What are some of the differences between VPS2, VPS, and dedicated FreeBSD UNIX?
VPS2 was designed with the goal to emulate the behavior of a dedicated FreeBSD server in a shared environment. Because of this, VPS2 will appear and feel much more like a Dedicated FreeBSD server than the older VPS. One of the key limitations of VPS2 is that, because of the shared environment, the VPS2 root user does not have the ability to modify kernel or hardware related systems. The core services and all applications are within the area controlled by VPS2 root. It is significant to note, however, that any of the system files not specifically changed by the VPS2 administrator will continue to be maintained and updated by our staff. For more details on how this works, see the Advanced VPS2 Administration section of our Web site. While many of the VPS based utilities have been extended to VPS2, the multi-user environment makes application management slightly different. The VPS2 Admin User has many of the capabilities that the Primary User on VPS had. New software, however, must be ins
