Virtual Private Server Advantages

Performance & Flexibility & Security & Scalability
Selecting the Webcats Network VPS for your hosting platform gives you more of everything. As a scalable, managed solution, the VPS decreases your time to market, allows you to focus on your core competencies, and frees up limited resources.

Taking advantage of Webcats Network VPS technology lets you:

• Run the applications of your choosing
• Share the cost of hardware and IT staff
• Use CPX, our Control Panel, to provide an intuitive web interface for VPS v2 and MPS v2 account administration.
• Access the entire FreeBSD ports collection - currently over 8300 tools and applications *
• Easily customize your site's capabilities with an array of powerful add-ons
• Know that your site's security and isolation are assured
• Protect yourself from usage or behavior of other sites on the physical server
• Depend on expert support
• Tailor one of six FreeBSD hosting plans or two Solaris hosting plans to suit your current needs and provide all the room you need to grow gracefully and economically
• Enjoy ultra-fast connections through our Global Tier One Network
• Count on the strength of a hosting provider that is part of the largest and most financially stable telecommunications firm in the world
• IPv6-enabled accounts available in Tokyo, Japan

The Webcats Network VPS solutions are part of a complete line of hosting solutions, ranging from Shared Servers to Managed Private Servers. So no matter how much or how fast your needs change, Verio provides a smooth and virtually limitless path.

Virtual Private Server Technology

The next generation of VPS from the company that started it all

It is a unique, state-of-the-art technology that distinguishes the VPS from typical shared-server hosting and allows the VPS to look and behave like a dedicated server.

viaVerio are the ones who invented this technology six years ago and they continue to refine and improve it. VPS v2 extends the advantages of control, flexibility, and isolation by providing a product that is even more like a standard FreeBSD-based dedicated server.

What is a Virtual Private Server?

Webcats Network VPS is a hosting environment that gives you your own Unix virtual machine. Each VPS is a private and protected area that operates as an independent server.

The VPS allows multiple customers to share the expense of hardware and network connections (and completely eliminate the hassle of maintaining it all) without sacrificing performance or the freedom to run whatever software you choose.

The secret behind Webcats Network VPS is how a single physical server is shared. Even though multiple customers share hardware, they do not share software.

Every VPS has its own complete directory structure and set of dedicated applications (Web server, mail server, etc.). And with VPS v2, each can be rebooted without affecting any other VPS on the physical server.

Fair Share* technology enhances protection and performance

Furthermore, even though hardware is shared, the VPS technology features 'fair share' scheduling of processes, memory, and network, so each VPS receives the resources it deserves.

It's the best defense in preventing any single VPS from abusing shared resources and, ultimately, keeping your website and applications performing consistently.

You would have to purchase a dedicated server for hundreds of dollars per month to match the reliability, security, and flexibility of the VPS.

Webcats Network VPS technology provides an unparalleled level of reliability and security while still offering maximum freedom and flexibility at an affordable price.

* VPS v2 only.

VPS Add-ons

Simplifying the customization of your site

The flexibility of Webcats Network VPS allows you to extend its functionality with all kinds of additional applications.

We have made a wide variety of useful add-on software available for you to install quickly and easily (of course, you still have the freedom to install your own proprietary apps or other apps of your choice).

Even better, most of these programs are provided absolutely free of charge. These applications allow you to add e-commerce, databases, and more to your Web site.

Control Panel

Use CPX for VPS v2 or MPS v2, to manage your accounts. Use iManager, our 'Control Panel,' to administer your VPS in an easy-to-use and comfortable environment.

Web Development Tools & Languages

VPS is an ideal environment for web developers. Our FreeBSD VPS v2 accounts provide a wide array of development-oriented add-ons, including:

• PHP4, mod_php
• FrontPage 2002 extensions
• Miva Empresa
• Perl, mod_perl
• Zope
• Python, Tcl, Ruby
• Compilers for C, C++, and Java
• Database Solutions
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle gateways

Our Solaris VPS plans also offer a range of add-on options, including ColdFusion, Chili!Soft ASP and JSPs.

