data processing. Customers generally receive exclusive use of physical hardware, with control over operating system selection, storage configuration, and network policy.
Virtual private servers rely on hypervisor-based virtualization to partition a physical host into isolated instances with defined allocations of virtual CPU, memory, and storage. This model offers a middle ground between shared hosting and single-tenant hardware, and it suits development environments, web applications, and smaller production services.
Cloud services extend this model through infrastructure as a service, where compute, block storage, object storage, and virtual networking are provisioned through web consoles, command line tools, and application programming interfaces. Common architectural patterns include infrastructure as code, container orchestration with Kubernetes, and automated scaling groups that adjust capacity to demand.
Network architecture is a significant design consideration across all three offerings. Providers commonly supply private virtual LAN segmentation, IP address management, firewall policies, and load balancing. Routing standards such as BGP for route advertisement and encrypted transport protocols such as IPsec and TLS are relevant to secure connectivity between hosted environments and customer networks.
Each model serves a different operational profile. Dedicated servers provide the highest degree of isolation and performance consistency, virtual private servers offer lower cost with logical isolation, and cloud services offer elasticity and consumption-based billing. Selection depends on workload characteristics, compliance requirements, and internal operational maturity. Organizations use these models to reduce capital expenditure on data center hardware, shift spending toward operating expense models, and support disaster recovery and geographic distribution of workloads.
The offering is presented within hosting and cloud infrastructure solution areas, covering server hosting, virtualized private hosting, and infrastructure as a service. These areas are closely associated with colocation and managed hosting providers, which are the appropriate reference points for evaluating service levels, support models, and data center locations.
Our description of Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers, and Cloud Services. Updated October 2026.