RAM is an abbreviation for Random Access Memory. This is a kind of computer memory, that, unlike other storage devices like harddrives or DVDs, enables the data to be accessed directly without reading the previous content located in it. Whenever an application is launched, it's stored in the RAM, because it can be accessed considerably faster than if it was read from another media. With regards to the web hosting service itself, extra RAM means that more web apps can operate at the same time on a particular server, particularly if they are resource-demanding and are accessed by a great number of of people all at once. Unlike a shared web hosting package where the system resources of a certain account could be flexible and quite often depend on what other users consume also, a VPS features a guaranteed amount of RAM which you can use at all times. That memory is allocated to one hosting server only and shall not be used by other customers even in case it's not being used.
Guaranteed RAM in VPS Servers
All of our VPS server packages include a set amount of RAM. Put simply, even if you use a tiny fraction of the resources your package offers, we shall never allocate the free resources to some other VPS account on the exact same physical web server. As we set up only a few virtual servers on a physical one, the latter shall always have plenty of free memory to secure the proper overall performance of the VPS accounts even in case that their RAM allocation is upgraded greatly at some time. If you also choose to upgrade your plan or to keep the current one and to incorporate only more memory, the new amount will also be reserved exclusively for your account. This way, we make sure that your websites will operate correctly constantly regardless of what the other VPS accounts are using.
Guaranteed RAM in Dedicated Servers
If you purchase one of our dedicated server plans, you shall get a top-notch web server with sufficient RAM to run even several resource-demanding web applications without any effect on the overall performance of any of them. Due to the fact that we test every single hardware component before we use it when we assemble a server, we shall make perfectly sure that the RAM sticks are not malfunctioning and that the server functions flawlessly. The physical memory that you will get shall be available constantly, so even in a situation in which you use merely a part of it for any given period of time, we won't modify the configuration. You shall be able to take a look at the hardware, including the amount of RAM which you have, inside the billing CP.