Multimedia Applications

On the multimedia front, your VPS account can also support:

• RealServer**
• Shockwave Flash

E-Commerce

Our e-commerce applications enable you to provide a secure transaction environment, create and manage your storefront, and process payments online. Specific e-commerce add-ons include:

• SSL & Secure Certificates*
• Mercantec Softcart*
• Merchant Payment Center*
• AuthorizeNet**
• Miva Empressa (included with all VPS plans)
• Miva Merchant (additional cost)

Which add-ons are right for you?

* Additional fee required.
** Customer must obtain license from product vendor.

IPv6 VPS v2 and MPS v2 Accounts Now Available in Tokyo, Japan Data Center

We are pleased to offer our customers IPv6-enabled VPS v2 and MPS v2 accounts in our Tokyo, Japan Data Center.  IPv6 is clearly the future of the Internet, and Verio is taking a leadership by offering the first IPv6-enabled VPS solution to the market.  Our initial offering utilizes a dual-stack architecture enabling you to support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and services.

You can purchase dual-stack IPv6-enabled VPS v2 and MPS v2 accounts in our Tokyo, Data Center for the same price as our IPv4 accounts.  

For more information please see the following:

IPv6-Enabled VPS v2 and MPS v2 Product Brief

What is IPv6?

IPv6 is the next generation protocol for the Internet. While IPv4 has been around for over 30 years and has been the core protocol for the Internet, it has some limitations. For example, it is projected that the supply of available IPv4 addresses will max out somewhere in the next 5 to 7 years. IPv6 extends available IP addresses to a near limitless quantity.

Interoperable with the current IPv4, IPv6 is designed to run well on high performance networks (Gigabit Ethernet, OC-12, ATM, etc.) and at the same time still be efficient for low bandwidth networks (such as wireless). 

Additionally, IPv6 provides for standard implementation of security and reliability protocols which increase quality of service without diminishing performance.

Verio sees IPv6 as an enabling technology. With improved security and reliability, the ability to offer IPs to a global market, built-in functionality for Mobile IP, Multicast, IP-Sec—and more—Verio is the first Tier-one Internet backbone provider built for the future.

The IPv6-enabled VPS is just one component of NTT's large-scale IPv6 service. Our globally tested and proven IPv6-native, tunneling, and dual-stack gateway services are now available on a commercial basis.  Customers around the globe are able to connect to the world's only commercial-grade Global Tier One IPv6 Backbone operating in Asia, Europe, North America and Australia.

What is a VPS and MPS?

A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a web services infrastructure that multiplexes a single physical server into multiple “virtual” servers.

Despite sharing server resources, each VPS is fully isolated with its own file system, processes, users, applications, and resource allocations. This enables you to fully customize your server configuration and choose the best applications and services to suit your specific needs.

A Managed Private Server is a managed dedicated server. You get the full power and flexibility of a dedicated server with the benefit of managed services that minimize many of the difficulties associated with server management.

Why choose IPv6-enabled hosting?

The IPv6-enabled VPS offers a variety of new options for customers interested in IPv6 technology. For early adopters of IPv6, it improves the speed of communication because it does not require an IPv6 gateway. 

Set up test environments for IPv6-enabled technology

Utilizing the power and flexibility of Verio’s VPSv2 and MPSv2 servers, you can develop your own IPv6 infrastructure, products or services. At a fraction of the cost of setting up your own IPv6 infrastructure, you can create multiple server configurations to provide test and development environments that are IPv6 compatible.

Other uses include the VPS as a central server for IPv6-enabled mobile devices, a secure messaging server, an application server for IPv6-enabled web applications, or as a termination point for IPv6-enabled VPNs.

Less hassle, more reliability.

You don’t need to be an expert on web hosting to keep things running smoothly and reliably with IPv6-enabled VPSv2/MPSv2. Leading the competition in managed services, VPSv2/MPSv2 provides ongoing security updates, operating system patches, backup and recovery, and hardware maintenance 24/7—all included in the low monthly price.

A community of solutions

Because VPSv2/MPSv2 are based on the FreeBSD operating system, you have access to a vast library of pre-configured applications with installers customized to work right the first time. You can rest easy knowing that you have the best Web hosting plan available on the market today.