Hosting:Virtual Private Servers
Powerful Tools Put You In Charge
Virtual Private Servers from DreamHost don't compromise features for utility. Web-based instance and account management is immediate and powerful.
What's so great about VPS?
- It's SIMPLE. Just sign up, and we handle the rest, seamlessly!
- It works just like our regular shared hosting service!
- Your first week is free so you can set your resource level without money worries!
- You get full root access, although you shouldn't even need it!
- You can reset your VPS to our default configuration without losing any user data!
- You get 24/7 live chat support when you get a VPS!
- You get your own protected CPU and memory!
- Run all the crazy long-running processes you want... we don't care!
- You can change your resource levels on the fly... no reboot needed!
- You can reboot your own server from our panel... instantly!
- You get sweet historical memory / load graphs on our panel!
- You can enable mod_php and XCache from our panel for great PHP performance!
- You can enable Mongrel from our panel for great Ruby on Rails performance!
- You can enable mod_proxy from our panel and run application servers such as Tomcat and Mongrel, or switch to alternative web servers such as Lighttpd and Nginx!
- You can programmatically control your VPS via our API!
- MySQL VPS services sit on on specially tuned hardware to provide maximum database performance!
What's included with DreamHost VPS service?
All of the same great features that ship with our standard hosting package are included by default at no extra charge. Please note, unlike regular shared hosting, it doesn't include free domain registration and MySQL service. For the latter, you can either add a MySQL VPS or a shared hosting plan.
- A web-based account control panel
- Solid hosting on Debian Linux
- Ruby on Rails
- PHP5 Support
- Perl Support
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- No limit on the number of hosted domains
- Free Domain Whois Privacy
- One-Click Web App Software Installation