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Hi,
please don't buy services from unknown websites.
Thanks.
Yes, if it's a VDS, then it's a VPS
But perhaps you could tell us which unknown website
Congrats on your first discussion
What is the difference between a VPS and VDS?
A VPS Virtual Private Server is a fully isolated hosting environment that is given a resources quota (such as RAM or CPU) that is NOT Fully Dedicated.
A VDS Virtual Dedicated Server is a fully isolated hosting environment that is given a resources quota (such as RAM or CPU) that is 100% Fully Dedicated.
They're the same thing, just marketing lingo.
VPS = Virtual Private Server
VDS = Virtual Dedicated Server
a VPS could utilise KVM virtualisation, which is essentially a "VDS" as it's dedicated, allocated resources vs something shared like OpenVZ.
Only if you are not using Eastern Europe provider - they call VPS a VDS and it has nothing to do with 'dedicated'
Same thing for them.
To check, mine crypto on it and see if your “VDS” disappears.
Thanks. I bought this from a local provider, which is very little known even in my country. What do you mean by saying "Yes, if it's a VDS, then it's a VPS". I'm new at this. I couldn't understand.
I've been thinking like you said. So if I buy a vds, is it normal to have vmware tools installed in it?
Why wouldn't it have virtualization tools installed? Or why do you mind? In either of your two options, the V is still present, i.e. it is virtualized in any case -- not "bare metal" hardware, not a dedicated server.
And as others said above, the meaning of "VDS" varies per hoster and geography, mostly means nothing, and is a more outdated term meaning the same thing as VPS.
You said that you bought a VDS, and your question was whether your VDS is a VPS.
My answer was that if you bought a VDS, then yes, your VDS is a VPS.
Yes it's not "bare metal" but I thought it was virtualized from a higher level. Actually I don't know the technical part and I'm new to this stuff. In the comments above, someone said the difference between VDS and VPS, but as far as I understand, they both mean the same thing in practice.
Okay thanks. As I get as you say it is just marketing lingo.
VDS is also a VPS. VPS is not necessarily a VDS.
Have you heard of an unknown website called "Google"?
Vedran posted the correct response before me.
No, KVM doesnt mean dedicated at all.
You can overcommit everything including RAM via KVM balooning or even make a big swap on host system and use it as RAM on virtual machines (SSDNodes does this).
These kind of "pro-KVM" myths were made by KVM providers.
Both OpenVZ and KVM can be overcommited/oversold or dedicated.
Its all up to provider.
VDS can also be oversold and in most cases is, just not that much as some VPSes.
VPS = Everything is shared, you cant use 100% CPU for longer period of time (check your provider ToS, they should specify it)
VDS = Everything is shared, but you can use 100% CPU 24/7. IO/disk is still limited in most cases, you cant use it 100% 24/7.
VDS are just VPSes with less neighbors. There are still there, they still can affect your performance (CPU too) as host kernel dynamically allocates resources, CPU has turbo boost and prefered cores.
Pretty much nobody allocates fixed cores just for one VDS. Tbh I cant name at least one that does it. On Ryzen's you can check core-to-core latency and if it ever fluctuates it means it switched to another physical CCX/group of cores.
Keep in mind that there are no standards for naming. VPS could have dedicated CPU, VDS could have shared CPU (plenty of Russian providers do it).
Its just a name. Only provider matters. If they are shit, then products are shit.
Install and run virt-what from repo and come back with result.
It's really not as reliable as that. You still need to double-check with each and every provider, if that's indeed the case that they understand "VDS" as this. Because so many of them will just use VDS as a synonym for VPS, not even having a single thought to provide any of the guarantees that you mention.
If you want a clear and useful distinction, better just abandon looking for "VDS" and look for dedicated CPU core VPS instead. *
* but then you fall into another rabbit hole of what is a core, and can vCore (a HT/SMT thread) be considered a dedicated CPU core...
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Yes. I searched for this question, the answers I found on google confused me. I did not get a clear answer and opened this post. Isn't this website a forum?
The VPS/VDS is running on windows. I cannot run this command, but I got the following information with the SYSTEMINFO command.
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
System Manufacturer: VMware, Inc.
System Model: VMware Virtual Platform
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
Total Physical Memory: 1.023 MB
Available Physical Memory: 345 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 3.198 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 1.203 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 1.995 MB
Hyper-V Requirements: A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.
CPU: E5-2697
So you were still confused after reading Google results (oh boy) but proceeded to buy and then go to forum after to ask basic question that Google totally gives sufficient results for. Smart!
Yes, if you search the question on google most answer says there are major differences between vds and vps.
E.d. Some google answers:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-vps-and-vds/
http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/software-technology/difference-between-vds-and-vps/
Before I buy, I were thinking that VPS is sharing same hardware. E.d. When I buy vps that has 1 GB ram, If everyone tries to use it at the same time, everybody will get 200 mb per person, but if a few people are not using the ram at that moment, I can get 600-700 mb ram. I was thinking the same thing applies to the processor. And I was thinking that I will only use 2.5 ghz processor and 1 gb ram on vds. But I've learned both are the same thing. -_- I was wrong.
When I saw that vmware software was installed in it after purchasing, I thought I might be wrong and opened this topic to the forum.
That's definitely a clearly picture of the servers... better go with a dedicated one with hard metals for more customization and reliability.