Virtual Private Server Hosting

Virtual private server hosting allows users to get the experience of having their own server, for a fraction of the price of using a dedicated physical server. Like any other server, a VPS requires several pieces of software to be used properly- an operating system, a program that allows the user to monitor and manage their server, and a program that allows them to host web sites. 
 
cPanel is easy to use Linux based control panel that allows VPS users to fully manage their web sites. cPanel is a complete web hosting package that is intergrated with Apache Web Server, PHP and MySQL providing the end user full control over their sites (this full control is limited to what the administrator allowed). It provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that simplifies tasks related to site hosting, like uploading, managing databases, configurations, installing web-based applications, creating e-mail accounts, backing up files, managing web pages, viewing statistics about site visitors, and protecting a site's bandwidth or content from malicious attacks, and lots of other things.  This control panel is a very popular choice among VPS users. I personally like the File Manager cPanel tool which is AJAX based meaning you can directly add/edit/delete/zip/extract files online via your favorite browser.
 
One of cPanel's best features is its easy-to-use Backup Wizard. With this utility, users can easily back up their entire account through the panel's intuitive graphic interface.
 
Cpanel also allows users to manage databases, (including creating users and assigning database permissions for them), setup FTP accounts, edit PHP configurations, and block harmful IP addresses from viewing their site. This is useful for preventing things like malicious attacks on the website, viruses, and restricting inappropriate resource consumption. This control panel also makes it easy for the user to find out exactly how much of their allotted disk space and bandwidth have been used.  Useful feature is the cPanel addons which allows third party addons to be added to cPanel.
 
This control panel is very good for inexperienced users, since the graphical user interface is easy to understand and the program itself comes with a wide variety of different tutorials and wizards to help educate users in how it works. There is even a 'Getting Started' wizard, which takes new users through the whole process of configuring their account to fit their needs.
 
No matter where cPanel's users are located, they can understand it easily. cPanel is able to be viewed in a great many languages, including English, Portuguese (and Brazilian Portuguese), Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Dutch, Chinese, German, Hindi, Japanese, and French. 
 
cPanel's tools for generating and viewing site statistics are very useful for internet marketing and search engine optimization purposes. Instead of having to pay for an external program to maintain visitor statistics, cPanel users are able to do so directly from their control panel, with no additional trouble or expense.
 
When it comes to managing e-mail, cPanel allows users to create additional e-mail accounts, provides an easy-to-use web based interface for checking and sending mail, e-mail forwarding, and two powerful tools for cutting down on spam. Users can also get access to mailing list management and mail filtering tools.
 
Despite all of the features cPanel has, it isn't a very ungainly program. It loads extremely quickly, which is useful. This is entirely due to how cPanel is coded- it is intended to be a very fast, efficient, and reliable piece of software that makes hosting websites on a virtual private server easy to do.
 
This control panel is one of the most popular control panels out there today, and for good reason. With cPanel, users get a powerful tool for web hosting that is fast, reliable, easy to use, easy to understand, and comes packaged with an intuitive graphic interface that few users will have trouble picking up. cPanel allows even inexperienced users to effectively create and maintain their websites, install whatever applications they need, create new e-mail accounts, fight spam, upload files to their server, and lots of other things otherwise very hard for the novice user.

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