{"id":14669,"date":"2021-11-22T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/?p=14669"},"modified":"2022-09-25T00:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:09:34","slug":"reasons-linux-vps-more-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/vps-hosting\/reasons-linux-vps-more-expensive","title":{"rendered":"3 Reasons why Windows VPS usually more expensive than Linux VPS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14669\" class=\"elementor elementor-14669\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb5e0a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb5e0a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ee2da4\" data-id=\"7ee2da4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b116bc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b116bc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Customers frequently ask us this question, and the answer is that the pricing of a Windows-based virtual server is based upon a number of factors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c9e02c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c9e02c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Microsoft-300x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Microsoft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Microsoft-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Microsoft.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b6980c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b6980c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The first and most visible cost is the Microsoft license charge. Windows isn&#8217;t free like Linux, thus Microsoft distributes its products to service providers like us on a permanent subscription basis under an SPLA contract, also known as a Service Provider Licensing Agreement. As a result, we pass that expense on to the customer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-804ea20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"804ea20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Another aspect is how much disc space Windows takes up. Windows, on the other hand, takes up roughly 15 GB of space on average, but a typical Linux operating system takes up about 3 or 4 GB. When you multiply that number by thousands of VPS, you can understand how costly SSD data storage can be just to host Windows virtual servers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb0c88b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb0c88b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/windows-storage-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"windows-storage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/windows-storage-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/windows-storage-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/windows-storage-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/windows-storage.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8083a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8083a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>And also because we use a distributed storage cluster, each block of data is stored three times for redundancy, the total storage space required is three times the original. The price of a Windows VPS is largely determined by the huge SSD disc storage requirement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de6f8af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de6f8af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Lastly, as Windows requires more RAM, you will\u00a0need a virtual server with more RAM than a regular Linux virtual server.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d1c8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c9d1c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAM-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"RAM\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAM-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAM-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAM-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAM.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-025638e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"025638e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Perhaps, in the future, Windows will reduce in size, enterprise SSD storage prices will be incredibly inexpensive, or Windows will become open source, and we will no longer need to charge more for a Windows VPS. Meanwhile, we will continually strive to reduce our costs as much as possible and pass those savings on to you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c227de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c227de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>For more information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/vps\/windows\">Cheap VPS Hosting Asia<\/a>, you can refer to the link that has been provided.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customers frequently ask us this question, and the answer is that the pricing of a Windows-based virtual server is based upon a number of factors. The first and most visible cost is the Microsoft license charge. Windows isn&#8217;t free like Linux, thus Microsoft distributes its products to service providers like us on a permanent subscription &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/vps-hosting\/reasons-linux-vps-more-expensive\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3 Reasons why Windows VPS usually more expensive than Linux VPS?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0},"categories":[34],"tags":[38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14669"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15746,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14669\/revisions\/15746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}