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3 Reasons to Choose a Linux VPS for Your Business

A virtual private server, or VPS, offers a semi-dedicated Web hosting server environment for your business. Typically, a VPS is a single physical server divided among a limited number of users. However, some Web hosts also use the term VPS to refer to cloud-based hosting, which uses resources distributed across multiple physical servers. A VPS offers your business more control over server operations, as well as limits performance issues caused by other users on the same physical server. Typically, these servers also provide you with more server resources than a shared hosting account. Once you decide on a VPS for your business needs, you’re faced with another question: Which operating system should you use? While you may think Windows is the natural choice, Linux is often the better choice for businesses.

1. Open Source

Linux is an open-source operating system, which means you and everyone else has full access to the code. You might not have the time or resources to get hands-on with the operating system, but active development communities are a staple of open source software. You aren’t locked in to a single vendor for any improvements to the operating system. Instead, third-party developers have their own distributions, OS tweaks, and other improvements.

2. Lower Total Cost of Ownership

How much do Windows installations and upgrades on your workstations cost you? You don’t have to pay for the software license of a Windows server upfront, but the cost is usually incorporated into the server price. For Linux server operating systems, you aren’t paying a licensing fee. Some enterprise-grade distributions may charge support fees, but that’s a different cost all together. With Linux, you reduce your total cost of ownership for Web hosting assets by avoiding licensing and upgrade fees.

3. Improved Security

Cyber attacks continue to advance in complexity, damages and scope. Avoiding business-destroying data breaches is an essential goal for every company, and you may think open source makes things less secure. In truth, you have multiple developer eyes on the code with a wide variety of backgrounds. Instead of allowing a single-closed security team to handle vulnerabilities, Linux’s development community has the agility to handle vulnerabilities and bugs quickly and efficiently. Sometimes it can take Windows weeks to push out a critical security update, and you don’t want your business website vulnerable to attack during that entire time.
A VPS offers many benefits for any size business. You avoid vendor lock-in due to its open source nature, lower your overall server costs, and improve server security all at the same time.