{"id":11779,"date":"2011-12-21T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T07:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/virtual-dedicated-server\/"},"modified":"2019-07-29T09:58:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T09:58:39","slug":"virtual-dedicated-server","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/26808\/virtual-dedicated-server-vds","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Dedicated Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_virtual_dedicated_server_mean\">What Does Virtual Dedicated Server Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A virtual dedicated server (VDS) is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud offering that allows users to provision an isolated server over the internet. It provides functionality and resources similar to an in-house server but is managed on a rental basis by a cloud service provider.<\/p>\n<p>A VDS provides small to full-scale server instances, depending on the provider&rsquo;s resource requirements and capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_virtual_dedicated_server\">Techopedia Explains Virtual Dedicated Server<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As one of the most popular cloud service offerings, a VDS provides users the ability to lease a managed but dedicated server to develop, deploy and host web applications. Once provisioned to a client, a VDS is not shared with other customers and, thus, does not offer multi-tenancy.<\/p>\n<p>A VDS is a composite of complete server hardware, along with the operating system (OS), which is powered by a remote access layer that allows end users to globally access their server via the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Although a VDS is similar to a virtual private server (VPS), there are slight differences. 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