Also known as: VPS
A virtual private server (VPS) is a slice of a physical server that behaves like your own machine, complete with root access.1
Overview
A VPS sits between shared web hosting and a whole dedicated server: more control than the former, far cheaper than the latter. It is created by virtualization — a hypervisor divides one physical host into several isolated virtual machines, each with its own operating system. Providers like DigitalOcean, Linode, and Hetzner rent these by the month.
When to choose it
Reach for a VPS when shared hosting stops being enough: you need root access, custom services, or a specific software stack. The trade-off is responsibility — you manage the operating system, security updates, and backups yourself. For GopherTrunk this is a fine place to store and serve decoded data, though it still cannot capture RF.
Sources
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Virtual private server — Wikipedia, on VPS hosting and the hypervisor model. ↩