Thank you very much for the explanation, I think then I had this shared
service before, although they let me upload my PHP based web -- I had to
use their mysql and php engines, which was fine by me. The whole site was
very responsive all the time -- I have another one with another provider
and that one is very slow, so I will bring that over too I guess if the
provider here is good.

Anyway, thank you very much again for the help, now it is time to make the
full backup and transfer the site over -- it seems I will have some fun
times over the weekend :-)

Tamas



On 30 August 2012 21:26, V G <x.solarwind.x@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > What a coincidence,  have just got an e-mail that one of my web will be
> > expire in 5 days. I have opened that back in Ireland and would like to
> > bring that over to the US.
> >
> > Can I just ask some blame questions (as I am not a professional
> Webadmin),
> > what is the so called "shared hosting"? Because it seems very cheap wit=
h
> > namecheap.com (suggested by solarwind I think). All I need is a running
> > Linux with mysql and php basically, I am not worried too much about ema=
il
> > right now.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tamas
> >
>
> It's all just jargon.
>
> "Shared" hosting is a type of setup a hosting company will use where the
> server hardware (hard drives, RAM, etc.) and software (web server, databa=
se
> server, etc.) are shared between different customers. They give you a
> control panel like cPanel, where you manage your one-click install softwa=
re
> (like online store/shopping cart, forum, blog, etc.), and can quickly and
> easily set up a website without knowing anything about systems
> administration. You get a /home/account on the server at best, and you
> don't have root access, so you can't install your own server software (li=
ke
> Nginx, Python, whatever). It's also managed, so they'll make sure the
> server is always up and running. It's typically pretty cheap (~$10/month)=
..
> You don't need to know anything about how to set up a Linux system to get
> your site running.
>
> "VPS" is a virtual private server which is (ideally) a full virtual machi=
ne
> where you can pick a Linux distro to install, and you have full root acce=
ss
> to it via SSH. Usually unmanaged, so it's up to you to make sure your
> virtual machine is running and something hasn't crashed it. You start out
> with a bare Linux install, so you have to install and configure your own
> server software and everything by yourself. I love this because it gives
> you full access and you can do whatever you want with it. You can get 'em
> for $5/month if you really wanted to, and most give you more storage spac=
e
> and data transfer than shared hosting.
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