Virtual private servers offer clients a cost-effective option for hosting their websites in a way that appears to be dedicated, yet does not have the high price of dedicated hosting. In a virtual server hosting environment, the host company sets up multiple virtual machines on one physical machine, allowing several clients to host their websites without being impacted by the other sites that share the server. Each virtual server can run its own fully-fledged operating system and can be independently rebooted.

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