Virtual Servers and When you Should Use them?

A virtual server, as the name implies, is a server placed at a particular location and shared by multiple users from around the world. A virtual server gives users all the benefits of a physical server – a physical server placed at a physical location – minus the physically placed part.

One of the characteristics of a virtual server is that is doesn’t need to be placed at a certain location, instead, the software powering the server helps mimics the features of the physical location, such as the IP address.

To simplify the matter even further, here are the advantages and disadvantages of using a virtual server:

As a user who’s connected to a virtual server, there is absolutely no difference in the way you’re connected to the internet as you get the same ultimate online privacy and security as with any other physical server. So, you need not worry about being connected to a virtual server.

If you would like to know more about physical servers and virtual servers, please click here. Experts in the network industry highly recommend the use of virtual servers over physical servers due to the simplicity and easier setup as compared to physical servers.

PureVPN’s Servers

PureVPN has a self-engineered and self-managed network with optimized servers best suited to users’ needs. Currently, you can make use of 750+ servers based in 180+ locations worldwide.

PureVPN has never denied using virtual servers. To make matters simpler, an update on our Server Location page will state which servers are virtual and which are physical.

An example:

US – Phoenix, Arizona – VS

Albania – Tirana – PS

 Where ‘VS’ stands for Virtual Server and ‘PS’ stands for Physical Server.