What is a VPS?

A virtual private server is a slice of dedicated hardware with root access.

SSteady Editorial Team4 min readUpdated 21 August 2026beginner

Steady Hosting will provision VPS capacity from a live infrastructure provider. Until that adapter is connected, VPS orders stay unavailable rather than pretending a server exists.

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Can I buy a VPS today?+

Not until an infrastructure provider is live in Filament.

Configure a VPS in a couple of minutes

Pick CPU, RAM and NVMe storage. Hosting is Amsterdam until another region is in the live catalogue.

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VPS basics

What is VPS hosting?

VPS hosting gives you guaranteed CPU, RAM and storage inside a virtualised server, with root access. Here is when that matters and when shared hosting is still the better call.