PCI Compliance
PCI Compliance is a requirement of most New Zealand banks for merchants wanting to process credit cards via an online store.
Getting PCI compliance for your server is relatively straight forward if you follow some basic best practices.
Virtual Private Servers or VPS as they are commonly called are a form of web site hosting that is usually based on some form of server virtualisation such as Xen, Virtuozzo or OpenVZ.
VPS are generally a virtualized host operating system, rather than virtualized hardware (such as VMware), this allows for a higher level of density and efficiency and subsequently VPS are relatively inexpensive. This density however comes at a cost usually in the form of performance especially under high load as VPS do not have dedicated hardware.
VPS are mostly used for web site hosting, email, ERP and CRM applications.
Server hosting describes any form of web hosting that uses a dedicated server , Virtual Server, VPS or colocation.
A virtual server is a method of splitting a physical server into multiple smaller servers. Each virtual server can run its own operating system and appear as though it is a physical server.
Vmware vSphere
VMware vSphere, is the first cloud operating system, it leverages the power of virtualization to
transform datacenters and hosting environments into simplified cloud computing infrastructures.
Cabinets used to house dedicated servers in a datacentre.
Dedicated server hosting is a type of web hosting where the client has sole use of a piece of hardware.
Dedicated servers provide more flexibility, power and control when compared to shared web hosting or lower cost VPS hosting. Dedicated servers are usually housed in data-centers where the hosting provider usually offers high-availability Internet connectivity, power supply and technical support.