I have not used VPS before, but I understand the key difference is that=20 shared hosting is one OS with several customers/sites running in=20 separate folders, and VPS somewhat like several virtual OS'es running on=20 the server. With VPS therefore, you can get full/root access to your=20 virtual server, so you can install your own OS, etc, as that would not=20 change things for others. But that also means you have to do some of=20 this yourself, whereas with shared hosting, it's managed for you. The=20 space you get with shared hosting seems larger as it's shared with=20 others, but with VPS, your space is set aside for you. VPS'es allegedly=20 perform better. Cheers, -Neil. On 8/31/2012 12:33 AM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > Thanks Neil, that gives me some explanation. But how is that different th= en > VPS -- VPS is the virtual machine, right? So as on a virtual machine the > server shares the hardware with other users, right? Or is this VPS manage= d > better somehow? Or the guarantee a certain CPU and memory resource > available on worst case scenario? > > Sorry for my beginners questions, > Tamas > > > On 30 August 2012 21:17, Neil wrote: > >> Shared hosting is the alternative to "dedicated" hosting and means that >> several domains (held by other people) are on the same server. This >> brings the price of the hosting down a lot, but you are at the mercy of >> other websites demands. Your website can get brought down because of >> something else going on on another domain/site running on the same >> server. But the real issue is that a lot of dirt-cheap hosts oversell >> the space on the servers and they get slow all the time. >> >> Cheers, >> -Neil. >> >> >> On 8/30/2012 11:44 PM, Tamas Rudnai 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> On 30 August 2012 20:30, Neil wrote: >>> >>>> Okay, I'm back and going thru these replies. >>>> >>>> GoDaddy is one that I need to get away from. Yes, they are very >>>> reliable, but run things in a non-standard way, and their webmail (whi= ch >>>> is all I use them for currently) is bloated and annoying. I like reall= y >>>> lightweight webmail apps, and Horde etc works nicely. GoDaddy also ha= d >>>> the major annoyance of having to click through a dozen pages of add-on= s >>>> whenever I renew something. >>>> >>>> Kionic (where I have a couple domains hosted currently) has changed fo= r >>>> the worse. Lots of downtime, especially with email, support changed t= o >>>> operate only on weekdays now, etc. >>>> >>>> I'm avoiding running anything myself, and prefer to become an end-user >>>> now, so I'm steering away from VPS. I don't mind paying a bit more fo= r >>>> good uptime, and a faster server. Also, I'm probably going to setup a >>>> small e-commerce store on one of these domains, so having ZenCart or >>>> similar is a plus. >>>> >>>> Of all the suggestions so far, lunarpages is looking pretty good. I ca= n >>>> reach someone at this time (in case of a crisis) and they have all the >>>> features I need... $20/mth is fine. I'm actually thinking of splittin= g >>>> up some of these domains over a couple hosts as in the past, a server >>>> down means all of my domains are shutdown. I'm generally worried abou= t >>>> hosts that allow unlimited bandwidth, as it will probably mean others >>>> will abuse it and slow down the server, but I'll take it for a spin I >>>> guess. Dreamhost also looks good so a couple basic websites will >>>> probably go there. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> -Neil. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/30/2012 1:49 PM, Nathan House wrote: >>>>> To the OP: >>>>> >>>>> I have used many different hosts over the years, including Godaddy an= d >>>>> Dreamhost, and I highly recommend either KnownHost or ServInt. They >>>>> are both more expensive then, say, Godaddy, but the service is far >>>>> better. >>>>> >>>>> -Nathan >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >>>> View/change your membership options at >>>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >>>> >>> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .