VPS Learning Curve
May 28, 2008
I am a Windows user. I have very little experience with Linux. But I am technically savvy.
I am thinking about a VPS hosting solution for 4 blogs that I am going to be hosting, and also a company website.
The Linux VPS plans seem much more affordable than the Windows plans.
Is it hard to learn to administer and maintain your Linux VPS? What is the learning curve like?
Or should I stick with Windows and just pay the premium? Or, if I am just starting out, and have little to no traffic to speak of right now, should I go with shared hosting instead (the reason I wanted to start out with VPS hosting is that I have heard it is hard to move from shared to VPS once you have already been established; also I am confident in the future traffic to my sites as well and might as well plan ahead of time)?
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Aug 17, 2008
how to setup OS on vps and how to use SSH. I cannot install other OS on my local machine which is running vista.
So i think the best way for me is to buy a cheap vps which i can use for my experiments and learning purposes.
Am i thinking correctly ?
If yes then please direct me to the best offer for my case, or help me to find it.
by the end i hope i will be able to setup vps, use SSH professionally.
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Apr 5, 2008
Up until now I have not managed a site that needed backups, but that is about to change.
I have a lot of questions, and they are newbie questions. Hope there's some patient people who have time to respond to some of them. If there are tutorials or articles you can recommend that would bring me up to speed, that would be most welcome too.
The project has 1 domain with about 100 subdomains. Each subdomain will have its own CMS and MySQL database.
All will initially exist on one shared server (HostGator reseller account), but will likely be moving to a dedicated or managed server shortly.
Ideally, I would like to have the hosting company manage the backups automatically. I saw a managed server package from webmasters.com that includes automated nightly backup. I am wondering that, if lets just say only 5 of the subdomains had an issue - would I be able to restore just those 5 - or would I have to bring all 100 subdomains back to the restore point?
I am also looking at other options, that I can implement before we move to a managed server.
Those options include:
1) Use CPanel to create a backup on a daily or weekly basis. I think, if memory serves me, that creating a backup of the domain, would include all the subdomains and databases. But - like my earlier question - I think that I would have to bring all 100 subdomains to the restore point if there was even 1 problem.
2) Use an FTP program to create a backup on a daily or weekly basis. I suppose the only investment for that would be my time, and an external hard drive. This solution would allow me to isolate certain subdomains. My question here is - in what file/folder are the MySQL databases stored (its not obvious to me.)
3) Move to a host that provides nightly backups even for their shared servers...
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Jan 5, 2008
Where would someone go to learn Linux System Administration?
Are the Redhat courses worthwhile?
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Feb 18, 2007
if there were any free resources out there that anyone know's of that could teach someone how to manage an unmanaged dedicated server? General guides will do but the more specific the better although I really cannot imagine a guide specific to my requirements but anyway
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Fedora core 6 with WHM and Cpanel
Where do people learn this stuff without having to take a course in it?
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