So, first off, what is a Virtual Private Server? A VPS is a hosting account which is hosted on a machine with other accounts, yet it acts as if it were a stand-alone server. In theory, the actions on your VPS account would not affect the other accounts on the host server, and theirs would not affect yours. With a VPS, you will have an individual copy of the operating system, or you could even have a separate operating system for your account.