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100% Hardware Virtualization
Hardware Vs. Software Virtualization
There are many different virtualization methods and applications available today, and the technology is constantly changing. Over the past several years Triple8 has thoroughly tested virtualization applications from from Vmware, Parallels (Virtuozzo), Citrix Xen, Virtual Iron, and Mircrosoft. Our goal in testing each of these virtualization solutions is to find the most stable, robust, and cost effective VPS hosting platform for our internal applications, and most importantly, our clients.

While each of these virtualization solutions has their pros and cons, we have concluded that the most stable and efficient method of virtualizaiton utilizes a 100% hardware solution, where each Virtual Server accesses the ram, cpu's, and hard drives directly without an intermediary operating system.

All Triple8 VPS servers use 100% Hardware Virtualization!

Software Virtualization
With software virtualization, the main hardware node has a complete operating system installed on it, usually either Windows or Linux. The host operating system then runs software which creates virtual servers. One of the benefits to software virtualization is that virtual servers can be created almost instantly, since they share many of the resources of the host operating system. Also, configuration changes, such as ram or hard drive allocation, can be changed easily. Because resources are shared however, a single software based VPS can often corrupt the host system or utilize all of the hosts resources, causing other Virtual Servers to fail. Since system updates are dependent on the host system, individual Virtual Servers cannot upgrade their operating system until the host is upgraded.

Benefits
  • Lower Cost
  • Fast Setup
 Drawbacks
  • No Control Over OS updates
  • Shared CPU
  • Shared Ram
  • Less Stable
Hardware Virtualization
With hardware virtualization, the main hardware node either has no operating system at all, or a very small root OS, known as a hypervisor, which manages the connections between each Virtual Server and the ram, cpu, and hard drives. Because each Virtual Sever has it's own operating system, multiple different operating systems can run on the same hardware node. Each hardware based Virtual Server can install their own updates, and have virtually no limitations as to configuration. Ram and CPU usage is isolated and dedicated to each VPS, so there is never a conflict with another VPS. Hardware based Virtual Servers have a slightly higher set up cost and cannot be upgraded as easily as a software based VPS, but they are inherently more stable.

Benefits
  • Completely Isolated RAM
  • Completely Isolated CPU
  • More Stable
 Drawbacks
  • Slightly Higher Cost
  • Slower Set Up Time