I'm now getting over 100 concurrent visitors and my Godaddy shared hosting is no longer cutting it. After some research a VDS seems the way to go. I've visited some of the hosting companies suggested in this forum. My head is swimming. Even after reading, I just can't figure out what exactly the hosting company will do and what I must do. Should I expect that the hosting company will do all of the configuration so that my existing website will be moved over to the new server and then magically work? Or do they normally just "plug in" a server and then I'm expected to load the OS, configure security, do DNS stuff, copy/restore files from my current hosting package, etc. You probably can't tell, but I have zero server administration experience. Hell, I don't even know the terms. Thank you.
I've look at that issue, and I'm at spry now and there are no charges help. They have tried to help at time and have with 3rd party scripts, something that no hosting company would even try! there manged is Little high, But if your lacking in knowledge as I, managed is better. Hope this help's
If you are totally unware about a vps then you should choose the managed vps service . But for the best quality i think you should choose powervps. All of their vps are managed vps, and their support team is fast a lot to answer you. So you can close your eyes and go with them and move your site from godaddy to them
Godady Rocks as far as VPS goes, I have been using godaddy for years The OS comes installed and everything There is just about 10 minutes of setting you need to configure When or if you get one pm me and I will help you for free setting it up
No, not everywhere. Its very common that the VPS is managed. Ask every host that you are interested in if they have managed VPS.
That's a generous offer. I'll keep that in mind. I did some more reading last night and I think I have a better handle on it now. It looks like my steps would be: 1. Purchase the VPS from Godaddy 2. Do the initial server setup as described in their "getting started" guide. 3. Create the domain on the VPS 4. Create the email accounts on the VPS 5. Create the wordpress database/tables on the VPS. 6. Do a fresh backup of my wordpress installation on the old server, including all MYSQL databases 7. Copy all the files to the VPS 8. Import the MYSQL entries to the VPS 9. Change the Wordpress configuration file if necessary 10. Verify Wordpress file permissions are set correctly 11. Test installation on VPS. (I think I can do this by adding an entry in my Windows "Hosts" file that points to the new IP. I'll have to check) 12. If everything works login to Godaddy's Domain Manager and change the nameservers from the current values to the new nameservers on the VPS. 13. Pray and monitor the logs from both the old servers and the new VPS. 14. After some point in time shut down the old server. Hopefully this is all I need to do. Godaddy's entry-level VPS is $30 per month, which is all I believe I need. They charge an additional $80 per month (minimum 3-months) to manage it. I'll try doing this myself and learn something along the way. I figure if I get into trouble I can pay someone in these forums to get me out of it . sundaybrew, Were the default security settings good for you, or did you have to configure those as well? Thank you sundaybrew. And thanks to all who offered their ideas/comments.
Yes - The default are fine, It takes about 10 minutes to set up , and then its just like having a normal hosting plan Now when they say "unmanaged" they just mean they wont set it up for you If you ever have a major hardware crash, or something to that sort they have great tech support. I use the $29.95 plan with the addition few bux for the plesk panel Its really an excellent value , and great uptime Like I said I have been using them for years
I've used Godaddy's shared hosting plan for several years and I've been very pleased. Their tech support people have been very friendly and helpful the few times I've had to call them. And I normally receive email replies in under 2 hours. Thanks for you comments. I believe I'm ready to dive in.
Unmanaged means unmanaged. No help ever except for Hardware issue, licensing, IPs, reboots, reinstall etc.