If you follow this blog than you know that I’m  kinda old school; I shy away for WordPress Mu and I not one for the Cloud. With VPS, it seems fills a void between the shared server environment and the dedicated one. I think that it all comes down to cost and that VPS is a cost affective alternative to a dedicated server, while providing you all the extras and goodies that go along with a dedicated server environment.

I’m not so sure that a VPS solution is good for a really large single blog,  or limited WordPress MU applications or even as a good match for a re-seller. I’m sure it’s good for something, but I’m just not sure what …… I mean outside of cost, but how much pain can the cost of a dedicated server be when your at that level ? I know, I know; security! But for a Blog ? I mean ….. if you really must scrape my content ………. I don’t think that VPS will help much. As far as security goes ……… what about one of those nasty “Copyscape” signs ? That should scare away the bad guys, right ?

Seems to me that VPS is a imaginative effort to put lipstick on the cloud! However, I can see that with just one blog or one account you could cut your cost in half with increased speed and smoother operation but with less storage being the trade-off.

I don’t mean to kick the tires ………. I mean, if no one wanted VPS, than no one would offer the service. I just not so sure it is a good fit for the “Extreme Blogger”.